Over 10,000 Indians safeguarded from WhatsApp malware attack: Govt

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:47 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said that coordinated action by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), including geo-blocking of command-and-control (C2) servers through the Sahyog Portal, has protected more than 10,000 Indians from a WhatsApp account takeover campaign.

e-Courts Mission Mode Project speeds up disposal of cases

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:41 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The e-Courts Mission Mode Project has transformed India's paper-based judiciary into a digitally enabled and trackable justice delivery system. Since 2014, both case filings and disposals have nearly tripled, with courts consistently disposing of more cases than are filed each year, according to a factsheet released by the Government on Friday.

WhatsApp tests age-verification feature in India ahead of DPDP Act implementation

IANS | August 7, 2026 12:32 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Meta-backed WhatsApp has started testing an optional feature that allows users in India to add their date of birth as the messaging platform prepares for compliance with upcoming provisions of the country's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act relating to age verification, according to a report.

Rs 8.5 lakh crore DII inflows dwarf FPI outflows in FY26: SEBI

IANS | August 7, 2026 10:41 AM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) emerged as a key pillar of India's equity markets in FY26 recording net inflows of a record Rs 8.5 lakh crore and more than offsetting foreign portfolio investor (FPI) equity outflows of Rs 1.8 lakh crore, according to the latest annual report of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

CAS transition to achieve cross-market consistency, boost price discovery mechanism: SEBI

IANS | August 7, 2026 10:09 AM

Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid concerns over the ‘mismatch’ in stock prices on domestic indices due to the new Closing Auction Session (CAS) system, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has said that the strategic transition “marks a significant step in achieving cross-market consistency and enhancing the robustness of India’s price discovery mechanism”.