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Saturday, August 15, 2026
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ANI v OpenAI exposes gaps in India’s copyright law. And raises a key question for courts

The ‘ANI v OpenAI’ case demonstrates the evidentiary shortcomings likely to arise in AI-related copyright infringement cases.

Why mandating EVs for gig workers can be a policy mistake

Regulations that do not understand the sector’s functioning and impose unnecessary costs will stifle its growth potential.

Indian companies sourcing from Chinese suppliers are the latest victims of US-China trade war

This is the latest phase in the US-China technology competition, which now spans supply chain law, export controls, labour compliance, and semiconductor access.

War in West Asia shows India must rethink tech sovereignty

Iran’s strikes on data centres in the UAE and Bahrain brings tech policy into focus. The war threatens the web of global connectivity that flows through these hubs.

India’s AI rules risk curbing lawful content. Three-hour takedown policy is unprecedented

Companies have nine days from the date of release to introduce product-level changes to comply with the law. This will change how users interact with modern-day public squares.

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.

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

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.

Free UPI was a revolution. Now costs are piling up, quality is slipping

The RBI Governor would do well to reinitiate earlier attempts to create competition for UPI. It would improve quality and security.

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

On Camera

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

From fighting terrorists in Manipur, LoC & getting 2nd Shaurya Chakra, a look at Army’s gallantry winners

Three Army personnel got the Kirti Chakra, including one posthumously. Kirti Chakra is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

Gen Vaidya won 2 MahaVir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman