Meesho, an Indian social commerce with 150M transacting users, secures $275M in new funding

Meesho, which has raised over $1.2 billion to date, is increasingly making inroads with value-conscious customers in smaller Indian cities and towns. Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with…

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Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites

Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms. TC discovered around four dozen “gov.in” website links associated with Indian states,…

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India urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes in election campaigns

India’s Election Commission has issued an advisory to all political parties, urging them to refrain from using deepfakes and other forms of misinformation in their social media posts during the…

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India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users

ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed…

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