Over 10% of cybercrimes are from Telangana
The Hindu
50 % of our population using Internet and India is second to China for online business
There has been a massive jump in the number of cases registered under cyber crime and Telangana contributed to over 10% of cybercrimes reported across the country. Almost 50 % of our population are using Internet and India is second to China for online business, said deputy director general (administration), Department of Telecom, J.V. Raja Reddy on Wednesday.
He was speaking after releasing a pamphlet on mobile related security for general awareness and safety of the public for Telangana and AP as part of the vigilance awareness week. The pamphlet enumerates most commonly observed frauds such as OTP frauds, KYC frauds, QR code frauds, smartphone smishing, mobile tower frauds, fake call centre frauds, sextortion crimes, loan/gift/job frauds etc., along with precautionary measures, complaint reporting mechanism and important do’s & don’ts.
Importance of the awareness creation among the general public about mobile related security aspects was stressed as various financial frauds are on the rise now a days duping innocent public of their hard earned money by deputy director general (telecom security) G. Gouri Sankar, DDG (complianc) G V Ramana Rao and others were present, a press release said.
Tackling a peculiar situation, arising in the case of a cross-border adoption of a child, which is not envisaged in Indian laws, the High Court of Karnataka directed the Union government to stretch its magnanimity and validate the adoption of a Ugandan child by a non-resident Indian (NRI) couple, who adopted the child with the approval of the High Court of Uganda as per the laws of that country.
School Education Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash on March 28 (Thursday) instructed the District Education Officers to ensure that digital infrastructure such as smart TVs, computers, Interactive Flat Panels, projectors and other devices were in good condition, in view of the TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) scheduled to be held on April 10 and 12.