Google Play Store 25 एंड्रॉइड ऐप्स को बाहर निकालता है क्योंकि वे फेसबुक लॉगिन जानकारी चोरी करते पकड़े गए थे

Google Play Store से एप्लिकेशन निकालने की होड़ में है। कंपनी ने एंड्रॉइड स्टोर पर सिर्फ 25 ऐप पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है क्योंकि वे उपयोगकर्ताओं की फेसबुक जानकारी चोरी करते पकड़े गए थे। ये ऐप यूजर के फेसबुक क्रेडेंशियल्स को चुराने के लिए 'लॉगिन विद फेसबुक' फीचर का फायदा उठा रहे थे।  

ये एप्लिकेशन Google Play Store पर लंबे समय से सामूहिक रूप से 2.3 मिलियन डाउनलोड को पार करने के लिए हैं। हालांकि यह संख्या उतनी बड़ी नहीं है, लेकिन वहां पर अरबों स्मार्टफोन उपयोगकर्ता हैं, लेकिन फिर भी यह बहुत बड़ा प्रभाव होगा।

डाउनलोड की संख्या केवल इसलिए अधिक थी क्योंकि इन अनुप्रयोगों ने वैध कार्यक्षमता प्रदान की थी। हालांकि, संबंधित डेवलपर्स ने ऐप्स में दुर्भावनापूर्ण कोड इंजेक्ट किए।

इन ऐप्स में निम्नलिखित शामिल थे:

• Wallpaper Level
• Padenatef
• Super Wallpapers Flashlight
• Video Maker
• Contour Level Wallpaper.
• Color Wallpapers
• Pedometer
• iPlayer
• iWallpaper
• Powerful Flashlight
• Super Bright Flashlight 
• Solitaire Game
• Super Flashlight
• File Manager
• Classic Card Game
• Junk File Cleaning
• Synthetic Z
• Accurate Scanning of QR Code
• Health Step Counter
• Composite Z
• Anime Live Wallpaper
• Daily Horoscope Wallpapers
• Screenshot Capture
• Plus Weather
• Wuxia Reader

ये ऐप इतने सहज तरीके से काम कर रहे हैं कि किसी भी उपयोगकर्ता ने कभी नहीं सोचा था कि ये ऐप उनकी जानकारी चुरा रहे हैं। ऐप में लॉगिन करने की कोशिश करने पर, ऐप मूल रूप से एक नकली फेसबुक लॉगिन स्क्रीन को पॉप अप करता है जो असली को ओवरले करेगा। जैसे ही लोग अपनी साख दर्ज करते हैं, जानकारी सीधे फेसबुक सर्वर से सत्यापित होने के बजाय ऐप के सर्वर पर चली जाएगी। 

यह मूल रूप से जनता पर एक फ़िशिंग हमला था। जानकारी को सुरक्षा शोधकर्ताओं ने ट्रैक किया और उन्होंने इसके बारे में Google को बताया। 

pubg खेलने के लिए उड़ा दिए 16 लाख रुपए पिता को भनक नहीं

बेटे ने PUBG में उड़ाए 16 लाख रुपये, पिता को भनक तक नहीं....

17 वर्षिय युवक अपने माता-पिता के अकाउंट से पेमेंट करने के बाद बैंक से आने वाले मैसेज को डिलीट कर दिया करता था। 16 लाख रुपये गवाए जाने की सूचना माता-पिता को बैंक स्टेटमेंट के जरिए मिली।

खुद के और दोस्तों के ऊपर उड़ा चुका था 16 लाख, बैंक स्टेटमेंट से पता चला

PUBG Mobile में आउटफिट और स्किन खरीदने के लिए चुकाने होते हैं पैसे

चस्के के चलते पहले भी कई बच्चें उड़ा चुके हैं माता पिता के लाखों रुपये

बेटे ने PUBG में उड़ाए 16 लाख रुपये, पिता को भनक तक नहीं

PUBG Mobile पहले से ही काफी लोकप्रिय मोबाइल गेम रहा है और वैश्विक महामारी के दौरान इसकी लोकप्रियता और बढ़ गई है। इसका सबसे बड़ा उदाहरण Sensor Tower की ताज़ा रिपोर्ट है, जिसमें इसके राजस्व में लगातार वृद्धि की जानकारी मिली है। हालांकि इसके "चस्के" के चलते कई विवादित खबरों के सामने आने के कारण Tencent Games के इस बैटल रोयाल गेम को कई आलोचनाओं का सामना भी करना पड़ चुका है। गुरुवार को एक नई रिपोर्ट सामने आई है, जिसमें दावा किया गया है कि पंजाब के एक किशोर ने पबजी मोबाइल गेम के अंदर खरीदारी करने के लिए उसके माता-पिता के बैंक अकाउंट से 16 लाख रुपये खर्च कर दिए। यह भी बताया गया है कि खागर में रहने वाले इस 17 वर्षीय युवक के पिता ने इन पैसों को चिकित्सा खर्च के लिए जमा किया था और यह उनकी ज़िंदगी भर की कमाई थी।

युवक के माता-पिता का हवाला देते हुए, Tribune India की एक रिपोर्ट में दावा किया गया है कि किशोर के पास माता-पिता के तीन बैंक अकाउंट तक पहुंच थी, जिसे वह अपने PUBG Mobile अकाउंट को अपग्रेड करने के लिए इस्तेमाल करता था। कथित तौर पर किशोर ने अपने साथियों के लिए भी इन-ऐप खरीदारी की। रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि परिवार को इसके बारे में बैंक स्टेटमेंट के जरिए पता चला।

बताया जाता है कि नाबालिग के पिता एक सरकारी कर्मचारी हैं और और वह बिमार भी रहते हैं। पिता, जिन्होंने अपने नाम का खुलासा न करने की इच्छा जताई, ने ट्रिब्यून इंडिया को बताया कि 17 वर्षीय युवक अपनी मां के साथ रहता था और पिता कहीं और पोस्टेड थे। पिता ने कहा, "उसने सभी लेन-देन करने के लिए मां के मोबाइल फोन का इस्तेमाल किया और अकाउंट से डेबिट हुई राशि के बारे में आने वाले बैंक के मैसेजों को हटा दिया।"

रिपोर्ट में आगे दावा किया गया है कि माता-पिता ने सोचा कि 17 वर्षीय "स्मार्टफोन का उपयोग ऑनलाइन पढ़ाई के लिए" कर रहा था। घटना के बाद, PUBG Mobile पर अधिक समय न बिताने देने के लिए, युवक को एक रिपेयरिंग की दुकान में काम पर लगा दिया गया है। पिता ने कहा “मैं उसे घर में बेकार बैठने नहीं दे सकता और उसे पढ़ने के लिए तक के लिए मोबाइल फोन नहीं दे सकता।"

फ़ेसबूक पासवर्ड चुराने वाले इन 25 apps को किया गूगल ने बैन, यहाँ सूची देखे

Google ने इस महीने Google Play Store से 25 Android एप्लिकेशन निकाले हैं जो Facebook क्रेडेंशियल्स चोरी करते पकड़े गए थे।

 25 ऐप्स को सामूहिक रूप से 2.34 मिलियन से अधिक बार डाउनलोड किया गया था।

दुर्भावनापूर्ण ऐप्स एक ही समूह द्वारा विकसित किए गए थे और अलग-अलग सुविधाओं की पेशकश के बावजूद, हुड के तहत, सभी ऐप ने समान काम किया।

फ्रेंच साइबर-सिक्योरिटी फर्म एविना की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, आज ZDNet के साथ साझा किए गए, ऐप को स्टेप काउंटर्स, इमेज एडिटर्स, वीडियो एडिटर्स, वॉलपेपर ऐप्स, टॉर्च एप्लीकेशन, फाइल मैनेजर और मोबाइल गेम्स के रूप में पेश किया गया।

ऐप्स ने एक वैध कार्यक्षमता प्रदान की, लेकिन उनमें दुर्भावनापूर्ण कोड भी था। 

एविना के शोधकर्ताओं का कहना है कि ऐप में ऐसे कोड होते हैं जो यह पता लगाते हैं कि उपयोगकर्ता ने हाल ही में किस ऐप को खोला था और फोन के अग्रभूमि में था।

यदि एप्लिकेशन फेसबुक था, तो दुर्भावनापूर्ण ऐप आधिकारिक फेसबुक ऐप के शीर्ष पर एक वेब ब्राउज़र विंडो को ओवरले करेगा और एक नकली फेसबुक लॉगिन पेज लोड करेगा (नीचे दी गई छवि देखें: ब्लू बार = वास्तविक फेसबुक ऐप, ब्लैक बार = फ़िशिंग पेज)।

इमेज- evina 

यदि उपयोगकर्ता इस फ़िशिंग पृष्ठ पर क्रेडेंशियल दर्ज करते हैं, तो दुर्भावनापूर्ण ऐप डेटा को लॉग करेगा और इसे (अब-दोषपूर्ण) airshop.pw डोमेन पर स्थित एक दूरस्थ सर्वर पर भेजेगा।

एविना ने कहा कि इसने दुर्भावनापूर्ण कोड पाया जो मई के अंत में Google को रिपोर्ट किए गए 25 ऐप में फेसबुक की साख को चुराता था। फ्रांसीसी सुरक्षा फर्म के निष्कर्षों की पुष्टि करने के बाद, Google ने इस महीने की शुरुआत में ऐप हटा दिए। कुछ ऐप हटाए जाने से पहले प्ले स्टोर पर एक साल से अधिक समय से उपलब्ध थे।

 जब Google play स्टोर से दुर्भावनापूर्ण एप्लिकेशन हटाता है, तो कंपनी किसी उपयोगकर्ता के डिवाइस पर ऐप्स को भी निष्क्रिय कर देती है और आधिकारिक प्ले स्टोर ऐप के साथ शामिल प्ले प्रोटेक्ट सेवा के माध्यम से उपयोगकर्ताओं को सूचित करती है।

25 ऐप, उनके नाम और  पूरी सूची नीचे सूचीबद्ध है।

Super wallpapers flashlight

padenatef

wallpaper level

contour level wallpaper

iplayer & iwallpaper

video maker

color wallpapers

pedometer

powerful flashlight

super bright flashlight

super flashlight

solitaire game

accuate scanning of qr code

classic card game

junk file cleaning

synthetic Z

file manager

composite Z

screenshot capture

daily horoscope wallpapers

Wuxia reader

plus weather

Anime live wallpaper

ihealth step counter

com.tqyapp.com

 आखिर कैसे करते है ये apps फ़ेसबूक क्रेडेंटियल्स की चोरी? 

एविना के अनुसार, एक बार जब उपयोगकर्ता ने अपने स्मार्टफ़ोन पर विवादास्पद ऐप लॉन्च किया, तो दुर्भावनापूर्ण ऐप ने यह पता लगाया कि हाल ही में उपयोगकर्ता ने किस ऐप को खोला है और फोन के अग्रभूमि में है। 

साइबर सिक्योरिटी फर्म बताती है, "अगर यह एक फेसबुक एप्लिकेशन है, तो मैलवेयर उसी समय फेसबुक को लोड करने वाला ब्राउजर लॉन्च करेगा। ब्राउजर अग्रभूमि में प्रदर्शित होता है, जिससे आपको लगता है कि एप्लिकेशन ने इसे लॉन्च कर दिया है।"

एक बार जब उपयोगकर्ता फ़िशिंग पृष्ठ पर अपना फेसबुक लॉगिन विवरण डाल देता है (जो मूल फेसबुक ऐप की नीली पट्टी के बजाय एक काली पट्टी होती है), 

तो यह संभावित रूप से हमलावरों को फेसबुक खाते पर संग्रहीत सभी डेटा तक पहुंचने की अनुमति दे सकता है या यहां तक कि उन्हें अन्य वेबसाइटों तक पहुंचने की अनुमति दे सकता है जहां उपयोगकर्ताओं ने अपने फेसबुक खाते के माध्यम से लॉग इन किया है।

Potentially hazardous Apollo asteroid galloping towards Earth, likely to fly by on May 7

An asteroid 210-metre in diametre is hurling towards earth and is likely to come particularly close on May 7, when the asteroid is like to fly past. NASA Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies has revealed details about the asteroid on its website. The Apollo category space rocks are considered to be the most dangerous type of intruders as they intersect Earth's orbit with theirs.

The '438908 (2009 XO)' is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2009 XO as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close encounter with Earth.

The 2009 XO orbits the sun every 926 days (2.54 years), coming as close as 0.85 AU and reaching as far as 2.87 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2009 XO is probably between 0.211 to 0.472 kilometres in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

In the next 180 years, the asteroid is likely to have 12 near-earth encounters.

Date	Distance from Earth (km)	Velocity (km/s)
May 7, 2020	3,393,570	12.781
Jan. 4, 2048	24,121,743	17.012
March 14, 2053	21,361,496	10.119
May 20, 2058	25,195,604	17.229
Jan. 15, 2086	2,503,664	12.568
March 14, 2091	21,361,069	10.102
May 7, 2096	1,534,180	12.450
Jan. 4, 2119	29,668,780	18.147
March 29, 2124	20,148,645	9.978
Jan. 26, 2152	6,951,991	10.852
May 15, 2157	10,944,142	14.331
May 24, 2185	27,406,086	17.649

Stay and play at home: Google doodle launches game series amid COVID-19 lockdown

Google on Monday (April 27, 2020) asked people to 'Stay and Play at Home' by launching its new Doodle series which is a throwback to some of its popular interactive Google Doodle games. By launching the new game series during lockdown Google is celebrating 50 years of Kids Coding

The first game in the games series is from 2017 'Coding' game which features a bunny and to win the game, the player has to get the bunny to collect all carrots. The player can move different command tiles into the tray and the bunny will follow what the player is programming it to perform. The search engine giant will further keep on adding more coding games in the series to help people enjoy their time playing at home.

The Google Doodle blog read, ''As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world, people and families everywhere are spending more time at home. In light of this, we’re launching a throwback Doodle series looking back at some of our popular interactive Google Doodle games! Stay and play at home with today’s featured throwback: Our 2017 Doodle game celebrating 50 years of Kids Coding!''

In its previous doodles, Google thanked all coronavirus helpers including doctors, teachers, cleaners, delivery boys, etc for their efforts against the novel coronavirus pandemic. On hovering upon the doodle, one can see a pop-up that includes a thank you note to all coronavirus helpers.

Google's initiative will surely cheer up kids under lockdown as they now get an option to pass their time with coding games.

British PM Boris Johnson to return to work on Monday after defeating coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday after a two-week-long fight against coronavirus. Johnson was admitted to London's St Thomas hospital when his symptoms worsened. 

Depending on doctors' advice, Johnson may host Monday's daily Downing Street news conference and possibly take on the new Labour leader Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Sky News reported.

"He is 'raring to go' and will be back Monday," Sky News noted, citing a Downing Street source.

Johnson said on April 12 that he had left the hospital "after a week in which the NHS has saved my life, no question."

Johnson, who spent three nights in intensive care in the hospital, spent a week in Chequers, the prime minister's country house after leaving hospital.

"He had a Chequers meeting with advisers on Friday and he will be meeting the (British) health secretary, Matt Hancock, and getting back to his normal schedule," Sky News reported.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is also the first secretary of state, had been deputized by Johnson to carry out his duties during his illness.

Earlier in the day, the British Department of Health said that a further 813 people had died of COVID-19 as of 1600 GMT on Friday, bringing the death toll to 20,319 and making UK the fifth nation globally to pass the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths, after the United States, Italy, Spain and France.

Care home deaths and those in the community are still excluded from the British tally.

The UK-wide figure has doubled in less than two weeks. A total of 148,377 people have now tested positive for the virus in the country, a jump of 4,913 in 24 hours.

Facebook launches Messenger Kids in 70 more countries

San Francisco: Facebook on Wednesday (April 22, 2020) launched its Messenger Kids application to 70 new countries, saying it can help children deal with the challenges of distance learning and isolation during the coronavirus COVID-19 lockdowns.

The new countries are in various regions of the world and include Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Tuvalu but no European countries are on the list yet.

The app, which is aimed at children under 13, will also be adding a "supervised friending" feature enabling parents to approve new connections, starting in the United States and gradually rolling out to other countries.

"With schools closed and people physically distancing, parents are turning to technology more than ever to help their kids connect with friends and family," Facebook's global head of safety Antigone Davis said in a blog post.

He added, "Messenger Kids is a video chat and messaging app that helps kids connect with friends and family in a fun, parent-controlled space. Today, we're starting to roll out Messenger Kids to more countries and we're adding new choices for parents to connect kids with friends." 

Messenger Kids was launched in the United States in 2017 and expanded later to Canada and a handful of other countries, aiming at children too young for a Facebook account.

With the changes announced on Wednesday, kids will be able to connect in groups to help facilitate learning, under parental supervision.

Parents in the US, Canada, and Latin America can also allow their children to make their names and profile photos visible as part of the move to get more friends. Kids will be able to initiate their own friend requests. Until now these had to be initiated by the parents.

"Parents have told us they want to be able to give their kids more independence in managing their contact list while still maintaining parental supervision," Davis said.

WhatsApp to allow more users in group audio, video calls amid coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown

New Delhi: Inspired by the stupendous growth of video meeting apps in social distancing times, WhatsApp is building a new feature that will allow more participants, that the current limit of 4, to join group audio and video calls.

Spotted on Thursday by WABetaInfo, a fan website that tracks WhatsApp updates, the latest WhatApp Beta update revealed the company is planning to extend the limit of participants in a voice or video group call.

"WhatsApp, probably due to the concerns for the COVID-19 and the fact that more users are using group calls, has decided to extend that limit to allow calls with more participants," said the report.

The company is yet to reveal how many users will finally be able to join the group call when the new calling feature is rolled out globally.

The changes were spotted in WhatsApp Messenger beta for iOS 2.20.50.23.

While you`re in a call, WhatsApp shows a new header, informing that the call is end-to-end encrypted.

"All participants will have to be on the most recent WhatsApp version for iOS and Android to be able to participate in a bigger group call," the report mentioned.

Late last month, 70 per cent more people participated in group video calls using Facebook Messenger week-over-week, and the amount time spent on those group video calls has doubled globally.

Similarly, voice and video calls on WhatsApp have more than doubled year-over-year in the places most impacted by the virus.

Apple`s FaceTime video calling tool supports 32 people while Facebook Messenger can support up to 50 people in a call.

Rain of rumors, Facebook is going to launch this special feature to Stop Rumors

New Delhi: Facebook is taking strict steps to rein in the misinformation and rumors spreading about the Corona virus. Facebook is bringing a feature called 'Gets the Fact'. Through which it will help to a great extent in preventing the spread of misinformation.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "We have been working to stop misinformation since March, while now we are going to expand our campaign." He further said, "We are working on the Corona virus on Facebook and Instagram to reach the right information to the people and to prevent the wrong information."

Zuckerberg said, "We have been trying to rein in the rumors since the beginning of March. Now we are working with more than 60 FACT check institutions in about 12 countries to stop misinformation in 50 languages. If the information is wrong or correct, it is also labeled.

Giving information, Zuckerberg said that now we are taking another step forward in this link. We are going to launch a feature called Gates the Fact which will curb misinformation to a great extent. He also said that by sending messages to our users who have received wrong information so far, we will give them the right information.

500,000 Hacked Zoom Accounts Being Sold on Dark Web: Report

Zoom video conferencing app has seen an unprecedented level of growth in the past month or so. This is mainly because of the coronavirus pandemic that has forced people to stay indoors and work from home, leaving voice and video calls the only way of communication. Because of this sudden growth, several privacy and security concerns surrounding Zoom have come to the fore. Now, a fresh report claims that over 500,000 Zoom accounts have been hacked and are being sold on the dark web.

A report by Bleeping Computer states that hackers are selling these Zoom accounts for less than a penny each and in some cases, they are being given away for free. The report adds that this information about free Zoom accounts being posted on hacker forums was first pointed out by Cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble around April 1. The firm then reached out to the sellers of these accounts and bought 530,000 Zoom credentials at $0.0020 (roughly Rs. 0.15) per account, in an attempt to warn their customers of the breach.

The report also adds that these accounts were hacked through credential stuffing attacks that use previously leaked accounts to login to Zoom. The credentials that are successfully logged in are then compiled and sold to other hackers. These types of attacks are not unique to Zoom, the report states.

These Zoom account credentials include email address, passwords, personal meeting URLs, and HostKeys, according to the report. It was also found that 290 accounts were related to universities and colleges like University of Vermont, Dartmouth, Lafayette, University of Florida, University of Colorado, and others. Some accounts belonged to well-known companies such as Citibank, Chase, and more. Both Bleeping Computer and Cyble claim they have verified some of these accounts and that the credentials used were valid.

It is highly advisable that users change their Zoom passwords, especially if the same password is used elsewhere. They should try to use unique passwords for each site. Users can also check if their email address has been leaked by going to Cyble's AmIBreached service or Have I Been Pwned service.

This comes after Zoom faced several allegations for its security and privacy flaws. CEO Eric Yuan also held a livestream acknowledging the issues and stating that the company is working on fixing them.

PUBG Mobile ‘Cold Front Survival’ Mode is Finally Coming on April 16

Remember there were rumours of a new ‘Extreme Cold’ mode coming to PUBG Mobile? Well, that is still in the pipeline. According to a social media post by PUBG Mobile, ‘Cold Front Survival’ is coming to the game on April 16, which is just a few days away.

Now there has been no specific information shared by the company, but the teasers clearly point out the previously leaked Extreme Cold mode that was seen on a beta version of Game For Peace (Chinese version of PUBG Mobile).

From what we’ve seen previously, it is going to be more of a survival mode. The mode will be set in Vikendi and players will have to survive in extremely cold weather by searching for wood to start a fire as well as hunt for animals to take on the cold wave. A timer will be added in this mode to notify players of the incoming extreme cold wave, so they can find shelter and prepare for survival. Players would have to deal with damage if they are not around a fire when the cold wave hits.

Additionally, one of the teasers also includes a drone that is expected to be added to the mode. If you have been following our PUBG Mobile coverage, you would know that the addition of drones to the game was also previously leaked. According to some leaked gameplay footage, the drones would only be used as a surveillance tool. They could be used to search for enemies or even weapons and equipment around the map.

What seems to be weird is PUBG Mobile’s decision to add the Cold Front Survival mode in the month of April. It would have made a lot of sense if the mode was added during the winter season. Also, instead of adding new modes, it would be great if Tencent would fix the numerous issues currently in the game.

Corona Fighters get Google's support, doodle launched to boost morale

Corona virus has caused havoc in the country and the world. Doctors are busy in dealing with this disease. At the same time, Google has boosted the morale of doctors and medical staff with its doodles. Google has changed its doodle. Even before this, Google has changed its doodle on the epidemic.

Through a video in Google Doodle thanked all the doctors, nurses and medical posted 24 hours. Apart from this, the precautions to be taken by the people have also been told.

Corona's havoc is not stopping

Explain that the number of corona patients in the country has increased to 9152. According to the Health Ministry website, 308 people have died in the country so far. 7987 Corona patients are under treatment in the country. At the same time, 857 patients have been cured. In the last 24 hours, Corona has killed 35 people. Maharashtra has the highest number of 1985 infected patients and 149 people have died.

In which state how many people died ?

According to the Health Ministry, 149 in Maharashtra so far, 36 in Madhya Pradesh, 25 in Gujarat, 24 in Delhi, 11 in Punjab, 11 in Tamil Nadu, 9 in Telangana, 6 in Karnataka, 7 in Andhra Pradesh, 5 in Uttar Pradesh, West 7 deaths have occurred in Bengal, 4 in Jammu and Kashmir, 3 in Haryana, 2 in Kerala, 2 in Jharkhand, 1-1 in Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates Rs 5 crore to Give India

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has donated Rs 5 crore to non-profit Give India, thus matching Googles earlier donation of Rs 5 crore to the online donation platform."Thank you @sundarpichai for matching @Googleorg's Rs 5 crore grant to provide desperately needed cash assistance for vulnerable daily wage worker families," Give India tweeted.

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Give India has raised over Rs 12 crore so far to support vulnerable families across the country.

Pichai last month announced the company will provide over $800 million to support small and medium businesses (SMBs), health organisations, governments and health workers on the frontline of global COVID-19 pandemic.

The commitment would include $250 million in ad grants to help the World Health Organisation (WHO) and more than 100 government agencies globally provide critical information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other measures to help local communities.

"This is an increase from our initial $25 million announced last month. In addition, we're providing $20 million in ad grants to community financial institutions and NGOs specifically to run public service announcements on relief funds and other resources for SMBs," Pichai said in a statement.

Google committed a $200 million investment fund that will support NGOs and financial institutions around the world to help provide small businesses with access to capital.

(With inputs from IANS)