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Airtel presents scam-blocking AI algorithm at Delhi summit. It’s stopped 30,000 frauds per day

Airtel has also developed a fraud alert system, which will prevent the user from accessing their bank OTPs for suspicious transactions.

What’s the Kerala half-price ‘scam’ involving ex-HC judge, politicians of all hues & ‘CSR funds’

At least 50 complaints have been received from across Kottayam district, says district police chief A. Shahul Hameed. On Monday, case was transferred to Crime Branch.

SubscriberWrites: My Brush with a Scam: How I Dodged a Bullet

A cautionary tale of high-tech scammers and the mental toll nobody warned you about.

Scams are ‘part of India’s national character’. It goes as far back as 1971 Nagarwala case

Rasheed Kidwai’s latest book digs up the 1971 case where a retired Army Captain scammed SBI of Rs 60 Lakh by imitating Indira Gandhi and her Principal Secretary PN Haksar.

Want to be a part-time playboy? How ‘fake gigolo racket’ busted by Delhi cops ‘swindled 100 men’

The 4 accused, arrested from Delhi's Hari Nagar, allegedly duped men by luring them with 'part-time' opportunities to work as 'playboys' or 'male masseurs'.

Delhi Police arrests four for duping people with gigolo, masseuse job offers

According to police, the accused cheated around 100 people, including the son of a police official. It was found that they were running the scam for the last two years.

‘Deleted chat records, illegal access to backup server’: What CBI ‘found’ in NSE co-location scam case

CBI filed supplementary charge sheet in case in August. Charge sheet reveals how OPG Securities owner 'bribed' NSE officials to get advantage over other brokers between 2010 and 2014.

Mamata Banerjee plans Cabinet reshuffle after Partha Chatterjee’s arrest in recruitment scam

The Bengal chief minister had taken over senior minister Chatterjee’s many departments, but will now bring in fresh faces to handle the work.

Delhi Police dismisses 12 constables for submitting fake driving licences 14 years ago

The constables, recruited via an exam in 2007, were posted with the Police Control Room unit.

JEE scam and NEET ban are failures of the existing system. But tougher questions lie ahead

Given the large number of students associated with these exams, and the high stakes involved, NEET and JEE controversies need to be handled with care.

On Camera

Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.