Banks propose 'Yes-No' prompt for high-risk UPI transfers to curb digital payment fraudsIndian banks are proposing payment app prompts to curb rising digital frauds. This aims to balance fraud prevention with maintaining digita...
03 Aug, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
In 1910, Beavers nearly disappeared from the US. Today they are reshaping rivers againNorth America's beaver population faced near extinction due to the fur trade. Fashion changes and conservation efforts allowed their number...
30 Jul, 2026, 06.34 PM IST
Supreme Court pushes Centre to define 'digital arrest' as standalone crime with tougher punishment amid rising deepfakes, frauds & fake callsSC on digital arrest: The Supreme Court suggested defining digital arrests as a standalone criminal offense. Existing laws may prove insuff...
28 Jul, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
Sebi bars former Axis MF dealer Viresh Joshi from securities markets for 7 years front-running caseSebi has banned Viresh Joshi and Prijesh Kurani from the securities market for seven years. This action stems from a front-running case inv...
24 Jul, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
Text message scams jump 146% in India amid rise in scam-led digital fraud: ReportText message-based scams in India have surged 146 per cent, highlighting a sharp shift in the country's digital fraud landscape towards sca...
24 Jul, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
ED raids 13 locations in Rohingya, Bangladeshi illegal infiltration and terror funding probeThe Enforcement Directorate has launched extensive searches in multiple states concerning a terror-funding investigation that reportedly in...
16 Jul, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
West Bengal: ED seizes Rs 40 lakh cash, 180 grams gold coins in searches at Harora Al-Jamiatul Islamia Darul UloomThe recovery is part of ED's massive search operation carried out at 13 premises across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Maha...
16 Jul, 2026, 07.29 PM IST
ED uncovers alleged FCRA-linked network aiding Rohingya, Bangladeshi infiltrationThe Enforcement Directorate uncovered a network using charitable trusts for illegal infiltration. Funds from UK entities allegedly facilita...
16 Jul, 2026, 01.44 PM IST
ED raids in 4 states in terror funding, illegal infiltration caseThe Enforcement Directorate searches are part of a money laundering investigation into a terror funding network. The probe stems from an Ut...
16 Jul, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
ED sends letters rogatory abroad, seeks info on foreign operativesThe Enforcement Directorate is investigating a sophisticated transnational cyber fraud network. This syndicate used mule bank accounts and ...
13 Jul, 2026, 01.14 AM IST
RBI is right to act on digital payment fraud. But some safeguards need sharper designCyber fraud complaints and losses are increasing significantly in India's digital payment system. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed ne...
10 Jul, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
As West Asia boils again, RBI likely to assess FCNR flowsThe Reserve Bank of India will review foreign currency deposit inflows next week. This meeting follows rising Middle East tensions and pote...
10 Jul, 2026, 06.32 AM IST
CBI files six chargesheets in Mahadev betting app caseThe CBI has filed six chargesheets in the Mahadev betting app corruption case. Founders Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal are named as accu...
10 Jul, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
ETtech in-depth: Pay Rs 99 via UPI, get access to Telegram’s privacy abuse economyTelegram has long been known as a place where pirated films, books, newspaper PDFs, exam material and banned content resurface quickly afte...
08 Jul, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
Inside Telegram’s leak economy; Flipkart employees’ latest windfallNon-consensual image rings are turning small UPI transfers into tickets to abusive, closed Telegram groups. This and more in today’s ETtech...
07 Jul, 2026, 08.26 AM IST
HDFC Bank develops own AI platform, fraud monitoring systemHDFC Bank is transforming into a tech powerhouse, developing its own AI platform, Neev, and a real-time fraud detection system. These in-ho...
03 Jul, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
NPCI turns to AI to stop frauds from siphoning off moneyIndia's banking sector is set to gain a powerful new weapon against digital fraud. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has in...
30 Jun, 2026, 12.39 AM IST