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Topic: CoWIN app

Govt says CoWIN breach reports ‘mischievous in nature’, asserts portal is ‘completely safe’

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Telegram bot was not accessing CoWIN database directly, but may be showing information from 'previously stolen data'.

With polls coming up, only 40% adults in Punjab are fully vaccinated, lowest in India

National average on 27 December was 62 per cent. ‘Vaccine indifference’, strike by healthcare staff cited as reasons for pace of vaccination in Punjab.

Young India wants Covid vaccines, but CoWIN just won’t let us win

Booked slots on CoWIN are a problem of the ‘announce-now, plan-later’ method that India loves so much. Millennials desperately want some of that vaccine maitri.

Struggling to find an open Covid vaccination slot on CoWin? Get help from these websites, apps

As people struggle to find slots at Covid vaccination centres, many software developers and tech companies are providing real-time updates to help people book appointments.

Server hiccup, no slots, one crore people registered in 4 hrs — How CoWIN performed on day 1

Govt officials say the portal received 27 lakh hits per minute, adding they’re working round-the-clock to ensure it runs smoothly.

Expect 6-7 million Covid vaccinations to happen daily from 1 May, says CoWin panel head

Dr R.S. Sharma, also the CEO of National Health Authority, said that preparations had been made to handle the increased traffic and refuted reports of worsening CoWin glitches.

After Chinese, now North Korean hackers are eyeing CoWIN, cyber intel firm alerts

Cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma says purpose of fake CoWIN sites is to collect personal information from Indian users and use that for cyberattacks.

No glitches in CoWin, people were looking for app when there is none, says govt

Day one of second phase of vaccination drive saw many complaints from people trying to register for the shot. Govt says it is monitoring user experience but says no glitches found so far.

Co-WIN isn’t fashion but a necessity, says RS Sharma, ex-TRAI chief in charge of vaccine app

In an interview, Ram Sewak Sharma, chairman of Co-WIN panel, says the app has functions separate from Aarogya Setu and that data collection is minimal, not sensitive & encrypted.

What is CoWIN and what you need to register on the app for Covid vaccine shot

The CoWIN app is not yet public, but has utilities for every level of user — from civil servants to public health system managers, vaccinators, and potential beneficiaries.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.