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India can compete with China on semiconductors. But it needs to build investor trust first

India must pursue technology partnerships, discuss trade in the Indo-Pacific, formulate stronger IP. This will help operationalise the notion of ‘trust’ in critical supply chains

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.

Starlink to Telesat, why India’s spectrum auction is a hurdle for satellite internet players

Spectrum auctions across satcom services will indirectly appoint telcos as arbiters of India’s connectivity needs.

India’s e-commerce rules need definitional clarity – to protect consumers, promote innovation

The proposed rules should remove the duplication of unnecessary compliances and reflect the reality that e-commerce is a complex mix of digital and physical worlds.

Global policymakers don’t understand AI enough to regulate it. Tech companies must step up now

When software is built to prioritise speed over safety, its creators delay dealing with possible negative consequences.

New IT Rules give much-needed legal support to online gaming. But there’s more homework to do

Imagine, playing an online card game online and paying 28 per cent GST on each buy-in. Such a tax regime would defeat the purpose of enabling IT Rules.

TRAI’s OTT regulation agenda is confusing. It forgets consumers, serves telco interests

TRAI is a carriage regulator, which means it governs the network and not the content. It does not have the expertise to regulate OTT services.

Appellate bodies must for India’s complex digital ecosystem. But there are many hurdles

Their capacity to handle complaints needs to be increased, and they need to have subject-area expertise to deal with nuanced issues.

Guidelines on online gaming a self-regulation template. But iron out 5 complexities

The guidelines offer no clarity on what happens when a game registered by a self-regulation organisation is outlawed by a state law later.

Why BIS guidelines on fake online reviews is difficult to implement

Fake reviews should be weeded out from digital platforms and BIS guidelines can help with it. But in order to be implementable it needs wider consultation with tech companies.

On Camera

Pickleball and the end of spontaneous playing

Somewhere along the way, play became a scheduled activity instead of something that just happened. It became a slot you could miss, a plan you had to stick to, an hour you paid for and better not waste.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.