The ministry's notification comes at a time when the platform has gained prominence, with most companies asking employees to work from home in the wake of the covid-19 outbreak, globally.

Zoom has been in the news recently because of various security breaches. The company has declared that they will be freeze all feature updates to focus on security issues plaguing the application.

After a string of new security features, the creators of the app are now pushing out more stringent protocols to fix the issues.

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