Retired soldier loses Rs 98 lakh during 15-day 'digital arrest'

A retired soldier of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh has been duped of Rs 98 lakh after being kept under 15 days 'digital arrest' by the fraudsters, officials said on Friday. Illustration: Dominic......

Live selfie, location lock: India tightens KYC rules for crypto exchanges

In an effort to eliminate illegal activity in the digital asset market, India's Financial Intelligence Unit has unveiled stringent new Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer protocols for......

Digital Scams Are Getting Smarter

'Just like oral hygiene, cyber hygiene must become a daily habit,' says Beena Vaheed, executive director, Bank of Baroda.'It is not enough to rely only on banks, companies, or the government. Each......

IndiGo cancelled 650 flights on Sunday, operated 1,650

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Sunday cancelled over 650 flights while the disrupted operations were slowly stabilising as the number of cancellations reduced and more than Rs 610 crore......

India Inc meeting capex need with own cash, says SBI chief C S Setty

India Inc, which is sitting on cash balances of 13.5 trillion, is using the funds to meet capital expenditure as well as brownfield expansion, resulting in ‘anaemic’ demand for bank loans,......

Time To Tackle The Digital Fraud Surge

We propose an expert group be set up to form a national strategy on digital fraud.This group would bring together skills in financial regulation, security economics, cyber defence, and public......

Fighting digital fraud: From KYC processes to advanced authentication

In today’s rapidly evolving digital payment landscape, security concerns remain a top priority for stakeholders across sectors. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com At a panel discussion in......

Now you can help in drafting Income-Tax rules

Central Board of Direct Taxes on Tuesday said stakeholders can send their inputs for drafting Income-tax rules and related forms pertaining to the proposed Income Tax Bill, 2025. Illustration:......

Jamtara Season 2 Review

Once the novelty of the plot wears off, Jamtara 2 becomes just another small-town cops-and-gangs story, observes Deepa Gahlot. The first season of Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega (2020) was an......

Race walker Bhawna blames mobile app after NADA suspension

The 27-year-old gold medallist in the 20km race-walk event at the National Inter-State Championships in June, has been asked to return home from Budapest after Athletics Federation of India (AFI)......