The theory that banning big tech companies from making acquisitions would stimulate competition is dubious. Mergers and acquisitions are typically a spur to efficiency, not a barrier.
Technology companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter or Amazon are under increased scrutiny and regulatory pressure of the Modi govt. They need an insider in power corridors.
In its financial stability report, RBI said concerns have intensified around a level playing field with banks, too-big-to-fail issues, challenges for antitrust rules among others.
The Nigerian Twitter ban should be a warning to US lawmakers and activist. Their efforts to rein in US-based social media giants risk restricting democratic freedoms worldwide.
Deplatforming Trump is likely to serve as a catalyst for creating alternatives to the service providers. It’s inevitable that unsavory communities will form on the internet.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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