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Hera Rizwan
Hera Rizwan is a correspondent with Decode. She covers AI, technology, and accountability, with a focus on how digital systems shape welfare, governance, and public life in India. Her work examines the real-world impact of emerging technologies, from biometric systems and surveillance tools to platform-driven scams and digital policy. She has reported extensively on cybercrime, AI in welfare delivery, and the intersection of tech and democracy. She is a Pulitzer Grantee and won Ramnath Goenka Award for Investigative Reporting in 2022.
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Decode spoke to DSP Ankush Mishra to explain how ghost SIMs are created, misused, and how to protect yourself.
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Decode spoke to Shaolei Ren, an AI researcher, to understand what makes AI different from the rest of the internet, why...
The leaked files included Aadhaar, PAN, passports, vaccination reports, patient medical records, resumes of job...











