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TopicDigital arrest

Topic: digital arrest

‘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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Opinion

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

K.B.S Sidhu -
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

Palak paneer prejudice and the food racism Indians face abroad

Fear comes to India’s property developers

Economy

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Mihir Mishra -
Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Defence

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

+TFP Snehesh Alex Philip -
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

National Interest

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.

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