Author: Indrani Bose

Can India’s online gaming sector can realize potential with policy support?

In addition to the basic rate of 30 percent, a health and education cess at the rate of 4 percent of the amount of tax is levied. Thus the effective tax rate on lottery winnings comes up to 31.2 percent. (Image sourced via Unsplash)

The nation can identify and nurture individuals by introducing separate scholarship programs for skills that feed into the gaming ecosystem – designers, developers, cybersecurity specialists, among others.

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Online gaming contributes to 3.7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions: Report

Indian studios and large developers would do well to start measuring their own carbon footprints, while simultaneously funding products, projects and initiatives that help the environment. (Image source: Unsplash)

At the global level, agencies like the United Nations (UN) are leveraging the dynamic game community for initiatives like “Playing for the Planet Alliance”.

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Amazon miniTV launches 200 shows and movies dubbed in Tamil and Telugu

The line-up of dubbed titles includes marquee and fan-favourite Hindi originals of miniTV such as Hunter- Tootega Nahi Todega, Physics Wallah, action-packed patriotic series Rakshak- India’s Braves, a young romance series Highway Love, amongst others.

Viewers will also get to watch Hollywood blockbuster movies dubbed in Tamil and Telugu, including timeless classics such as Twilight, Now You See Me, Hunger Games series, the Step Up franchise, Red, and more.

2.48 million profiles out of 8 million exhibit credible followers on Instagram: Report

The newly introduced "Teen Accounts" will come with several new features designed to safeguard younger users

A lot of the fake follower farming is happening in India, then Brazil and Indonesia. Suppliers of synthetic followers (humanly managed profiles of dubious quality, sold as real followers) are largely from Russia and Turkey,” said Kalyan Kumar, Co-Founder, Klug Klug India.

Samsung topples Apple to become world’s biggest smartphone seller

The smartphone market is emerging from the turbulence of the last two years both stronger and changed," said Nabila Popal, research director with IDC's Worldwide Tracker team. (Image sourced from Samsung website)

Worldwide smartphone market up 7.8 percent in the first quarter of 2024 as Samsung moves back into the top position, according to IDC tracker.

NPCI unveils RuPay’s ‘Link it, Forget it’ campaign at IPL

Rahul Mathew Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group, said, “A credit card that works on UPI is not just a game-changer, but also behavior-changing. It lets you ditch your wallet and still enjoy all the benefits of a credit card. Through this campaign, we are urging people to break the habit of carrying cards and opt for RuPay instead. And told it through fun stories around forgetting to forget your wallet.”

The ‘Link It, Forget It’ campaign featuring the vibrant Shankar Mahadevan and others, humorously suggests that leaving your wallet at home is no longer a concern.

Tinder launches ‘Every Single Vote Counts’ campaign in India

Aahana Dhar, Tinder’s Communications Director in India, said “Over half of Tinder’s users are aged between 18 to 25 years old 4 and this collaboration is a great opportunity to encourage younger and newer voters to go to the ballot. We know young daters are passionate about key events that impact their lives and Tinder is giving them a way to express their intent directly in their profile with voting stickers, apart from raising awareness about voter registration for first timers.”

As India gears up for the world’s largest democratic election this year with over 20 million1 young first time voters, this initiative is a call to action, reminding young adults, especially first time voters, to take full advantage of their fundamental civic right: the right to vote.