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TopicDigital arrest

Topic: digital arrest

After 465% spike in 2024, MHA data shows digital arrest scams are on a decline in India

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Indians lost Rs 1,918 crore to digital arrest scams in 2024. Cases still being reported, but awareness has helped curb menace, says MHA official.

Made-in-India Zoho’s app Arattai, which govt promoted, yet to comply with anti-digital arrest curbs

Vrinda Tulsian -
Centre tells SC, besides messaging app Arattai, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal have not complied with orders to ensure apps can't be used without original & active SIM, & need time-bound session controls.

Telecom dept’s limited powers, SIM misuse aid digital arrests—Centre pushes for SIM binding in SC

Vrinda Tulsian -
Submissions by Department of Telecommunications form part of a suo motu writ petition being heard by the apex court on digital arrest scams.

‘Summons to Mumbai & SC hearing’: How GK-2 couple lost Rs 14.85 cr to an elaborate cyber con

Mayank Kumar -
The couple, both doctors who used to live in the US, were held on “digital arrest” for two weeks between late December 2025 and 9 January.

Rajasthan HC ordered ride-hailing apps to have 15% women drivers. It was hearing a ‘digital arrest’ case

Khadija Khan -
The court’s directives in a bail hearing drew scrutiny from lawyers who said the orders went beyond addressing remedies for the cyber fraud involved.

India’s IT hub Bengaluru is also the cybercrime capital with over 17,000 cases

Samridhi Tewari -
Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of convictions in cybercrime cases at 446, followed by Jharkhand with 114.

Indian investors, the ‘unsung heroes’ amid Trump trade war & ‘lessons’ for Modi in global headwinds

Antara Baruah -
Financial Times reports on hotel chains making inroads into tier-2 India while BBC highlights digital arrest scam.

India’s elderly are losing their savings to scams. And it’s creating health problems

Shubhangi Misra -
Tapan Bhattacharya, a retired banker, said his degree of awareness of such crimes is high. He still lost Rs 20 lakh in a scam.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Sushant Sareen -
Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

5 years of Ukraine war—why Delhi must de-hyphenate Moscow from the West

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India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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