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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicReal money gaming

Topic: Real money gaming

2025 and India’s tech ambitions. What we got right and wrong

2026 must be the year India sobers up about AI regulation. So far, the approach has been scattered and internally inconsistent.

India’s online gaming ban shows today’s thriving sector could be tomorrow’s casualty

This policy unpredictability is accelerating India's brain drain, particularly in tech and digital innovation, where skilled professionals seek more stable environments abroad.

Banning RMGs could end up like Bihar’s prohibition. Poor will suffer most

India should build on regulatory architecture instead of driving consumers into the shadows. The real choice is not between prohibition and inaction, but between regulation and chaos.

Blanket ban on online money games to e-sports push, how new Bill proposes to alter gaming space

New bIll makes no difference between online games of skill & chance, proposing a complete ban on any game played for money, including its endorsement, banking services, etc

What Madras HC said while upholding Tamil Nadu’s night ban on real money gaming

The court emphasised that TN govt has legislative competence to make laws to protect public health & regulate trade, rejecting petitioners' argument about encroaching on Centre's domain.

28% GST on real money gaming will kill the sector. It’s a step away from one nation one tax

The decision to increase the tax rate on online gaming demonstrates that the GST regime still exhibits stratification, deviating from the original aim of uniformity.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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.