New Delhi | Encrypted messaging platform Telegram on Tuesday unveiled new updates, featuring a range of exciting enhancements aimed at elevating user experience. The update introduces colourful calls, a visually stunning Thanos Snap Effect for deleted messages, and the largest Bot update for over 800 million monthly active users. Telegram introduced a significant overhaul to […]
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CoWIN app or its database not breached directly, clarifies Centre
New Delhi | The Centre on Monday said that it does not appear that the CoWIN app or its database has been directly breached as alleged in some reports after a Covid data leak surfaced on social media app Telegram. Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that with reference to […]
Govt blocks Telegram Channel with derogatory posts about Hindu women
New Delhi | After Sulli deal and Bulli Bai aap, new controversy has emerged on social media where now Hindu women with derogatory words and photos are being targeted and bullied. This started with a Telegram app based channel where highly derogatory posts about Hindu women were being uploaded. After the row on social media the […]
Telegram expands group video call feature to 1K people
San Francisco | Encrypted messaging app Telegram has expanded its group video calling feature that now allows up to 1,000 people to join a group video call. The company said that its group video call allows up to 30 users to broadcast video from both their camera and screen — and now 1,000 people can watch […]
Salman’s ‘Radhe’ hit by piracy on WhatsApp and Telegram, FIR filed
Mumbai | Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. has filed an official complaint at the Cyber Cell, over pirated versions of the new Salman Khan-starrer “Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai” doing the rounds on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram, according to a statement released on Tuesday. “Officials are actively tracking down phone numbers involved in the […]
Telegram, WhatsApp in tug of war over privacy
New Delhi | As WhatsApp privacy policy came into effect from Saturday, instant messaging platforms Telegram and the Facebook-owned platform attacked each other with a battle of words by sharing memes on Twitter. The battle of words started when encrypted messaging app Telegram took a jibe on WhatsApp by tweeting a meme that suggested it was […]
Ambani bomb scare: Tihar jail officials seize mobile handset, SIM card used to create Telegram account in name of ‘Jaish-ul-Hind’
New Delhi: In the latest development in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, the Tihar jail officials have seized a mobile handset and SIM card on which a Telegram account in the name of ‘Jaish-ul-Hind’ was created, the Delhi Police said on Friday. “Based on the information provided by Special Cell, Tihar Jail authorities have seized […]
Telegram fast eating into WhatsApp user base in India: Survey
New Delhi: The trend of multiple messaging app usage is picking up in India and Telegram is the frontrunner, having wooed a massive 42.9 per cent new users from WhatsApp in the past three years, a new survey said on Wednesday. Although WhatsApp is currently the messaging leader with more than 53 per cent users in […]
Telegram becomes most downloaded app in Jan, highest installs from India
New Delhi: Driven by a renewed surge in India amid WhatsApp privacy row, Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for January 2021 with more than 63 million installs, 3.8 times its downloads in the same month a year ago, according to latest data released by app analytics firm Sensor Tower. The countries with […]
Why Indians are making a beeline to join Telegram, not Signal
New Delhi: Nearly 3 in 4 Indians feel safe while joining any group or channel on Telegram as they don’t need to reveal their phone number to strangers, according to a new survey. Telegram which has crossed 600 million users globally scores over Signal in terms of awareness (55 per cent) and actual usage (39 per […]