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Google launches anti-misinformation project in India to prevent violence

The initiative will use 'prebunking' videos – designed to counter false claims before they become widespread – circulated on the company's YouTube platform and other social media sites.

New Zealand to make Google & Meta pay for news content

New Zealand's Minister of Broadcasting hoped that the new legislation — similar to Australian & Canadian laws — would help digital platforms reach deals with local news outlets.

Google Doodle celebrates geologist Marie Tharp, known for groundbreaking maps of ocean floor

In 1998, the US Library of Congress declared Tharp as one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century.

Indian Navy pilots haven’t landed on an aircraft carrier in 2 yrs & won’t anytime soon. Here’s why

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Google pauses use of its internal billing system for app developers in India following CCI order

Last month, CCI had hit Google with two antitrust penalties ($113 mn & $162 mn) and said not to restrict app developers from using third-party billing or payment processing services.

Meet the 3 young Indians whose probing landed Google with a Rs 1,338 cr anti-trust fine

Probe against Google began in 2019, based on information submitted to Competition Commission of India by then research associates Umar Javeed & Sukarma Thapar & law student Aaqib Javeed.

CCI orders Google to allow third-party payments, ensure transparency about service fees

Competition Commission of India also slapped Rs 936-cr fine on Google Tuesday. In a 199-page order, CCI asked the firm to adopt 8 remedies or operations adjustments within three months.

Want to delete Chrome from your Android? All about competition watchdog’s ruling against Google

Competition Commission of India fined Google Rs 1337.76 cr for abusing its dominant position and ordered it to stop anti-competitive practices that also affect consumer choice.

Google fined Rs 1,337.76 crore by Competition Commission for ‘anti-competitive practices’

The tech giant has been fined for anti-competitive practices on Android. CCI also ordered Google not to offer any incentive to smartphone makers for carrying its search services.

Joining global trend, India likely to bring law for Big Tech to pay news publishers for content

Getting tech giants to share revenue for news content is an 'important issue' & 'needs to be tackled legislatively', Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Saturday.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.