If WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted why do Bollywood chats keep leaking all the time

WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted, something that the Facebook-owned company has always maintained. End-to-end encryption means that no one apart from the sender and receiver can read the messages, not even WhatsApp. So despite such stringent rules, why is it that every time there is a Bollywood scandal, the…

Reliance-Future deal: Amazon gets crucial verdict in its favour

ASingapore arbitration panel has rejected Future Retail’s plea to quash an order from last year that put its $3.4 billion deal with Reliance on hold, in a boost for its partner Amazon.com Inc which is seeking to block the transaction. Amazon has been locked in a tussle…

Explained: Why IEX shares surged sharply in early trade

Shares of the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) surged sharply during Friday’s early session on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). IEX shares hit the 10 per cent upper circuit level earlier in the day following an announcement on Thursday by its board. While the stock lost momentum during afternoon trade, it was still…

In major win, 39 women officers to get permanent commission, SC asks for details on others

In a major win for 39 women officers of the Indian Army, the central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that permanent commission will be granted to these officers. The Supreme Court said that the Centre should issue orders to give permanent commission to these women officers and also sought detailed reasons…

FBI, CBI discuss means to combat emerging crimes including cyber, telemarketing frauds

Adelegation of US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) met the officials of Central Bureau of Investigation this week for better cooperation while investigating cyber-enabled financial frauds and global telemarketing frauds, officials said. Along with the officials from FBI, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Arun…

Odisha Congress working president Pradeep Majhi quits party, likely to join BJD

In a major jolt to Congress ahead of the panchayat polls due in early 2022, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) working president and former MP Pradeep Majhi resigned from the party’s primary membership on Friday. The resignation letter was sent to the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi. A…

Drones, snipers, speed boats: Security beefed up in Srinagar ahead of Amit Shah’s visit

Security has been beefed up in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit. Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Srinagar on Saturday. This is his first visit since the abrogation of Article 370. Ahead of Amit Shah’s visit and in the wake of terror attacks on minorities and non-locals,…

Anil Deshmukh case: CBI chief a ‘potential accused’, Maha govt tells Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Subodh Jaiswal is a “potential accused” in the case related to former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The Maharashtra government said this while seeking transfer of investigation in the case from the CBI to…

Congress to contest all 40 Bihar Lok Sabha seats in 2024 as party snaps ties with RJD

The RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar has come to an end ahead of the crucial by-elections on October 30. Bihar Congress in-charge Bhakt Charan Das has said the alliance with the RJD collapsed after the party decided to contest the Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seat, a traditional bastion of the Congress. Speaking to India…

ISRO Walk-In Interview 2021 for 16 posts starts today, check details

ISRO Walk-In Interview 2021 starts today-October 22, 2021. The interview would be finished on October 29 and the reporting time for the interview is 8:30 am. The interview would be conducted at IIRS Dehradun. Details here. ISRO would conducted WalK-In Interview for recruitment of candidates for the post of Junior…