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The government of India has began the process of banning and blocking nearly 138 betting apps and 94 lending apps with Chinese links on an ‘urgent’ basis, according to News18.com. The communication was issued to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) by the Union Home Ministry, according to News18.com. Six months ago, the Union Home Ministry had started the analysis of 28 […]
The IT ministry has given 48 hours to banned websites and apps to prove their genuineness, a senior government official said on Thursday. Another senior official from the ministry said the ban has been imposed on the platforms because their businesses were not genuine. “Why would there be any ban if they were genuine? Action has been taken on […]
Uttar Pradesh government delegation led by state Finance Minister Suresh Khanna met with Chairman, of Infinite Computer Solutions Sanjay Govil on Tuesday in New York. “Infinite will be signing an MOU to invest over 500 crores in the near future to build IT campuses in Noida and Lucknow,” UP Investors Summit tweeted. Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna […]
The stakeholders of the gaming industry recommended a self-declaration mechanism for registration and a graded approach to KYC in a meeting with the IT ministry on Tuesday, industry sources told Business Standard. “The industry largely stated that powers given to the self-regulatory body will lead to significant delays to the launch of new games,” an official aware of […]