Subhajit Sengupta
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Mitron, Remove China Apps: Blind Nationalism Has Cost Users Before, And Can Hurt Again
It is important to look at history, and what blindly following emotions in case of technology can do to your privacy and data security. → Read More
In Paytm Founder's Extortion Plot, Another Ransom Call, Death Threats and a Shareholding Standoff Surface
The cops continue to maintain that Sonia Dhawan masterminded the operation which involved three others, including her husband, to extort over Rs 20 crore from the Paytm founder. → Read More
Aadhaar Metadata Cannot be Stored For More Than 6 Months. Here's What This Means
The Supreme Court has read down Section 2(d) of the Aadhaar Act to refrain government authorities to store metadata of transactions. → Read More
BJP Allies Fear Citizenship Bill Will Dilute Assam Accord
This Bill amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 and defines who can be a citizen of India. The PRS Legislative Research points out to the three salient features of this Bill → Read More
Closure or Chargesheet? Delhi Police to File Final Report in Sunanda Pushkar Death Case
Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room on January 17, 2014, days after being embroiled in a Twitter war with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar over the latter’s alleged closeness with Tharoor. → Read More
ONGC Found Flouting Norms by Refurbishing Old Cranes Instead of Replacing Them
ONGC has decided to refurbish as many as 21 cranes, 18 of which are over 20 years old, despite the cost of repairing each one coming close to that of a new crane. → Read More
Facebook Plugs 'Login' Leak After Princeton Exposes Another Data Breach
The third party trackers piggybacked on Facebook access granted to the websites. The tracker exploited the algorithm to access key users’ data, including email address, name, age range, gender, locale and photos depending on the details provided by the users. → Read More
Entire Punjab National Bank Scam Took Place in 2017-18, Says CBI FIR
CBI has now registered two FIRs in the PNB scam. Searches were conducted at 26 different premises related to Mehul Choksi, Gitanjali Group of companies and other directors of the companies. It includes factories, plants, offices and residencies of the above. These raids are on in six cities of 5 states, including Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Coimbatore. → Read More
Indian Mujahideen Man Became a Teacher in Nepal and Got Married After Escaping Batla House: Cops
With Junaid's arrest from Nepal on Wednesday, all open ends of the Batla House encounter have been wrapped up, the Special Cell of Delhi police says. → Read More
A Vehement 'No' to Cryptocurrencies but Blockchain is 'Welcome', Arun Jaitley Says
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in no uncertain terms, said, “The Government will take all measures to eliminate the use of crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities and will also explore the use of blockchain technology for ushering in digital economy.” → Read More
Nagaland Parties Decide to Boycott Assembly Poll Over Stalled Naga Peace Accord
The political parties (national and regional) of Nagaland have decided not to go ahead with filing of nominations for the February 27th Assembly elections. They will not issue the list of candidates either. → Read More
Will 'India's Poorest CM' Manik Sarkar Deal 'Waterloo' Blow to BJP in Tripura?
The BJP has been on a winning spree in the North East, but CPM feels Chief Minister Manik Sarkar can keep the saffron party at bay in Tripura. → Read More
Do Not Panic, Says Assam NRC Coordinator After Updated List Leaves Out Several Names
The NRC authorities have also begun a massive publicity exercise, through television ads, newspaper ads and social media campaigns, asking the residents of Assam to not to worry. NRC Seva Kendra staff will also be campaigning in the villages, hold public meetings and distribute pamphlets. → Read More
NRC Coordinator, AIUDF Chief Among Key Names Missing from Assam's Citizen Register
Dibrugarh probably has the highest number of names enlisted, with district administration sources saying close to 80% of the names have figured in the list, it is the lower Assam districts like Hojai (33%), Barpeta (38%) and Nagaon (44.16%), where most residents are yet to get the ‘legal citizen’ tag. → Read More
22 Indian Kids Go Missing in France; CBI Registers Case
The children, mostly from Punjab, were taken to France allegedly on the pretext of a Rugby Training camp but their return tickets were cancelled by the human traffickers. → Read More
Exposed: Here's Why You Could Never Book a Confirmed Tatkal Ticket
A probe has now revealed how it wasn’t actually a coincidence or expertise but was a clear case of cybercrime → Read More
Investigators and Independence: Vacancies Open for Both in CBI
While political interference has been the bane of the CBI in successive government, what is crippling the agency further is the lack of staff strength. → Read More
CBI Gives Clean Chit to MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Vyapam Scam Case
CBI submitted a status report in a Madhya Pradesh court saying there is no basis in the allegations levelled by Digvijaya Singh, that the hard disk seized from the then principal system analyst of Vyapam was tampered to remove the references of ‘CM’ from it. → Read More
Panchayat Paper Not Enough to Prove Citizenship? 47 Lakh Assam Residents Await SC Ruling
By the end of this year, Assam will have its draft of National Register of Citizens, an updated list which will include those who came to the state before March 24, 1971. The fate of 47 lakh residents, however, hangs in the balance. → Read More
Tripura Journalist's Killing Proves India Remains Dangerous for Scribes
Shantanu used to work for the local Dinrat News channel and after his death, journalists from Agartala sat on a protest demonstration outside the Chief Minister's residence till 10:30pm on Wednesday. → Read More