Esports is fast becoming a career option for youngsters in India. And it is now a medal sport in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Crypto currencies and online gaming are the two fastest growing tech sub-sectors in India, but the use of cryptos for transactions, a $10-20 billion business globally, is not allowed yet.
In spite of its massive growth potential, the online gaming industry has had a tumultuous 2021 with operators spending a fortune in hiring top lawyers to plead their cases in top courts.
According to reports, the tech giant is working on an agreement with publisher Electronic Arts for a Mass Effect series.
Dream11 is one of India's leading fantasy sports operators and a major partner of the Indian cricket Board (BCCI) and sponsors several IPL teams.
Dream11 has been running its fantasy cricket app in Karnataka when other top operators like MPL, Paytm, My11Circle have stopped after the state ban.
The Karnataka government's decision to ban online gaming has left several top platforms in the lurch but is the law being implemented uniformly?
One in ten minors in China is addicted to the internet, state estimates say. The CCP has capped daily gaming activity for 90 minutes. Experts say, children might resort to social media instead.
One in ten minors in China is addicted to the internet, state estimates say. The CCP has capped daily gaming activity for 90 minutes. Experts say, children might resort to social media instead.
This follows China’s decision to impose the time limits of just three hours a week for minors to combat internet games addiction in children
Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays starting September 1.
A lawsuit filed Friday by Beijing prosecutors against a Tencent subsidiary complains the company infringes the 'legitimate rights and interests of minors'.
The court said it is the policy matter to be looked into by the appropriate governments in the State or the Centre.
Real Money Gaming has been banned by several states and the PMO is not amused with online games that create mental stress
Game of skill or chance? Fantasy operator Dream11 faces a Supreme Court Bench on Monday
Faced with bans in states and several court cases, the online gaming industry is facing challenging times
With fantasy cricket operators allowing 'bets' for as little as Rs 1, the UPI payment system, developed by National Payments Corporation of India, is apparently facing challenges
Southern states are going hammer and tongs against online rummy and the booming business could be severely impacted this year
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.