27 March 2014 Current Affairs
India Officially Declared ‘ Polio Free ’
India was on 27 March officially declared ‘Polio Free’ by the World Health Organisation. India is one of the 11 countries in the South East Asian region which have been certified as being free of the wild polio virus.The Union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad received the official certificate at a function in New Delhi.This achievement makes the South-East Asia Region, the fourth WHO Region to be certified as polio-free, after the Region of the Americas in 1994, the Western Pacific Region in 2000 and the European Region in 2002.
CERT-In detected Smartphone Virus Dendroid
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) detected a Smartphone Virus called Dendroid.This virus can compromise the data stored on the user’s phone. If once virus entered into the phone it will intercept SMS which are coming in or going out. This virus is also having the capacity to change the command and control server of the user’s personal Android Phone.