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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Meta-owned Instagram suffered a widespread service disruption on Wednesday evening, leaving thousands of users unable to access key features of the social media platform, including messaging, profile loading and content updates.According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, reports of issues rose sharply during the evening.Complaints increased to 1,993 at around 7:13 p.m., up from 436 reports recorded roughly an hour earlier.By 7:44 p.m., the number of reported inc…

Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) Panic gripped the judicial and security establishments in Rajasthan on Monday after the Jaipur and Jodhpur benches of the Rajasthan High Court received fresh bomb threats via email, prompting an immediate security response and heightened vigilance across both court complexes.As a precaution, access to the court premises was restricted while security personnel conducted exhaustive searches. No explosive material had been found at the time of reporting, but authorities said …

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) After the Centre issued a notice to Meta over the proposed rollout of its username feature on WhatsApp, the Meta-owned company said that to protect against impersonation, “we’ve held the highest-profile names like public figures, government entities, celebrities and verified Meta accounts” so they can only be claimed by their legitimate owners.The government earlier directed Kunal Shah-run WhatsApp to explain the username feature within three days and refrain from …

New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said on Sunday that it is monitoring and containing vulnerabilities in the OnMark portal used for exam services, and cybersecurity experts from government agencies and IITs are now fortifying the systems. The statement comes amid growing scrutiny of the board’s newly implemented On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class 12 evaluations, which has come under criticism following reports of technical issues and concerns regardin…

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will deliver the keynote address at the National Conference on Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds and Dismantling the Ecosystem in New Delhi on February 10. ​ ​The two-day event organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation in partnership with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs will take place at Bharat Mandapam from February 10 to 11. ​During the inaugural session, Home Minister Amit Shah will c…