Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Bill includes provisions to penalise those involved in gambling activities, operating gambling syndicates, and running common gaming houses.
It will deter consumers from using legitimate platforms & may promote betting and gambling, they add. Industry contributed more than Rs 2,200 cr GST in 2022.
CM Stalin says MLAs can't have difference of opinion over 'gambling that kills people' and 'interferes with studies', adds that online gambling has claimed 41 lives.
The much-awaited regulations will shape the future of India's gaming sector that research firm Redseeer estimates will be worth $7 billion by 2026, dominated by real-money games
Karnataka Police Act was amended in 2021 to put a stop to gambling. It made operating and participating in online fantasy games with money a cognisable, non-bailable offence.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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