When angry protests broke out after security forces shot dead charismatic Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, the Jammu and Kashmir government promptly blocked mobile internet services in the region. The move, as always, was apparently to prevent the spread of dangerous rumours and incitement to violence through social media. Twelve days later,…
Srinagar: The communications blockade in Jammu and Kashmir has led to tragic situations. A family in Rawalpora have been going about their lives happily, thinking their son in Saudia Arabia is also going about his life happily. The news that the son had in fact died in a road accident could not reach them. His…
The bad guys on the dark side of the web have gotten bolder, nastier, and they couldn’t be happier. 2015 turned out to be a jackpot year for cyber thugs that saw over half a billion stolen records and over 100 new ransomware families being discovered.
If you pick up a newspaper in Noida on any day and flip through the city pages, chances are that you will come across at least one, if not more, reports of crimes involving technology. From credit card fraud to hacking social media accounts, cybercrimes, it seems, are all too common in Noida. This is…
MUMBAI — Mallika Sherawat, who has been very vocal about her support for women-related causes, has recently shot for a documentary on women’s issues in Mumbai. Titled “Free a Girl,” the film is being made by the volunteers of the ‘Free a Girl Movement’ — a Dutch project that highlights violence against Indian women. Read…