India not only cog in global cybercrime ecosystem, but also partner in efforts to dismantle it. Illegal call centres a major concern, with many of them operating out of India, targeting victims abroad.
The data signals a worrying trend of cybercrime widening in scale, even though enforcement agencies manage to contain financial damage through real-time intervention.
Between January 2022 and May 2024, at least 29,466 Indians travelled to Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar & Vietnam on tourist visas & didn’t return, ThePrint has learnt.
From 2023 to 2024, there was an estimated increase of 200 per cent in financial fraud, with reported losses of over Rs 22,000 crore. But the concern for India is deeper.
Launched as a pilot project in Delhi for now, the new system will drive investigations swiftly cracking down on cybercriminals, Home Minister Amit Shah said.
Individuals worked in the compound guarded by armed militia & the money earned was converted to crypto with help of finance centres that facilitated the conversion, it is learnt.
In Part 2 of this two-part series, ThePrint spoke to Pao Pao, a recruiter who said those hired for ‘digital arrest’ scams submit passports and are only allowed to leave compound thrice a week.
The former deputy chief of Army staff, who also served as vice-chancellor of AMU, lost Rs 93,980 in the beginning of March. Case lodged with cyber police in Gurugram.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Has to link it to Mahakumbh somehow to show this great re-awakening but obviously such people funded by the leftists have to show India in a bad light somehow
Bullshit article just like her media! Mullah wali will never understand Hindu men! Sickular ppl wants to highjack the opportunity given by Mahakumbh by hook r crook and this article is crooked one!
An excellent and timely reminder of the perverse and depraved society we live in. Quality journalism.
Has to link it to Mahakumbh somehow to show this great re-awakening but obviously such people funded by the leftists have to show India in a bad light somehow
Bullshit article just like her media! Mullah wali will never understand Hindu men! Sickular ppl wants to highjack the opportunity given by Mahakumbh by hook r crook and this article is crooked one!