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Shirish Shanbhag 30 November 2023
When your loved ones and relatives, with the best of intentions, nominate you or even have you jointly sign a sale agreement for a property but forget to share a copy of the documents with you, it can be difficult to claim your share in the property. If other claimants raise objections to...

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IANS 30 November 2023
Electric vehicles (EVs) suffer from 79 per cent more maintenance issues than gas or diesel-powered vehicles, while plug-in hybrid EVs have 146 per cent more problems, a new report has found.   According to the nonprofit member organisation Consumer Reports, hybrids have 26 per cent...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2023
In February 2021, the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgement in the matter of Amitabha Dasgupta vs United Bank of India & Ors. (CA 3966 OF 2010). The case pertained to a matter where the Bank negligently broke open the appellant’s locker, even though he had already cleared his pending...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 November 2023
While upholding an order passed by the Maharashtra state consumer disputes redressal commission, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) directed Akola-based Thirthankar Superspeciality Hospital, Dr Prashant Mulawkar and Dr Rajendra Sonone (anaesthetist) to pay a...

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IANS 27 November 2023
Threat actors are using a malicious Telegram bot called "Telekopye" to pull off large-scale phishing scams, a new report has said.   According to security researcher Radek Jizba from ESETResearch, Telekopye is a highly sophisticated tool that allows criminals to create convincing...

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Shirish Shanbhag 24 November 2023
Before a housing society can opt for redevelopment, there are a few conditions that should be met. For a building to undergo redevelopment in a city like Mumbai, it has to be at least 30 years old. Further, the building has to undergo a 'structural audit' from a government-certified...

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IANS 24 November 2023
The Black Friday mood is catching on in India and the Uttar Pradesh Police's cyber cell has asked online shoppers to exercise caution and remain vigilant against a surge in cyber scams, targetting discount hunters.   Black Friday, traditionally marked as the day after Thanksgiving, is...

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Incidents of cyber fraud and data breaches have increased at such an alarming pace that earlier this week, M Rajeshwar Rao, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), asked banks to improve their customer grievance mechanism and provide the right support to those who are affected....

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IANS 24 November 2023
A group of travellers in the US was left stranded in the desert for hours after allegedly taking a shortcut suggested by Google Maps.   To avoid traffic, the travellers group from California allegedly took Google Maps' suggestion when they were returning to Los Angeles from Las Vegas...

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IANS 24 November 2023
Around 1.5 million people may have had their personal information compromised in a recent data breach at Taj Hotels, owned by Tata, as per reports.   "The perpetrator, known as 'Dnacookies', is requesting $5,000 for the complete dataset, encompassing addresses, membership IDs, mobile...

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IANS 24 November 2023
The RBI on Thursday said that the banks should focus on fortifying cyber security and prevention of cyber frauds to safeguard their customers from rising incidents of fraud and data breaches.   RBI Deputy Governor Rajeshwar Rao, in his address at the FIBAC 2023 conference, on Thursday...

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IANS 23 November 2023
India is mulling regulation to tame the spread of deepfakes and other user harm that artificial intelligence (AI) can bring along, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Thursday.   After meeting representatives from large social media platforms and other stakeholders, the...

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IANS 23 November 2023
Website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday suffered a technical glitch causing a temporary pause to its e-ticketing services.   The outage left passengers stranded and frustrated, and they turned to X to went out their...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 November 2023
Upholding an order issued by the Rajasthan state consumer disputes redressal commission, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) directed Jaipur-based Narayana Hridayalaya Ltd (Narayana Multispecialty Hospital), Dr Ankit Mathur and cardiac consultant Dr Anshu Kabra to pay...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 November 2023
After accepting the premium and issuing the policy ignoring blank columns in the proposal form, the insurer cannot at a later stage say that there was a suppression or non-disclosure of a material fact and reject the claim, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC)...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 November 2023
Holding that the entire responsibility for unauthorised withdrawals from the account of the complainant has to be taken by the State Bank of India (SBI), the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) has directed the lender to refund, with 9% interest, Rs80,000 withdrawn...

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As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are getting more integrated into our daily life, there is a growing tendency among users to get hold of free AI tools. Cybercriminals have rightly spotted this weakness as an opportunity to spread malware capable of stealing users' login...

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Shirish Shanbhag 16 November 2023
In Maharashtra, general body (GB) meetings of all cooperative housing societies (CHS) are supposed to be recorded through video or audio means. However, many Societies and managing committees fail to do so, as they remain unaware of the guidelines. As a result, most meetings go unrecorded and...

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Aditya Bhargava (The Leaflet) 16 November 2023
Using various techniques of web design, collectively called dark patterns, airlines and online travel portals are manipulating air travellers into paying more than they would ideally like to.   —   The pervasive issue of deceptive online practices in the aviation industry has...

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IANS 16 November 2023
In 2023, '123456' was the most common password among Indians and worldwide, a new report said on Thursday.   According to the password management solution company NordPass, people used the weakest passwords for their streaming accounts in 2023.   Words that refer to a specific...

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