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Topic: PUBG

Gamers deny link between Ghaziabad suicides & skill gaming. ‘Parental monitoring needed’

Korean developers gave Indian audiences what they wanted and needed. Unlike many Western titles, Korean games focus heavily on mobile, said Biren Sharma, a gaming content creator.

How PUBG paved way for another India-Pakistan love story

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

Out of jail, Pakistani woman adopts UP lover’s Hindu life; husband asks Modi to send her back

Seema, 30, fell for Sachin, 25, while playing the online game, PUBG, in 2019. She played PUBG to keep herself occupied as her husband Ghulam was away at work in Saudi Arabia.

Coding prodigy behind PUBG game, Kim Chang-han, eyes IPO worth billions

Since 2000, Kim Chang-han has created three multiplayer online games at three startups that all fell flat. PUBG was his last attempt to succeed in the business.

New version of PUBG mobile game to be launched in India soon

PUBG was earlier published by a Chinese company in India, and was subsequently banned in September. The new version is published by PUBG Corp., a South Korean subsidiary.

Fantasy sports like Dream11 are a good candidate for self-regulation

Fantasy sports platforms like Dream11 are legitimate businesses protected by Article 19(1)(g) of the Indian Constitution.

News debates turn into daily soaps while India’s Covid tally crosses 4 million

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Shrinking’ of Parliament, and Nirmala Sitharaman’s loan fix for every issue

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

How India bans apps, can ban be beaten? All you want to know about govt’s China app ban

Experts offer answers on the multiple questions surrounding India’s ban on Chinese apps, which comes amid soaring border tensions between the nations.

Modi’s surgical strike on PUBG draws a new political line in Indian families

After the JEE-NEET saga, PUBG’s ban is more bad news for Indian students, who earned big bucks live streaming themselves shooting pixelated figures on a screen.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.