India News: So far, around 1.42 crore doses of the vaccines have been administered among health and frontline workers since the launch of the first phase of the d
Twitterati express disappointment with CoWin App hours after registration began for general public
March 01, 2021
× The government of India initiated the registration for the next phase of the Covid-19 inoculation drive for those above 45 years of age today at 9.00 am on the Co-Win portal.
The government said in a statement that citizens will be able to register and book an appointment for vaccination, anytime and anywhere, using the COWIN 2.0 portal or through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu, etc.
Taking to Twitter, the Centre tweeted from its citizen engagement platform – MyGov: “With the beginning of Covid-19 Vaccination of the elderly, 45+ with comorbidities, we are all set to enter a decisive phase in our fight against COVID-19! If you are eligible for the vaccination, then register on Co-WIN 2.0 by visiting http://cowin.gov.in #LargestVaccineDrive.”
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MUMBAI: A vaccine for Covid is out now. But sadly, there seems to be no cure yet for the misinformation being spread around the disease. And the ‘infodemic’ of coronavirus misinformation, which is rampant on social media, seems to be finding new avenues to spread.
Registration of domain names (representing corporate identity/brand on the internet) have been witnessing a surge, and are increasingly being used to spread misinformation, and engage in illegal and fraudulent activities. Strangely so, the surge in Covid cases seems to have fuelled the trend, with a spike witnessed in cybersquatting cases.
Cybersquatters are using terms like Covid-19, corona, drugs and vaccine within the disputed domain name for spreading widespread rumours, false information and misinformed campaigns, a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) official told TOI. Simply put, cybersquatting is the abusive registration of trademarks as domain names, where an individual or