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Mint Explainer | What's next for online gaming? Five burning questions answered

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, is on track to become a law unless the President of India recommends it... Read More


Indian astronauts only ones trained in both US and Russia: Shubhanshu Shukla

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Indian astronauts will have an edge in their preparation for the country's human spaceflight programme, as they have trained in both Russian and American technologies, said Shubh... Read More


Real money gamers lose over long term, apps did not check massive user losses: Vaishnaw

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Centre is pushing ahead with a ban on real-money online gaming, citing widespread financial losses and societal harm, a move that threatens to shutter dozens of startups in w... Read More


With 200,000 jobs at risk, industry bodies urge Amit Shah to rethink online gaming ban

NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 -- Three major online gaming industry bodies have written to the government, urging it to withdraw its proposed blanket ban on fantasy sports, online rummy, poker, and other real-mo... Read More


India's online gaming industry awaits Supreme Court ruling amid discord

NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court has wrapped up months of hearings that could decide the fate of the country's fast-growing online real-money gaming industry, an outcome with billions of dollar... Read More


Centre to ban all online real-money games. Billion-dollar industry faces existential threat.

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A new bill to be tabled in the Lok Sabha shortly seeks to ban all online games involving any monetary transaction, irrespective of whether these are fantasy sports or involve gam... Read More


OpenAI launches India pricing for ChatGPT, with UPI support

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- OpenAI on Monday launched a new tier of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, ChatGPT. Priced at a fifth of its former price, the plan also adds support for ac... Read More


OpenAI launches new India plan for ChatGPT

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- OpenAI on Monday launched a new tier of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, ChatGPT. Priced at a fifth of its former price, the plan also adds support for ac... Read More


Transformer by Mint: The man shaping India's AI dreams, and continuing chaos at Vodafone

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- I've known Abhishek Singh, a senior bureaucrat, for some time now. He's been in the Indian tech ecosystem for a while, leading multiple government-backed digitisation initiatives... Read More


India approves its first Maxar-like private satellite data project worth $135mn

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A consortium of four startups, led by Bengaluru-based Pixxel, has won a mandate to create and operate India's first privately-built satellite imaging system. Approved by the coun... Read More