Deepfakes And The Threat To 2024 Elections

If left unchecked, the 2024 elections may be infamously remembered as the election of deepfakes. The ECI has a tough task ahead, but, more importantly, it has an opportunity to become a global......

Waiting In The Wings: The Creator Economy

...current industry models will soon fade out, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   "Sir, can I have a word with you," asked the man in security-guard uniform at......

Himachal: Thousands lose over Rs 200 cr in crypto scam

Fraudsters in Himachal Pradesh minted a series of a cryptocoins to cheat thousands of investors of more than Rs 200 crore over a period of five years, beginning in 2018 -- the year the crypto......

UP adds Savarkar to curriculum, and Nehru too

The Uttar Pradesh board of secondary education has included biographies of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji and tribal leader Birsa Munda in the curriculum for......

Bitcoin at $100,000: Milestone likely to boost Indian investors' rush

The recent Bitcoin rally, which saw the cryptocurrency surge past the $100,000 mark on Thursday, is drawing Indian investors in droves. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Cryptocurrency platforms in......

PSBs clocked 11% growth in H1FY25

The Union Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that aggregate business of public sector banks (PSBs) has shown strong growth of 11 per cent in the first half of the financial year 2024-25 (H1FY25) to......

4 offshore crypto exchanges join queue for nod to restart India ops

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-India), the national agency responsible for analysing suspicious financial transactions, has received requests from four more offshore crypto exchanges to......

AI, Cloud, super app: Adani group to bet big on tech

Coal-to-airports conglomerate Adani group is set to make a splash in the tech world. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters The group is considering the creation of customised artificial intelligence......

MotoGP drops CryptoDATA team after 'repeated breaches'

IMAGE: Aprilia Racing's Aleix Espargaro and CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team's Raul Fernandez during the Valencia Grand Prix at Circuit Recardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain on Sunday, November 26. The Race......

Europe's 1st major soccer club to join crypto wagon

IMAGE: Benfica presented their worst financial results of the past 11 years for the 2020-21 season. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters Portugal's biggest soccer club, Benfica, will become the......

VVS Laxman, Akram in first crypto cricket platform

IMAGE: Former India batsman VVS Laxman. Photograph: BCCI Cricket Foundation, the Singapore headquartered blockchain-based platform, roped in around 120 partners from the cricketing eco-system,......