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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicMedia regulation

Topic: media regulation

Spotlight on online gaming amid fraud, money laundering cases. MHA, MeitY & ED to firm up regulations

The Centre is discussing steps to tighten loopholes in laws on online gaming amid rising concerns around user harm, financial fraud, and national security.

Shashi Tharoor demands laws to regulate control of news organisations by business, political entities

The Congress MP added free media was the lifeblood of the country’s democracy & 'distinction between facts, opinions and speculation should not be allowed to blur into irrelevance'.

India doesn’t need a media market regulator. Industry actually needs more economic freedom

Economic regulations make it harder to recoup investments made on content and drive firms towards consolidation for greater efficiencies.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

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.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

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.