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ONLINE GAMING: PROMOTION AND REGULATION OF ONLINE GAMING ACT, 2025

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Source: AI-generated Image (Gemini) Introduction: Online gaming has seen an exponential growth in recent times, enabling innovation, job creation, technological advancements etc. India has a rising number of professionals with technological capabilities and a fleetly growing domestic market, which together enable the country to assume a leadership role in the global online gaming value chain. The online gaming ecosystem comprises mainly of these elements: e-Sports, casual and social games, educational games, and online money games. Nevertheless, some platforms offering online gaming systems may frequently be aggressively promoted through advertising juggernauts, including promotions by celebrities and influencers, enhancing their reach and impact especially among the youth and vulnerable groups, with some of them being linked to illegal conditioning similar as fiscal fraud, money laundering, non- payment of taxes, and also, the backing of terrorism, thereby putting at threat the public...
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Media Trial: Headlines vs Justice in India

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By: Simra Jameel  [1/5 Pendekanti Law College]  Mir Suhail/X   Have the Newsrooms Become the New Courtrooms in India? The current newsrooms are simply competing to declare a person guilty or not before the judiciary. The actual facts of a case are frequently overshadowed by breaking news headlines, prime-time arguing debates, hashtags, and viral posts. Instead of informing us, the media sometimes builds its own false narrative. And when millions watch and believe it  the consequences become very real. So the big question is: “ Why is the media passing a verdict before the jury?” What is “ Trial by Media ”? The two pillars of democracy are the judiciary and the media. In courts, justice is founded on evidence and the rule of law. When the establishment is wrong, the media is used to bring the truth out and ask questions. However, in the instances where the media begins to become judge and jury, the distinction is petty  and justice becomes entertainment. Trial by...
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