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OTP delays should end as TRAI suspends its blockchain experiment for seven days Prabhjote GillMar 9, 2021, 17:02 IST Users in India are not receiving one-time-passwords as telecom operators implement new blockchain techology to block out spam messagesUnsplash The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suspended its blockchain technology aimed at filtering out spam messages for the next seven days. This comes after users across the country saw long delays in receiving their one-time-passwords (OTPs) for online transactions. Since the upgrade was implemented yesterday, users report not receiving OTPs from legitimate sources like their banks, digital payments apps and even government entities like Aadhaar authentication.One-time-passwords (OTPs) aren’t just for financial transactions. They are central for logging into email accounts, authenticating new memberships, or just signing into Amazon on a new device. ....
“After learning about it, governments of Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh too have expressed interest in starting similar courses. Hopefully they will begin soon,” said Samala Venu, a popular illusionist who initiated the launch of the course. His objective: to make magic a serious profession that’s not just seen as a ploy by fake performers to cheat people. “Apart from Telangana, we have had students from these states too who come here to study magic,” he added. At present, most lessons in magic are limited to online courses or workshops, typically spread over 7 to 10 days. Internationally too, it is often part of a larger stream of study. “It (magic) is part of a cultural studies course taught in a few places,” said author John Zubrzycki, who’s book, Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns, was released in 2018. ....