Dr S. Krishnan

Artificial Intelligence and the issues of identity theft in today’s technological age

December 31, 2024

While identity theft is far from a new concept, perpetrators who steal and impersonate another person’s identity now have an expanded arsenal of tools at their disposal. Hence the creation and use of Deepfakes for deep and dark secrets. Just as businesses have enhanced operations with the expansion of the internet and the introduction...

Bengaluru techie’s suicide raises issue of misuse of Section 85 of the BNS, and a need to relook into the BNS laws

December 21, 2024

Marriages in India are considered a highly revered union, which is believed to unite together not just two individuals, but two families as well. But unfortunately, due to the rise of materialistic mindsets among the people of today, this sacred bond is getting tarnished. Just to fulfil their greed or...

Artificial Intelligence In The Era Of Cyber Security And Technological Era

December 11, 2024

Cyber security has become a major concern in the digital era. With the advances in information technology (IT) criminals are using cyberspace to commit numerous cyber crimes. Data breaches, ID theft, cracking the captcha, and other such stories abound, affecting millions of individuals as well as organizations. The challenges have...

Legal dimensions of the digital arrest

November 30, 2024

With the rapid rise of digitalisation in India, cyber fraud has become increasingly common, and sophisticated, targeting individuals across all walks of life. Among the latest threats is the “Digital Arrest” scam, a scheme that manipulates fear to force victims into compliance. Typically, fraudsters impersonate law enforcement or government officials, using...

IS IT THE END OF TWO-STATE SOLUTION?: ISRAEL– HAMAS’S NEVER ENDING CONFLICT

October 26, 2024

The outcome of the war in Gaza is already clear. Israel is so strong relative to Hamas that it can both defeat Hamas and establish almost any new security structure in Gaza that Israel wants. It does face limited threat from attacks by Palestinians in Israel and in the West...

Regional war between Israel and Iran and laws of war

October 17, 2024

Tensions in the Middle East have already spilled over into Lebanon following the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrullah, and has the potential of engulfing the broader region, including Yemen, Iraq and Syria, in an all-out war. The massive Israeli offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran’s retaliatory strikes - over...

Legality of Bulldozing and Rule of Law

September 30, 2024

The nation has been witnessing a frenzy of demolition drives for the past few months. What started in Uttar Pradesh a few years back has now spread to Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, where communal flare-ups were followed by demolition drives. It also reached the national capital, where municipal officers started...

Kolkata Rape-Murder highlights Lack of Strict Implementation

August 28, 2024

“Silence gendered violence is woven intricately into the Indian social group; it is only fair to implement social awareness campaigns to assist raise awareness at the grass-root level.” When a criminal offence is committed it is wrong against humanity at large. Every crime against an individual demonstrates the state’s failure...

Cybercrime In The Financial Sector

August 9, 2024

In February 2016, hackers targeted the central bank of Bangladesh and exploited vulnerabilities in SWIFT, the global financial system’s main electronic payment messaging system, trying to steal $1 billion. While most transactions were blocked, $101 million still disappeared. The heist was a wake-up call for the finance world that systemic...

Blind faith on godmen: Onus on society to address issues through education

July 12, 2024

Matthew Harrison Brady: “We must not abandon faith! Faith is the most important thing.” Henry Drummond: “Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one faculty of man that raises him above the other creatures of the earth, the power...

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