The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the cybersecurity watchdog under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has asked people to be aware of fake UPI IDs that are similar to that of PM-CARES Fund. It may be noted that the genuine UPI Id is "pmcares@sbi" and registered account name is "PM CARES".
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, RBI has revised trading hours for money market from 10 am to 2 pm. The new timings will be effective from April 7 and continue until April 17. Currently, the market trades from 9 am to 5 pm. Staff and IT resources have been severely affected, posing operational and logistic risks, said the RBI.
With strict movement regulations and non-availability of transport facilities, to provide essential services like cash withdrawal to its customers, major banks like SBI (State Bank of India), HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank have come forward to provide doorstep banking services that include cash delivery and pickup.
On Thursday to fight the Covid 19 pandemic, government of India has launched Aarogya Setu mobile app that will enable individuals assess the risk of contracting coronavirus infection by themselves. The app was developed with a view to update the countrymen about the "best practices and relevant advisories pertaining to the containment of COVID-19".