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Chennai: A woman from Vadapalani was conned of 75,000 by cyber fraudsters, who identified themselves as Indian High Commissionerate officials from a foreign country. They demanded money to release her daughter studying in London who was under ‘digital arrest'. According to police sources, the victims, Ashok Anand and his wife Banumathi, residents of Vadapalani, received a phone call where the...

MUMBAI: At a time when India’s drug addiction crisis is deepening even as access to care remains uneven and stigmatised, researchers at Nagaland University have put forward a proposal that seeks to reframe rehabilitation for the digital age. Scholars from the university’s Department of Law have advanced the idea of a ‘Digital Rehabilitation Law’ — a forward-looking legal framework that...

Parliamentary panel recommends pen-and-paper format to improve reliability in national exams The parliamentary standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports has recommended a stronger focus on pen-and-paper exams for major national tests, highlighting recurring disruptions in computer-based examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The committee, chaired by...

NEW DELHI: The CBI has filed an FIR and began investigations into the procurement of bulk SIM cards by a Delhi-based firm and their alleged use in SIM Box-enabled cyber crimes and digital arrests.The core allegation is the firm obtained more than 20,000 bulk SIM cards and sold them in breach of Department of Telecommunications guidelines. The connections were allegedly diverted for use in organised...

Oct 27, 2023, 03:33PM ISTSource: TOI.inBharti Airtel Founder Sunil Bharti gave a speech after the inauguration of the 7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress by PM Modi at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.He said, “Two pillars are very important for IMC 2023...First was Digital India...You raised the slogan of JAM Trinity which was based on Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile is being...