Haj Committee to organize vaccination camp in Mangaluru on April 24
Mangaluru: The Central Haj Committee will organize a vaccination camp at the Yenepoya School in Jeppinamogaru on Thursday, April 24, for people from Dakshina Kannada district who will be undertaking the Haj pilgrimage this year.
With the pilgrims being allocated cover numbers, the Committee has provided separate timings for vaccination depending on the cover numbers, to prevent confusion during the camp.
The applicants for vaccination are required to bring a ‘cover inquiry receipt’, which contains various details related to the journey including the Haj flight time, a passport-size photograph with white background and a copy of the medical screening report.
The organizers have said that no special preference will be given to any applicant and that there is no facility for advanced booking through any means for the vaccination. The pilgrims, excluding the NRIs, are required within the time scheduled for their cover number, they added.
The schedule for the vaccination camp is as follows:
Cover No 0001 to 1000: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Cover No 1001 to 1500: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Cover No 1501 to 2000: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Cover No 2000 to 2500: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cover No 2501 to 3000: 11:30 AM - 12 PM
Cover No 3001 to 3500: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Applicants with Cover No 3501 and above will be vaccinated from 1:30 PM.
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DGGI, Hyderabad unearths Rs 13,000 cr syndicate involved in operating 'illegal' online gaming sites
Hyderabad (PTI): The DGGI, Hyderabad zonal unit, on Thursday said it has identified an alleged organised syndicate worth Rs 13,000 crore involved in operating "illegal" online gaming websites in the country with the assistance of associated fintech companies and arrested one of the masterminds.
It further said it has launched a massive crackdown on online gaming syndicates, including action against associated fintech companies, freezing bank accounts to the tune of Rs 100 crore and has begun arresting the masterminds.
As part of the online gaming investigation, GST Intelligence, Hyderabad arrested Pankaj Kumar, founder and director of Adsum Advisory Service Pvt Ltd, the city-based firm, which provides services for fraud detection and customer verification/digital KYC verification, a release from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Hyderabad zonal unit said.
"Evidence gathered during the investigation pointed to the identification of an organised syndicate worth Rs 13,000 crore involved in operating illegal online gaming websites with assistance of associated fintech companies, including payment aggregator, payment gateway and third-party technology service providers, wherein Pankaj Kumar is one of the masterminds responsible for fraudulent KYC verification of merchants and shell entities on behalf of RBI regulated entities like Payment Gateways and Banking as Payment Aggregator (BAPA)," it said.
Being director of a company responsible for KYC verification process, Kumar "failed" to develop risk profiling of customers based on ownership and control structure and helped in onboarding of shell entities for UPI integration required for flow of money from online gaming, it alleged.
The DGGI, Hyderabad unit, further alleged Kumar, is one of the beneficiaries who received "illegitimate" proceeds of crime generated by the online gaming syndicate.
Further investigation is under progress, the release added.
