https://newsanalysisindia.com The news you need to know, explained Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://newsanalysisindia.com/tech/indigenous-ai-to-combat-fake-sim-cards-over-8-2-million-connections-disconnected/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://newsanalysisindia.local/indigenous-ai-to-combat-fake-sim-cards-over-8-2-million-connections-disconnected/ Developed to bolster cybersecurity, the indigenous Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics tool, ASTR, is proving to be a potent weapon against fraudsters. The Department of Telecommunications has disconnected over 8.2 million mobile connections that failed ASTR’s re-verification process, revealing that these connections were registered under multiple names attributed to a single individual. This information was disclosed by the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, in a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

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