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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicCyber surveillance

Topic: Cyber surveillance

One arrested in Barmer for posting video of army movement on social media

Barmer police said in a statement that a special cyber patrolling and surveillance campaign is going on in the district and the action was part of that.

Washington Post’s Dana Priest wasn’t sure about Pegasus Project. Then she saw the target list

In 'Pegasus', Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud investigate how people’s lives and privacy worldwide are being threatened by cyber-surveillance.

India was the most cyber-attacked country in the world for three months in 2019

Report says though the US was the most attacked last year, India held top spot in April, May & June and was in the top 5 worst affected throughout the year. 

WhatsApp, in letter to Modi govt, expresses ‘regret’ over Pegasus snooping issue

WhatsApp said it will ensure better safety measures after it confirmed last month that Pegasus spyware was used to spy on Indian journalists and human rights activists through its app.

Activists hit by WhatsApp snooping write to govt, ask if public money was spent on Pegasus

In open letter, 19 activists & lawyers demand to know if there was any contract between govt & NSO Group to ‘deploy’ Pegasus spyware in India.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.