Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenueMeta found a large share of its China-linked ad revenue came from scams and banned products. Despite briefly cutting abuse, it eased contro...
16 Dec, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
US whistleblower says Mastercard, Visa failed to stop payments for child sex abuse material on OnlyFansMastercard and Visa allegedly allowed their payment networks to process proceeds from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on On...
24 Jan, 2025, 05.28 PM IST
Serum Institute initiates phase 2, 3 clinical study for potential COVID-19 vaccineAccording to the Clinical Trial Registry India, the scientific title of the study says that phase 2/3 clinical trial will be observer-blind...
19 Aug, 2020, 10.48 PM IST
SC leaves it to government to regulate ads on pre-natal sex tests on internetThe case had begun in 2008, when an activist filed a PIL to get the search engines to abide by local law which bans such tests to arrest th...
14 Dec, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
Love hotel janitor turns tycoon with plans to sweep away sleazeLee is founder of Yanolja, Korean for “hey, let’s play” and the country’s most popular app for booking rooms at the short-stay lodgings, wh...
23 Nov, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Google, Yahoo, Microsoft to prohibit ads on sex-determination testsA citizen has a right to access to internet. We are on a concept of pre-censorship. Court has to be very cautious, a bench led by Justice D...
14 Apr, 2017, 02.24 AM IST
SC asks govt to set up agency to handle complaints about sex-selection tests on search enginesIntermediaries must take down with 36 hrs any complaint sent to them by nodal agency; next hearing on February 17
17 Nov, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
Supreme Court slams Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for sex selection kit adsThe bench in their harsh observations accused these intermediaries of having no respect for Indian law which bans sex determination tests a...
06 Jul, 2016, 02.01 AM IST
Narendra Modi's CEO-like work style is effective, but it needs to be laced with a dose of empathyInstead of a corporate-style event at India Gate, the govt should have spent its second anniversary tackling water shortage across the coun...
05 Jun, 2016, 01.28 PM IST
- IMA calls for urgent modification of PCPNDT Act
Calling for urgent modification of PCPNDT Act to end its ambiguous interpretation, the IMA today said the act in its current form deprives ...
23 Oct, 2015, 11.13 PM IST
Amazon, Flipkart selling books on sex determinationEven as the country is grappling with the problem of bias against girl child, e-market places like Amazon and Flipkart are found selling bo...
13 Feb, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Supreme Court directs Google, Yahoo, Microsoft to block sex determination adsIf any advertisement existed on any search engine, these should be "withdrawn forthwith" by the search engines, the apex court said categor...
29 Jan, 2015, 03.01 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks steps to stop sex-determination contents on websitesThe court also expressed unhappiness over a 2010 affidavit of Group Coordinator and Enforcement Division of Department of Information Techn...
05 Dec, 2014, 02.19 AM IST
Aamir Khan's small-screen debut in Satyamev Jayate a smashing hit; ad rates higher than KBC'sMedia-buying sources say ad rates commanded by Satyamev Jayate come to Rs 4 - Rs 5 lakh for 10-second slot, a premium over KBC Season 5.
17 May, 2012, 12.38 AM IST
- Google, Microsoft pull gender ads after legal threat
Internet giants Google and Microsoft have pulled adverts for sex selection products and services considered illegal in India after being th...
18 Sep, 2008, 11.20 AM IST
- Facebook and the informal-isation of corporate networking
A few days ago, I put in a very urgent request to a small group of Facebook Friends -fellow JWT planners from across the world - people who...
23 Oct, 2007, 06.32 AM IST
- Punjabi NRIs too killing girls
The hostility to the girl child that’s such a tragic feature of life in India doesn’t abate even abroad.
19 Aug, 2007, 05.51 AM IST