🚨 "India is planning a separate law just for AI to deal with rising issues like deepfakes and fake content."

- IT Secretary S. Krishnan.

🚨 Telecom companies like Jio and Airtel are expecting a 12-15% tariff hike over the next 3 to 4 months in India.

🚨 Jio is planning to push AirFiber speeds up to 5 Gbps download and 1 Gbps upload.

🚨 Tamil Nadu bans political party individuals from entering government schools and conducting events there.

🚨 No app in India can block phone calls originating from the 1600 number series: TRAI.

🚨 Karnataka to set up India's first government-driven AI university in Bengaluru.

🚨 Google will allow third-party app stores on Android starting July 22.

🚨 WhatsApp is allowing users to connect via usernames without sharing phone numbers.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari to sue Meta, X, and Google over pictures and videos on E20.

(NDTV)

Indian government is planning to bring a bill criminalizing digital arrests and AI deepfakes.

The time spent by the average Indian on top apps each month.

Instagram - 49 Hr, 42 Min
YouTube - 47 Hr, 23 Min
Garena Free Fire - 41 Hr, 12 Min
Facebook - 24 Hr, 45 Min
JioHotstar - 22 Hr, 13 Min
Netflix - 19 Hr, 22 Min
MX Player - 19 Hr, 19 Min
WhatsApp Messenger - 18 Hr, 49 Min

WhatsApp has started asking some users to add their date of birth in India.

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4.) 'http://alternativeto.net' — Find free alternatives to any app
5.) 'http://justwatch.com' — Find where any movie or show is streaming
6.) 'http://archive.org' — Access old versions of any website
7.) 'http://gutenberg.org' — 70,000+ free classic books
8.) 'http://pdfdrive.com' — Free PDF downloads
9.) 'http://openculture.com' — Free courses from top universities
10.) 'http://wolframalpha.com' — Instantly solve math problems

Jio and Airtel to increase mobile plan prices by 12% to 15% within the next 3 to 4 months.

(Centrum report)

The government has proposed allowing merchant charges on select UPI payments. If approved, transactions above ₹2,000 to large businesses may attract MDR, while consumers are likely to remain unaffected.

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Indian industries that are close to a duopoly.

Jio-Airtel (Telecom)
Swiggy-Zomato (Food Delivery)
IndiGo-Air India (Airlines)
Flipkart-Amazon (E-Commerce)
Uber-Ola (Cab Services)
Jiostar-Sony Liv (Sports Rights)
MakeMyTrip-EaseMyTrip (Online Travel Booking)
PVR INOX-Cinepolis (Multiplex Chain)
Blinkit-Zepto (Quick Commerce)
PhonePe-Google Pay (UPI)

Breaking news: India mandates online platforms to remove illegal content within 3 hours of an official notice from 36 hours earlier.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has launched its official Snapchat account as part of PM Modi’s Gen Z outreach.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is now offering unlimited text chats for free users.