No chargers, no deal: Europe's biggest truckmakers push back against the 2030 climate deadlineEurope's leading truckmakers want the EU to postpone 2030 emissions targets by three years. They cite insufficient charging stations and hi...
14 Sep, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
EU denies bowing to tech lobby on data centre green impactThe European Commission denies allegations of copying industry lobbyists' proposals for data centre environmental impact rules. A probe sug...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
EU antitrust regulators erred in clearing Broadcom's VMware deal, cloud industry lobby saysEU antitrust regulators failed to analyse properly the risks of Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware before cl...
11 Dec, 2025, 07.14 PM IST
EU to delay 'high risk' AI rules until 2027 after Big Tech pushbackThe European Commission proposed easing and delaying parts of major tech laws, including shifting high-risk AI rules to 2027. The “Digital ...
19 Nov, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
Big Tech may win reprieve as EU mulls easing AI rules, document showsThe move by the European Commission came amid intense lobbying by big tech companies and criticism from the U.S. administration against the...
08 Nov, 2025, 12.39 AM IST
Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules, sources sayOne probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over riva...
21 Feb, 2025, 10.14 PM IST
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU saysVisa and Mastercard will extend tourist card fee caps with EU antitrust regulators until 2029, announced by the European Commission. Set in...
05 Jul, 2024, 06.06 PM IST
Google, Amazon, Apple lobby group opposes India's EU-like antitrust proposalIndia is drafting a new competition law to target big digital firms, with a U.S. lobby group urging a rethink to avoid potential business i...
28 May, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Sweeping EU rules on AI to pass final hurdleEU lawmakers are poised to approve on Wednesday wide-ranging rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenA...
13 Mar, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
France had no prior knowledge of Microsoft's Mistral AI deal, official saysEarlier this week, Microsoft said it had made a 15-million euro ($16 million) investment in Mistral, and would soon make the Paris-based co...
28 Feb, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
Europe's bid to boost gig workers' rights fails againBelgium, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, is unlikely to muster enough support for yet another attempt, especially as the ...
16 Feb, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
India's pharma lobby bats for drug approvals in line with global marketsAccording to the OPPI, launching a new drug in India is delayed by up to four years, compared to markets like the US and the European Union...
29 Dec, 2023, 12.09 AM IST
Deutsche Bank CEO rejects EU plans on resolution rulesDeutsche Bank's CEO, Christian Sewing, has rejected the European Union's proposed plans for bank resolution rule updates, arguing that stri...
17 Apr, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Microsoft and Google spend way more on lobbying the EU than other American tech companiesLast week, Google responded to the European Union's ongoing investigation of its search engine with a blog post claiming that it did nothin...
01 Sep, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
- Radia tapes: Lobbying needs to be monitored, regulated and made transparent
Where does lobbying end and corruption begin? For society to know the answer, the practice of lobbying needs to be brought out of the shado...
16 Dec, 2010, 01.13 AM IST
- China may face EU steel-import probe
European Union regulators will probably examine a complaint by steelmakers ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp about cheap steel imports from Ch...
28 Nov, 2007, 01.26 AM IST