NEW DELHI, June 28 -- The telecommunications department has proposed sweeping new cybersecurity rules that would require digital platforms to verify customer mobile numbers through a government-run system, as the country grapples with rising online fraud. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) unveiled draft amendments dated Tuesday that would establish a Mobile Number Validation (MNV) platform to check whether phone numbers provided by users actually belong to them - a move that could affect millions of Indians using everything from food delivery apps to digital payment services. India has over 1.16 billion mobile connections and is the world's largest market for digital payments, making it a major target for mobile-based fraud schemes...