Cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act have gone up as the City Task Force was strengthened and special focus was laid on stamping out the drug menace, says Police Commissioner The city has seen a 93% rise in the number of cybercrimes in 2022 compared to last year. There was also an increase in property offences and cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, especially those related to synthetic drugs. Though road accidents have registered a decline, the number of fatalities has not come down. Crimes against women and children have seen a drastic decline, said Commissioner of Police Ch Srikanth while releasing the annual crime report at the Police Conference Hall on Thursday. Addressing the media, Mr. Srikanth said that 10,834 cases were reported in 2022, as against 14,...
New Delhi: Following an attempted ransomware attack on domestic air carrier SpiceJet recently, hundreds of passengers were left stranded at various airports and inside aircraft. Flight operations took a hit for about four hours after flight departures slowed down. While SpiceJet claimed that flights had soon resumed normal operations, many passengers took to social media to slam the airline after experiencing continued delays in their flights. Many flyers complained of having waited for 6-8 hours with no information whatsoever, with the low-cost airline even refusing to provide any compensation. Does this entire affair expose cracks in our air safety? Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted and slowed down morning flight departures today," the airline said in a statement. “Our IT team has contained and rectified the situation, and flights are operating normally now," the statement said, without giving the total n...