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As rupee dips, I-T steps up vigil on shady outflowsIn multiple cases, individuals have used dozens of fake permanent account numbers (PANs) with the same name but different addresses and dat...
Trump’s Hormuz blockade: What’s at stake amid global chaos and ripple risks for IndiaA US-led naval blockade on Iran has sharply escalated tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, threatening global oil flows, trade routes and ...
NBA coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier arrested in Florida- here's what happenedNBA figures Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier have been arrested in Florida as part of federal gambling probes. Billups, a coach, and Rozie...
How China’s economic slump is prompting police to target business ownersChinese police are targeting private businesses, freezing assets, and demanding money in exchange for releasing funds. This practice, dubbe...
Arrest of Chinese tycoon in Thailand exposes dubious business model in India’s Eastern neighbourhoodThe notice also alleged that She – who heads a “criminal gang” – set up online gambling websites including Hongshulin, Yigou and Yiyou Inte...
Time to reassess what is good, what is bad and what is ugly about India's tech regulationsThree sets of issues emerge here - understanding the nature of technology-linked risks, assessing the challenges to governance, and being i...
Despite billion-dollar investment, why GameFi is failing to woo Asians?Market experts argue that GameFi is not gambling. It refers to the financialisation of video gaming and could transform gaming business mod...
For companies, winning in China now means losing somewhere elseSome of the world's biggest companies are caught in an uncomfortable situation as they attempt to straddle a widening political gulf betwee...
Billions blown as Macau casino investors fold amid gambling reviewSome Hong Kong stock analysts wasted little time in downgrading their view of the near-term prospects for casino operators in the Chinese s...
Billions blown as Macau casino investors fold amid gambling reviewWith Macau's lucrative casino licences up for rebidding next year, a government proposal to revise the city's gaming law spooked a Hong Kon...
- China’s Karaoke And Kara-Not-Ok
Songs can be worrisome to any authority figure, as any parent listening in to the lyrics emanating from her or his daughter’s room may well...
China blocks several cryptocurrency-related social media accounts amid crackdownMore actions are expected, including linking illegal crypto activities in China more directly with the country's criminal law, according to...
China removes TripAdvisor, 104 other apps from app stores under cleansing campaignThese apps violated one or more of three cyber laws, said The Cyberspace Administration of China in a statement on its website, without pro...
Myanmar govt forms tribunal to probe China-funded city projectThe project has been criticised due to a lack of transparency, land confiscations, confusion over the scale of construction and the growing...
China shuts 74 tourism websites for disseminating pornographyThe administration called on consumers to choose tourism products through legal websites and encouraged the public to report violations.
The case for legalized cricket betting; it's not what you thinkOn January 4, a three-member panel appointed by the Supreme Court also recommended legalising cricket betting in India.
From Las Vegas to Lost Vegas: Why no one bets big on Sin City nowOnce the world's gambling capital, Las Vegas is now attracting people looking for parties, not the high rollers who lost big on the famed t...
- Interpol: 1,300 arrests, $16 million seized across Asia during Euro 2008
Interpol says police across Asia has arrested 1,300 people and seized more than US$16 mn in an operation to break up illegal football gambl...
- US rejection of WTO order may threaten global trading norms
The US refusal to comply with a World Trade Organization decision on online gambling is threatening to undermine the entire set of rules bi...
- China plans legislation to bar kids from cyber cafes
China's lawmakers are considering banning children under the age of 18 from Internet cafes because the centres have become hotbeds for onli...