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Can India's Real Money Gaming Startups Fight Off Potential Ban?

India, Aug. 20 -- The online real money gaming industry in India is once again at a flash point. And this time its very survival is at stake. While the imposition of 28% GST in 2023 shook the industr... Read More


Sean 'Diddy' Combs' daughters were removed from a rollercoaster at the Orange County Fair. Here's why

India, Aug. 20 -- Sean 'Diddy' Combs' twin daughters, D'Lila Star and Jessie James, both 18, were asked to step off an Orange County Fair rollercoaster before it even began. According to video footag... Read More


KMC rolls out digital hiring platform for contractual staff

Kolkata, Aug. 20 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has launched a new online recruitment system for hiring contractual employees, marking a major leap toward digitisation of civic services. ... Read More


MCD Standing Committee clears key civic reforms

NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 -- In a meeting marked by a strong emphasis on public accountability and citizen welfare, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), chaired by Satya Sharma... Read More


Gaming ban puts lakhs of jobs in uncertainty

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- On Wednesday, at 5am, a senior executive who tests games for MPL was woken up with a call from his parents. He never gets a call that early and thought it was some kind of emerge... Read More


Centre estimates 45 cr people lose Rs.20K cr a year in real money gaming

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Around 45 crore people collectively lose nearly Rs 20,000 crore every year in online money gaming, a government source said on Wednesday, as the Centre tabled the Promotion and R... Read More


E-sports to get legal backing in India under new Online Gaming Bill

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Online Gaming Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, where it was noted that E-sports will be recognised as a legitimate form of competitive sport in India. For the ... Read More


Bengaluru CEO slams influencers who peddle aspirations of rRs.r10 or 20 crore: 'Not a normal expectation'

India, Aug. 20 -- Sensibull CEO Abid Hassan has a word of advice for Indian youngsters who are looking for financial independence: Don't rely on finance influencers peddling insecurity and fake promis... Read More


Man fakes Harvard MBA and boasts of success, lawyer steps in with legal reality check

India, Aug. 20 -- A LinkedIn user's attempt to troll recruiters by faking a Harvard MBA has sparked outrage online after a lawyer publicly warned others against trying the same stunt. In a viral post,... Read More


New Gaming bill proposes, no punishment for players of online money games, action against service providers

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- In the just-introduced Bill to regulate online gaming in India, there will be no punishment for those playing online money games; it is only the service providers, advertisers, p... Read More