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Tech firms in UK must have plan for illegal content spikes during crises like Southport: regulatorBritish tech firms must now have crisis response plans for surges in illegal online content, following the 2024 Southport riots. Regulator ...
Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
Singapore blocks social media posts attacking Indian communitySingapore has ordered social media platforms to block 14 posts, likely from China, that targeted the Indian community and undermined the na...
Don't allow hiding under forgetting: Why Delhi HC's 'right to be forgotten' ruling raises serious concernsA recent Delhi High Court ruling grants acquitted individuals a 'right to be forgotten'. Their names will be removed from online search res...
Harassed by loan recovery agents? Know your legal rights and 6 steps to fight backBorrowers struggling with debt often face harassment from recovery agents through abusive calls, threats, public shaming, and unauthorised ...
Wife stabs and kills husband with knife: No jail for wife as HC orders her to pay Rs 500 fine citing this exception in lawA wife who stabbed and killed her husband during a sudden argument has been spared jail time. The Telangana High Court ruled the act was co...
Trial in Manipur ethnic violence cases needs to be expedited: SCThe Supreme Court is pushing for faster trials in the Manipur ethnic violence cases. Authorities have been asked to submit a status report....
New Anti-Hindu Hate Monitor platform launched in UKA new platform, the Anti-Hindu Hate Monitor, has been launched in the UK. It aims to document incidents of anti-Hindu hate. The data collec...
Skin Doctor case: Can you be arrested over your social media posts in India?Social media influencer Dr. Neelam Singh, 'The Skin Doctor', was arrested by Delhi Police for alleged posts targeting businessman Sunjay Ka...
Why some divorce grounds apply only to wives: Supreme Court rejects a man's plea challenging the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging a provision of the Hindu Marriage Act that allows on...
NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending DPDP enforcementThe NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by dig...
Assembly Elections 2026: EC bans exit polls from April 9 to April 29Exit polls are banned from April 9 to April 29 during assembly elections in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. This pr...
Stricter actions must be taken against e-commerce malpractices: CAIT Secretary GeneralConfederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal urged the government to curb malpractices by e-commerce and ...
Online betting: Telangana HC dismisses Fino Bank MD Rishi Gupta’s plea, denies bailGupta sought to be released on bail. He also moved to have the March 1 remand order passed by the special judge for trial of economic offen...
Goa trip gone wrong: Watch tourists drive Fortuner into sea, regret it moments laterReckless tourists drove their Toyota Fortuner into the sea in Goa, only for the vehicle to get stuck and require rescue by a JCB. The incid...
Iran hangs three convicted of killing police in recent unrest: JudiciaryIran executed three people on Thursday convicted of killing police officers and carrying out operations in favour of the United States and ...
Digital India Bill set to add myriad online offence laws under ‘user harm’The Digital India Bill is likely to define and encode in law various online offences such as cryptojacking, astroturfing, dogpiling or cybe...
India's GST Council meets today to decide on online gaming tax, decriminalisation of some indirect tax offencesThe Council has reportedly been given a suggestion - by the law committee - to consider increasing the monetary threshold for launching pro...
GST Council meet: Decriminalisation of offences, curbing tax evasion in pan masala, gutkha biz on agendaBesides, GST on online gaming and casinos may come up for deliberations as the Group of Ministers (GoM), chaired by Meghalaya Chief Ministe...
Online gambling games: Karnataka may work on a new draft, fixing contentious parts in old lawOn Monday, the Karnataka HC quashed the amendments to Sections 2, 78, 87, 128(a) and 17(b) of the 1963 Act that dealt with definition of on...