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TopicOnline gaming

Topic: online gaming

Karnataka’s online gaming ban won’t work. It shows poor grasp of tech

Heavy-handed technology regulation is a recipe for economic disaster and social rebellion. It reflects a lack of basic understanding of technology.

Online gambling ban bill tabled in Karnataka, govt says want to ‘wean’ citizens from ‘vice’

Bill seeks to ban all forms of online games. Likely to affect popular online games from Mobile Premier League, RummyCircle, and Junglee Games among others.

Xi Jinping’s CCP is daring to go where even Taliban wouldn’t — separate kids from smartphones

CCP has issued a decree allowing kids no more than 3 hours of online gaming per week. The time freed will be used to revise Xi Jinping Thought, now part of school curriculum.

Online gaming or gambling? Why fantasy sports, rummy and poker are stuck in controversy

NITI Aayog is seeking public comments on guidelines to regulate fantasy sports, while states have begun banning some activities. Video game industry wants it labelled ‘gambling’.

Gaming could be good for well-being, over regulation restricts human rights — Oxford study

Oxford research team finds that video games could have positive impact on one's mental health, and more data is needed to draft effective and accurate policy.

Online poker, the refuge of the bored, lonely and thrill-seeking Indian in lockdown

The economic crisis, threat of job losses and shrinking disposable incomes have not deterred the average player from betting money on the game of poker.

Netflix, gaming and porn addicts falling back into old habits, NIMHANS doctors are worried

Dr Manoj Sharma, chief clinical psychologist at NIMHANS' tech de-addiction centre, says addiction levels have gone up by 30%.

Asian tech giants are pouring money into India’s booming gaming-gambling apps

Tencent, Alibaba and SoftBank are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Indian gaming apps that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws.

Animal crossing is Nintendo’s gift to a corona-weary world

While the video-game industry is surging as a whole, Nintendo is doing particularly well thanks to its wholesome and family-friendly offerings games.

Video gamers have the last laugh as e-sports industry booms during Covid-19 lockdown

Social distancing enforced by coronavirus will increase the market value of the e-sports industry which is already estimated to touch $2 billion by the end of 2021.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.