New Delhi, July 8 -- If your phone has been ringing incessantly with unknown calls from the 140 and 1600 number series recently, you are not alone. And according to Truecaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala, this influx of unwanted calls is actually going to get worse.

Truecaller is a leading global communications platform which helps users identify spam and fraud calls.

"Wondering why spam calls have increased SIGNIFICANTLY in India recently? Well, it's actually going to get worse," Jhunjhunwala said in a lengthy X post, as he explained that the mandate from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) restricting community spam reports has inadvertently triggered a massive surge in unanswered calls, spam, and manual blocking across the c...