Verdict
ndtv.com appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Front page/article listing of an established Indian news portal with broad categories (India, World, Business, Entertainment, Tech, Sports). Heavy presence of sponsored/ad content and links to social channels. No login or financial transaction prompts detected. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 30 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
What this website presents is an established Indian news and media portal covering India, world affairs, business, entertainment, technology, sports, health, education, travel, and lifestyle, with articles, video, live television, and sponsored content funded primarily through advertising, advertorials, and partner promotions.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed between the site’s presentation, technical behavior, and external reputation signals. The homepage behaves as a conventional news portal: it contains no login form, sensitive data form, wallet connection, financial transaction prompt, or credential-harvesting mechanism. A weak automated similarity signal referencing t.me was not corroborated as impersonation because the observed content is a coherent NDTV news presentation and no phishing, malicious, or brand-impersonation indicators were identified. The overall evidence is therefore consistent with an apparently legitimate, low-risk website, while the real-world operator identity remains not independently verified.
- The homepage identifies itself as an India-focused news and media portal and displays sections for India, World, Business, Entertainment, Sports, Health, Education, and Technology.
- The homepage contains no login or sensitive form; behavioral testing recorded no hidden forms, external password submissions, wallet activity, clipboard manipulation, or suspicious inline scripts.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and 0 abuse reports for the observed hosting context.
- The domain was registered in 1996 and is approximately 29.89 years old.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site’s apparent business model is editorial publishing and advertising rather than a regulated financial service, so no financial-services license claim is expected from the homepage. The available material does not independently verify the real-world operator, and the on-page legal and corporate disclosure position is unclear; this is a transparency matter rather than evidence of deception. The domain uses Network Solutions, LLC as registrar, while the transport certificate identifies NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED as its subject organization. No matching broker or other regulated-finance warning was identified in the supplied third-party context.
- The homepage presents news articles, video, live television, display advertising, sponsored content, and partner promotions rather than investment, payment, or brokerage services.
- The domain registration record lists Network Solutions, LLC as registrar, with creation date 1996-09-26 and expiration date 2032-09-25.
- The site is hosted through AS16625, operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc., US.
- The TLS certificate is issued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, uses OV validation, identifies NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED, and is valid to 2027-01-21T23:59:59+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before any credential or payment interaction associated with the site or a linked promotion, an institution should independently confirm the responsible corporate entity through an authoritative corporate source, review the applicable terms and privacy information, and confirm that any advertised partner or commercial offer uses an independently validated payment and support channel. Where a specific regulated service is introduced through advertising or a partner link, its licensing should be checked directly with the relevant regulator rather than inferred from the news site’s apparent legitimacy.
- The homepage contains prominent advertising, sponsored material, and partner promotions, creating a clear distinction between editorial content and third-party commercial offers.
- The site links to multiple established social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, WhatsApp, Threads, and Snapchat; these channels can be compared independently when confirming official contact routes.
- The homepage contains no sensitive form or direct financial transaction prompt, so any later request for credentials or payment would represent a materially different interaction context.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence supports a high-trust, low-risk posture for the website as an established media destination. It appears legitimate and suitable for ordinary browsing, but the evidence supports apparent legitimacy rather than independently proven operator identity.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by Akamai’s CDN and WAF infrastructure, with observed edge infrastructure and potential origin candidates. This architecture provides a meaningful mitigating layer against direct exposure and abuse, but infrastructure protection alone does not establish the operator’s identity or legitimacy.
- Hosting infrastructure is served from AS16625 (Akamai Technologies, Inc., US).
- Observed CDN edge addresses include 23.67.137.167, 2a02:26f0:e80:585::24e8, and 2a02:26f0:e80:595::24e8.
- Akamai CDN/WAF protection is confirmed by the site’s infrastructure configuration.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing is proportionate to the available evidence; credentials or payments should be limited to interactions supported by independent entity, transaction-protection, and contact-channel checks.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 80/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 40% |
- Trusted social count=5
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of ndtv.com.
- The request stayed on ndtv.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Network Solutions, LLC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by akam.net, across 6 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2032-09-25. Clear
- It is hosted on AKAMAI-AS, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Network Solutions, LLC |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2a02:26f0:e80:585::24e8 |
| Name servers | A1-18.AKAM.NET, A2-65.AKAM.NET, A26-66.AKAM.NET, A3-67.AKAM.NET, A4-64.AKAM.NET, A7-65.AKAM.NET |
| SSL issuer | DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-21 |
| Domain age | 29.89 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2032-09-25 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about ndtv.com at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.