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New Delhi: Appellate tribunal NCLAT on Monday clarified that its order in the WhatsApp matter on privacy and consent safeguards also applies to user data collection and sharing for non-WhatsApp purposes, including non-advertising and advertising.Passing an order over an application moved by CCI seeking clarification over the previous order passed by NCLAT, the appellate tribunal said, "Appellant (WhatsApp and Meta) cannot assert unilateral or open-ended rights over user data."We had clearly held ...Read More >
Meta owned instant messaging app WhatsApp keeps adding new tools that many people don't even notice. While most of us only use it to send messages or photos, the app now offers several powerful features that can make chatting easier, safer, and more convenient. Here in this article are five useful options you should definitely try. Stronger Protection With Passkeys Security has become a big priority. WhatsApp now lets you secure your account using passkeys. Instead of entering a code every tim ...Read More >
Union Health Minister JP Nadda announced his switch to Indian email provider Zoho Mail for official communication, joining ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Shivraj Singh Chouhan in supporting the 'swadeshi' initiative. Zoho Mail was launched in 2008 by Chennai-based Zoho Corporation. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday said that he has switched to Indian email service provider, Zoho mail for all official communication. "Namaskar, I would like to inform you ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Two persons were arrested here for allegedly transporting and peddling drugs and 50 grams of MDMA was seized from them, police said on Thursday. The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) on Wednesday conducted an operation in an area under the limits of Chaderghat Police Station based on specific inputs and apprehended a local drug peddler and a drug transporter, a native of Kerala and MDMA drug was seized, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Task Force), Y V S Sudheend ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The founder of leading Indian SaaS company Zoho Corporation, Sridhar Vembu, has announced that a new data center will soon be established in Odisha. The move is part of Zoho's commitment to data localisation and to supporting India's growing digital ecosystem. The company is known for its suite of business software, particularly cloud-based tools and applications. It offers a wide range of products designed to help businesses with tasks such as customer relationship management (CRM ...Read More >
Chennai/Bhubaneswar: Zoho Corporation is planning a new data centre in Odisha as it scales up its homegrown messaging app 'Arattai', Chief Scientist and Co-founder Sridhar Vembu said Tuesday. Launched in 2021, Arattai is a privacy-first messaging app. Voice and video calls are end-to-end encrypted, and standard messages will be encrypted in future updates. The move comes as the messaging platform sees significant growth in downloads and daily users across India. Data from Sensor Tower shows d ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 30: Arattai app has become widely popular within a few days of its launch. The India-made instant messaging app by Zoho has seen a massive surge in downloads and searches across the country, encouraging people to install it on their mobile devices and explore its functions. Many say that Arattai is an Indian WhatsApp or was launched to rival it. The Arattai instant messaging app brings many new features and functions that are not available on WhatsApp. On the other hand, it la ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said he was now on indigenously developed instant messaging app, Arattai. "Nothing beats the feeling of using a #Swadeshi product. So proud to be on @Arattai, a #MadeInIndia messaging platform that brings India closer...," Goyal said in a post on X. According to the app, Arattai "is a simple, secure and free instant messaging app" to connect with family and friends. It requires a mobile number to register. Arattai is devel ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his team have shifted from WhatsApp to homegrown Arattai messaging platform, a move aimed at promoting the Made in India and swadeshi initiative of the government. WhatsApp is owned by US-based Meta (formerly known as Facebook). "Nothing beats the feeling of using a #Swadeshi product. So proud to be on @Arattai, a #MadeInIndia messaging platform that brings India closer," Goyal said in a post on X. "My team and I are on b ...Read More >
Hike, once one of India's most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New Delhi's recent real-money gaming ban, with the company -- led by Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of Airtel founder Sunil Bharti Mittal -- now shutting down. On Saturday, Hike founder Mittal (pictured above) said that the startup's U.S. business, which launched nine months ago, was "off to a strong start." But he said scaling it globally would require "a full recap, a reset that is not the best u ...Read More >
Actor-politician Vijay's party TVK is holding statewide training for over 20,000 polling agents to use the 'My TVK' app, boosting digital membership drive efforts ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay's TVK is conducting a massive statewide training programme on Sunday to equip over 20,000 polling agents and party functionaries with the skills to use its in-house "My TVK App" during the ongoing door-to-door digital membership drive. The training, taking place ac ...Read More >
Amritsar, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala and other Congress leaders, Bajwa said that he met with of ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on Friday ordered all telecom service providers in the country to block access to the Telegram messaging app. This decision came after months of repeated warnings and requests from the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police, which flagged the app as a tool for financial fraud and money laundering. In a statement, the NTA confirmed the directive, stating that the decision was taken in response to serious concerns raised by s ...Read More >
Cellular Operators Association of India, however, expresses concern over spammers taking the route of over-the-top or internet messaging apps which remain unregulated New Delhi: Mobile users will now be able to differentiate between genuine and spam SMS as telecom operators have rolled out suffixes that will appear before the sender's name or header, industry body COAI said on Tuesday. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Air ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: Telecom trade association Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday said that mobile users will now be able to differentiate between genuine and spam SMS as telecom operators have rolled out suffixes that will appear before the sender's name or header. The COAI, which represents telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, expressed concern over spammers or fraudsters taking the route of over-the-top or internet messaging apps which defeats the purpose ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 4 (VOICE) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said it seized crypto (USDT) worth Rs 1.36 crore and Rs 47 lakh cash during search operations conducted in various cities in crypto fraud case. The search operations were conducted from November 28 to November 30 at 13 premises in Delhi, Gurugram, Jodhpur, Jhunjhunu, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata under the provisions of the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The investigating agency said the search resulted into the recov ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore (USDT) from private wallets, along with unexplained cash amounting to Rs 47 lakh, during an investigation into a major money laundering case. The case pertains to cyber fraud involving illegal proceeds of approximately Rs 640 crore, generated through betting, gambling, part-time job scams, and phishing operations. The ED also recovered various incriminating documents linked to the fra ...Read More >
Danish Aslam's Deepika Padukone-Imran Khan rom-com Break Ke Baad, which clocks 14 years this week (November 25), had an interesting song switch at the last minute. Revealed Danish, "Vishal and Shekhar.... I knew them from my days AD-ing at YRF. And I had told them, in fact, that whenever I make my first movie, you have to do the music. They said yes. I started making my first movie. I called Vishal, I think I remember. And I think it was a five second conversation. I'm making a movie. Will you d ...Read More >
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