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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The complete ban on online gaming involving money is just the latest example of a country running on a whim. To anyone doing business in India, this should serve as a reminder that the axe of high-handed government regulation could fall at any time.
On this polarizing subject, complicated by moral judgement, I must begin with a request. Please don’t shoot the messenger. I am not under discussion here, so don’t begin by ascribing bad-faith intentions to what I have to say. Right, now that we have that covered, let’s jump to the subject at hand. Real-money gaming and its outright, overnight ban by the government of India this week. On 20 August, the government introduced the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. In this bill, the government summarily banned all forms of online games that involve money. Companies can’t run these …
A churn in venture capital collides with the fear of missing the AI wave, while the Ajay Singh-led airline’s recurring crises raise deeper questions.
