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.The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) annual report for 2022 indicates a significant increase in reported cybercrime cases in India
Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra recorded the highest number of cybercrime cases(70%), while Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Goa recorded the highest cybercrime rates per lakh population.
"Cheating by impersonation using computer resources" was the most reported cybercrime, involving anyone impersonating someone through a communication device or computer resource.
Online impersonation was identified as one of the toughest crimes to investigate, with a low conviction rate.
The report shows a rise in the number of cybercrime cases from 52,974 in 2021 to 65,893 in 2022. As of the start of 2022, there were already 71,867 pending cybercrime cases.
The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and a toll-free helpline (1930) were established in 2019 to address the rising cybercrime issue.
.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that over 74% of Indians couldn't afford a healthy diet in 2021, a slight improvement from 76.2% in 2020. Similar challenges were observed in Pakistan (82.2%) and Bangladesh (66.1%).
Rising food costs without income growth could worsen the situation.
The Asia-Pacific region, facing the lingering effects of the pandemic and the "5Fs" crisis, still has 370.7 million undernourished people, representing half of the global total.
India, with 16.6% undernourished population, has implications extending beyond health to economic and social costs.
Southern Asia showed a higher prevalence of severe food insecurity.
India has high rates of anaemia (53% in women aged 15-49), stunted growth (31.7% in children under five), and wasting (18.7% in children under five).
On a positive note, India improved the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants in the 0-5 months age group, with a percentage of 63.7%, higher than the world prevalence of 47.7%. However, India had the highest prevalence of low birth weight in the region (27.4%).
.India, the world's third-largest oil importer, has become the leading buyer of Russian crude at sea, taking over from Western nations that scaled back purchases after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite India's historical avoidance of Russian oil due to high transportation costs, as the country relies on imports for over 80% of its oil needs.
.Novozymes vs Assistant Controller of Patents and
Designs, relates to Section 3(e), which excludes from protection those compositions that amount to a mere aggregation of their components. The court holds that Section 3(e) does not exclude from the scope of protection aggregates that are already known. This, therefore, means that if any ingredient independently satisfies the requirements for the grant of a patent, irrespective of its inclusion in a composition
under Section 3(e), it would be patent eligible
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