WhatsApp India

WhatsApp Call Scam Alert! Be Cautious If You Receive Calls From These Numbers, Government Warns

The Ministry of Communications has warned mobile users that cybercriminals attempt to perpetrate cybercrimes/financial fraud or steal personal information through such calls. 

Apr 08, 2024, 10:03 AM IST

WhatsApp Services Restored Following Global Outage

Downdetector, a website monitoring service, recorded a surge in reports of WhatsApp and Instagram having problems during this time.

Apr 04, 2024, 09:18 AM IST

WhatsApp Bans Record Over 69 Lakh Bad Accounts In India In Dec 2023

The most popular messaging platform, which has over 500 million users in the country, received another record 16,366 complaint reports in December in the country.

Feb 02, 2024, 20:30 PM IST

WhatsApp Bans Record Over 74 Lakh Bad Accounts In India In April

WhatsApp, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 4,377 complaint reports in April in the country.

Jun 02, 2023, 08:44 AM IST

WhatsApp BANNED 37 Lakh 'malicious accounts' in India in November. Read Details

Between November 1 and November 31, 3,716,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 990,000 of these accounts were proactively banned before any reports from users, said the company.

Dec 22, 2022, 15:30 PM IST

WhatsApp data breach: A step-by-step guide to check whether your data is leaked or not

The hacker is reportedly selling these datasets on the dark web, according to the reports.

Nov 28, 2022, 12:02 PM IST

Alert! 500 Million WhatsApp users' phone numbers leaked, Should Indian customers need to worry?

Cybernews researchers were able to get in touch with the hacker and also able to collect a sample of the data in which they found out that the shared sample contained 1,097 UK and 817 US user numbers. Upon investigation, the researchers found that all of them were active WhatsApp users.

Nov 27, 2022, 14:23 PM IST

Sandhya Devanathan appointed as new Meta India head and Vice President -- Details Inside

The company has seen some high-profile exits in the last few days including WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta Director Public Policy Rajiv Aggarwal.

Nov 17, 2022, 14:20 PM IST

Abhijit Bose lists reasons for leaving WhatsApp in long social media post -- Read here

WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose has penned down a long note on Linkedin and explained why he had taken this tough decision. He said he delayed his decision to give his resignation because of massive Meta lay off a few days back.

Nov 15, 2022, 20:52 PM IST

BIG collab between WhatsApp, Indian govt! App to be used for healthcare, administrative purposes

MyGov Corona Helpdesk Chatbot was created with the intention of scheduling vaccination appointments and downloading immunisation certificates.

Jun 03, 2022, 17:50 PM IST

Your WhatsApp chat being secretly read? Here's how to keep a tab and take action

You can use WhatsApp on Web, Desktop, and other devices by linking them to your phone. 

May 10, 2022, 15:52 PM IST

WhatsApp rolls out emoji reactions, bigger groups

The company said that it is slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group, which, till now, allowed to add only up to 256.

May 06, 2022, 11:29 AM IST

WhatsApp bans over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in March

The platform had banned over 14 lakh such accounts in the country in February.

May 02, 2022, 17:28 PM IST

Big update for WhatsApp India users! Get cashback for making WhatsApp UPI payments, know how to avail it

Google and Paytm have also offered cask-back to users to drive more engagement and retention growth on their respective platforms.

Apr 28, 2022, 12:17 PM IST

WhatsApp sees 7 bn voice messages daily, unveils new tools

The company announced new features that will make the voice message experience on WhatsApp even better.

Mar 31, 2022, 13:25 PM IST

WhatsApp to increase maximum file transfer size to 2GB: Report

As for the feature, it will soon be available on both Android and iOS devices of Beta testers in Argentina.

Mar 29, 2022, 10:38 AM IST