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Former SC Judge Cyriac Joseph is new Tdsat chairman
NEW DELHI: Justice Cyriac Joseph, the retired Supreme Court judge, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.
Justice Joseph, who retired on 27 January this year, has been appointed on a term of three years. He succeeds Justice S B Sinha who retired last month.
He was appointed a judge of the apex court on 7 July 2008. He became Chief Justice in Karnataka High Court in January 2006.
Born on 28 January 1947 at Kaipuzha, Kottayam District in Kerala, he graduated in science and then went on to do law. He enrolled as an advocate in October 1968.
He was senior government pleader in the Kerala High Court from 1979 to 1987 and then served as Additional Advocate General, Kerala, from July 1991 to July 1994.
Appointed as a permanent Judge of the High Court in July 1994, he was transferred a month later to Delhi High Court and then back to Kerala in September 2001. He was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) in March 2005.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
