Attempt to hack phones of many leaders including Shashi Tharoor. The country’s largest luxury mall opened, Apple introduced new MacBook and iMac.

By Cross Talk India Team On Nov 1, 2023

Yesterday’s big news was related to phone hacking. On Tuesday, many leaders including TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and some journalists received a notification from tech company Apple. It said that state sponsored attackers are trying to target you.

At the same time, Reliance Industries’ mall ‘Jio World Plaza’ has been opened. Many Bollywood stars attended its red carpet event. The country’s most luxurious mall will open for the general public on Wednesday. Apart from this, Apple launched the M3 series chip and Mac devices equipped with it in its special event ‘Scary Fast’.

Before tomorrow’s big news, today’s major events to keep an eye on…

Today GST data for the month of October will come. Last month in September, the government had collected Rs 1.63 lakh crore from GST. This was 10.2% more than a year ago i.e. September 2022. Then Rs 1.47 lakh crore was collected from GST.
Britannia Industries and Tata Steel will declare second quarter (July-September) results. Apart from this, results of companies like Godrej Consumer Products, Ambuja Cement, Adani Wilmar, Hero MotoCorp, LIC Housing Finance and JK Tire will also be released.
There may be a rise in the stock market today. Earlier on Tuesday, the Sensex slipped 237 points and closed at the level of 63,874. Nifty also fell by 61 points and closed at the level of 19,079. Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 16 were rising.
There is no change in the prices of petrol and diesel even today. At present, petrol in Delhi is being sold at Rs 96.72 per liter while diesel is being sold at Rs 89.62 per litre. Whereas in Mumbai, petrol is available at Rs 106.31 and diesel at Rs 94.27 per litre.

Now tomorrow’s big news…

1. Attempt to hack phones of many leaders including Shashi Tharoor: Apple sent threat notification, know its meaning and how to keep iPhone safe.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, several leaders of opposition parties and some journalists received a notification from Apple on Tuesday morning. It said- Apple feels that state sponsored attackers are trying to target you. An attempt is being made to remotely compromise the iPhone linked to your Apple ID.

If your device is compromised by a state-sponsored attack, they can access your sensitive data, communications, and camera and microphone. It is possible that this may be a false alarm, but take this warning seriously.” In such a situation, here we are telling you about what is Apple’s threat notification and how you can keep your phone safe.

2. Country’s largest luxury mall opened: Bollywood stars seen with Ambani family in the red carpet event of ‘Jio World Plaza’

Reliance Industries’ mall ‘Jio World Plaza’ opened in Mumbai on Tuesday, October 31. It will be open to the general public on November 1. This is the largest luxury mall in the country.

At the red carpet event to mark the launch of the mall, Reliance Industries Chairperson Mukesh Ambani was seen posing with his son Anant Ambani, future daughter-in-law Radhika Merchant and daughter Isha Ambani. Apart from this, many Bollywood stars were also seen in this event.

Located in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), this mall is spread over an area of 7.50 lakh square feet. This mall will not only be luxurious in appearance, but the things available here will also be quite luxurious. Many of the world’s top brands will be available including Cartier, Balancing, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Valentino, Manish Malhotra, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla, Pottery Barn and Gucci.

3. Apple’s new MacBook and iMac launch: The starting price of 14 inch MacBook Pro with new M3 chip is Rs 1.69 lakh.

Apple launched the M3 series chip and Mac devices equipped with it in its special event ‘Scary Fast’ on Tuesday. These devices include MacBook Pro 14, MacBook Pro 16 and iMac. MacBook has been introduced in space gray color for the first time.

Apple’s new M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips are built on 3nm technology. Both M1 and M2 were launched several months before their Pro and Max counterparts, but this time Apple has launched M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max together.

4. Mukesh Ambani received third threat in four days: The amount of demand increased to Rs 400 crore, the sender of the e-mail said – will get him killed by the best shooter of the country.

The country’s richest man and businessman Mukesh Ambani has received the third death threat within four days. After receiving threats on 27th and 28th October, Mukesh Ambani has received threat again on Monday 30th October.

On Monday morning, Mukesh Ambani received an e-mail on his company mail ID. A demand of Rs 400 crore has been made in this. He has received death threats if his demands are not met.

Earlier, on the evening of 27th October, a demand of Rs 20 crore was made on this mail and on 28th October, a demand of Rs 200 crore was made. It was said in the mail that he would be killed by the best shooters of the country.

5. Techno Pop 8 smartphone unveiled in low budget segment: Mobile has 90Hz refresh rate screen and 5000mAh battery, expected price ₹ 6,999

Tech company TECNO has unveiled its new low budget segment smartphone in the Indian market today i.e. on Tuesday. The smartphone has been listed on the company’s official website. However, the company has not announced its price yet, but it is expected that the price of Techno Pop 8 can start from Rs 6,999.

Techno Pop 8 is listed on the website in three memory variants. These include 3GB RAM + 64GB memory, 4GB RAM + 64GB memory and 4GB RAM + 128GB memory.

The phone is equipped with specifications like 90Hz refresh rate screen and 5,000mAh. The smartphone is available in Mystery White, Alpenglow Gold, Magic Skin and Gravity Black colors.

Now read the news you need…
Returns up to 7.75% on FD in IDBI: Bank extends the deadline for investment in ‘Amrit Mahotsav FD’ till 30th November.

IDBI Bank has extended the validity of its special fixed deposit scheme ‘Amrit Mahotsav FD’. The validity of this scheme was earlier 31st October. Customers will now be able to invest in this scheme till 30th November. There is facility to invest in FD for 375 days and 444 days.

In this, general customers get annual returns at the rate of 7.15% and senior citizens get 7.65%. The bank has made this change under the festive offer extension. This scheme also has the facility of closing the FD even before completion of maturity along with premature withdrawal.

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