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About 30 crore people are vulnerable to phishing attacks in India, out of which 5 lakh potentially fall prey to scamsters, a top official of cloud communications firm Tanla Platforms said here. The Hyderabad-based company unveiled an anti-phishing platform during Mobile World Congress 2023 here to prevent phishing messages from reaching subscribers and is currently running trials on Vodafone Idea network. Speaking to PTI, Tanla Platforms Founder, Chairman and CEO D Uday Reddy said while the solution has been developed in India, the problem is global and Tanla has seen interest from other parts of the world. "As per our estimates, there are around 30 crore people in India who are vulnerable to phishing attacks out of which 5 lakh people potentially get scammed. We have noticed that only 7 per cent who get scammed report about the crime due to various reasons. Anti-phishing platform will detect the scam within a minute it is introduced in India," Reddy said. The platform was launched
The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a plea by businessman Vijay Nair, an accused in the Delhi excise policy scam case, claiming that sensitive information related to the matter was being leaked to the media by investigating agencies. Earlier, Justice Yashwant Varma had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to place before the court all press communications and releases put out by them in relation to the probe. Nair, who is in custody in a money laundering case being probed by the ED in relation to the alleged scam, is a former chief executive officer of an event management company and communication in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Earlier this month, he was granted bail by a trial court in the case also being probed by the CBI. Nair through his lawyer has argued before the high court that the case was at a critical stage and his rights as an accused are adversely affected when the details are released to the media. He h
Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday interrogated former West Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari in connection with a teacher recruitment scam. Adhikari, who had been earlier been grilled by the CBI in the same case, arrived at the CGO complex of the ED office here in the morning to face questioning, sources in the agency said. The former minister of state for education is facing allegations of adopting illegal means to get her daughter Ankita appointed as a teacher in a state-run school in Cooch Behar district. The Calcutta High Court had earlier this year dismissed Ankita from job and asked her to return the salary she had drawn as a teacher since 2018. In August, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during a cabinet reshuffle, had dropped Adhikari from her ministry.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday called electoral bonds the "biggest scam" in the history of independent India. His remark came days after the centre told the Supreme Court that the electoral bonds scheme was an absolutely transparent mode of political funding. Gehlot said that electoral bonds have been devised by the NDA government in such a way that not only it allows easy funnelling of money, but also ensures that no one can be blamed for it. He said that the Supreme Court should not delay judgement on the matter and should hold regular hearings. The CM also raised questions on the Election Commission of India's decision to hold Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections on different dates, saying such a move was not possible without indication from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The NDA government has come up with such a method that no one can be blamed. In the Supreme Court they (GoI) say that they have done the right thing
People like Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh, Ravi Narain and Chitra Ramakrishna had one thing in common - greed. Markets may not forgive them, but lessons can be drawn. Here's a look at their work