Centre to table Online Gaming Regulation Bill in Lok Sabha todayThe central government will present the Online Gaming Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha. Ashwini Vaishnaw will introduce the bill. It focuses on regul...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Platforms misused for fraud, terror financing: Govt after introducing bill to ban real money gamingThe framework of the proposed legislation looks to encourage the growth of e-sports and online social games as an industry, while promoting...
20 Aug, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Malaysia grants WeChat, TikTok licences to operate under new lawThe law, which is designed to address the growing issue of cybercrime, requires social media platforms and messaging services in Malaysia w...
02 Jan, 2025, 10.40 AM IST
Quantum Mutual Fund files draft document with Sebi for an ethical fundThere is no exit load on 10% of units redeemed or switched within one year of purchase. The remaining 90% of units will incur a 1% exit loa...
09 Sep, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
AIGF estimates USD 2.5 bn GST loss from offshore illegal, betting firmsAIGF's Roland Landers urges swift action against offshore illegal betting, causing a USD 2.5 billion annual loss. Concerns include user har...
18 Apr, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Gambling, risky pranks and lucrative contracts: inside the streaming site KickWelcome to life on Kick, the Wild West of livestreaming -- where seemingly any kind of content goes. Since it went live late last year, the...
02 Dec, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
Government says adequate provisions exist to enforce GST on offshore gaming platformsSince the GST Council's July 11 decision to impose 28% tax on the full face value for online gaming, firms in the real money gaming sector ...
02 Aug, 2023, 12.51 AM IST
States authorised to regulate gambling, not online gaming: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharThe Minister's comments come on the same day that the Delhi High Court heard a plea by a Noida-based NGO Soch that moved the court against ...
08 Jul, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
India’s likely 28% GST on gaming companies set to kill many players, hurt FDIs: WinZo Co-founder RathoreThe proposal of imposing a 28% tax on gaming companies still building IP and technology will lead to the destruction of newer gaming ventur...
19 Jun, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
Exclusive: Need solid reason to take down banned betting apps, says AppleWhile the iPhone maker has not outright refused to comply with the February order by the ministry of electronics and information technology...
30 May, 2023, 03.50 PM IST
ETtech Exclusive: Non-permissible online games face payment gateway blockMeitY is expected to issue orders to fintech and payment firms to deny access to non-permissible games.
17 Apr, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Gaming firms seek clarity on revised rulesGovernment feels rules are self-explanatory, asks companies for inputs on the working of SROs
08 Apr, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Google to prohibit personal loan apps from accessing user photos, contactsThe move comes after several cases emerged over the past few months of borrowers being harassed after availing of instant loans through the...
06 Apr, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
RBI to share whitelist of digital loan apps soonConsumers will get clarity on ‘authentic’ lending apps that operate within banking regulator’s purview
11 Feb, 2023, 06.11 AM IST
India plans launch of own app store as alternative to Google, Apple: ET NowPrime Minister Narendra Modi's government may ramp up its Mobile Seva App Store for this purpose, the television channel reported, without ...
01 Oct, 2020, 08.37 PM IST
Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical stormThe police control room has put out more than 46,000 tweets since April 2015 containing the numbers of complainants calling the emergency n...
06 Apr, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
- Bloggers call content regulation a gag on freedom
Amended Indian IT Act which seeks legal position of intermediaries at the heart of controversy.
09 Mar, 2011, 03.38 AM IST