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Siddharth Varadarajan who has exposed the Israeli spyware Pegasus and how it was used for surveillance in India via WhatsApp is the founder and editor in chief of India’s prominent independent digital media portal, The Wire. Siddharth Varadarajan, a senior journalist known for his independent, original and courageous reporting has an undergraduate degree in economics at the […]
India first came to know of Pegasus when WhatsApp alleged in a Californian court in San Francisco,USA that the Israeli Group had targeted some 1400 plus users with Pegasus. This happened in May 2019. Before this a human rights activist in the UAE was targeted with an SMS link on his iPhone6. The Pegasus tool […]
What is Pegasus and how does it infect devices? According to The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which helped WhatsApp with the investigation into the cyber-attack, Pegasus is the flagship spyware of Israel-based NSO Group. It is believed to be known by other names as well, like Q Suite and Trident. Pegasus reportedly […]
How secured are your messages, or how private are your WhatsApp chats, Pegasus spyware has put a question mark on a commoner’s right to privacy. The Israeli spyware is apparently used so frequently by various governments across the world that almost every few months there are reports of how a phone was hacked using it. Earlier […]
Ministers in Rajya Sabha dodged the question on Pegasus in Parliament in Nov, 2019. Union information and technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed, “No unauthorised snooping happened in the case,”. The matter under discussion was serious and therefore, the ministers responded with an appeal to exercise discretion. Excerpts from the meeting are provided below: Digvijay […]
Authoritarian regimes go snooping casually with Israeli companies like Pegasus and Candiru selling their super expensive spyware to countries to silence dissent and snoop around stakeholders. But in a surprising expose, it has been elected democratic countries buying and misusing the spyware to silence dissent and keep a watch on their rivals and surprisingly important […]
On 14th July, a newly married woman named Rani Mehta (name changed) in Ahmedabad committed suicide. Today, Shalini Patel(named changed), Rani’s mother revealed previously unknown information. The mother alleged that Rani committed suicide as her father-in-law, Ramesh Mehta (name changed) molested her. She has filed a case against Ramesh. Rani mentioned that he used to […]
Dharmik Amin, 31, a resident of Saijpur Bogha in Krishnagar area of Ahmedabad used to work as an agent for a private insurance company. However, he was rendered jobless as he had met with an accident. As it is said that an idle mind is devil’s workshop, Dharmik too nurtured dreams of being famous and […]
BJP Spokesperson, Dr Sambit Patra accused NewsClick of defamation of India and serving foreign propaganda in the country using foreign funding at the conference held in New Delhi. After the Enforcement Directorate investigation into the media portal’s funding revealed an alleged violation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms and its connection with China, the BJP […]
Mumbai witnessed a very heavy rainfall Saturday night, as a result of which, two incidents of collapses took place in the city’s Chembur and Vikhroli areas on Sunday. At least 18 people died in a wall collapse incident in Bharat Nagar area of Chembur, according to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Mumbai’s fire brigade […]
Pronounced as peh-g-sus, Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli firm NSO. Governments reportedly use this spyware across the world to spy on some people. Pegasus can be used to hack into smartphones and scoop details of WhatsApp chats. Pegasus is a spyware that can be installed on devices running some versions of iOS, Apple’s […]
After a viral video showed four women performing an abortion procedure on an unconscious minor in a decrepit house using household equipment, the Gujarat police have mounted a huge investigation and the role of a private hospital is also being probed. Although the timing of the incident that reportedly took place in Santrampur village of […]
Rajesh Rami, who used to work as deputy accountant at the Taluka Panchayat office of Daskroi at the District Panchayat building in Ahmedabad, allegedly siphoned off a whopping Rs 7.03 crore by submitting fake leave reimbursement bills of teachers in the office. Based on a complaint lodged by District Primary Education Officer (DPEO) Mukesh Patel, the Karanj police have registered an offence of cheating and arrested the accused. According to […]
The United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) coalition has confirmed and fast-tracked the process of withdrawal of its armed forces in Afghanistan. Subsequently, the security condition in Afghanistan has been deteriorating as The Taliban insurgents gain territory across the country. A dynamic change in the existing status quo is inevitable and will be evident […]
The journalism fraternity in India has been shocked by the killing of an acclaimed photojournalist and PulitzerPrize winner Danish Siddique in Afghanistan. The 40-year-old journalist was killed during a night crossfire between the Afghan special forces and Taliban attackers on Thursday. Siddiqui was reportedly in the main market of Spin Boldak district embedded with security […]
After laying the foundation stones of development projects in Uttar Pradesh; now it’s time for Gujarat. On July 15, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,500 crore in Varanasi and today he launched over 11 projects worth 1,100 crore projects in Gujarat.The commonality between the two states—UP and Gujarat—is its importance in the 2022 […]
SAWM India is shocked and saddened at the tragic death of Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui while reporting the escalating violence between Taliban and Afghan forces in Spin Boldak, Kandahar. Danish, who worked for Reuters in India was a Pulitzer Award winning journalist. His images from Kashmir after the removal of Article 370, and more recently of […]
RUPEES TWENTY-NINE LAKH. This is all that 60-year-old widow Parulben Trivedi, a resident of Shyam Residency in Bhavnagar, had as savings. But, like any other investments-savvy Gujarati, she put it in a property in Ahmedabad’s Chandkheda area through an estate broker. Only to discover much later that she had put her money in the wrong hands. […]
The former Cabinet Minister arrived in Delhi for a meeting with Congress President, Sonia Gandhi. The meeting is also attended by Punjab affairs in-charge, Harish Rawat. The speculation over the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab PCC Chief. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has expressed his resentment over Sidhu being given a key role […]
Nearly a century after the British charged Mahatma Gandhi with ‘sedition’ in Ahmedabad in 1922, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday termed it ‘colonial’ even as it questioned its increasing ‘misuse’ by the Indian government. The top court also asked the Centre why it was not repealing the penal law used by the British […]
