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    Resurgence in China’s box office collections offer a promising sign for the global film industry

    • 19.02.2021
    • Firstpost

    Coronavirus restrictions on travel during the Lunar New Year holiday led people to visit cinemas, powering a blowout resurgence at the Chinese box office.

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    Telcos ask govt to defer net neutrality rules or bring internet calling apps under licence

    • 18.02.2021
    • Livemint

    Telecom operators have been demanding that the government should impose 'same service, same rules' to provide a level playing field in the sector.

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    Bitcoin vaults above $50,000 for first time ever

    • 18.02.2021
    • The Hindu

    Record high signals acceptance among mainstream investors.

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    WhatsApp’s Privacy Fight In Indian Courts

    • 18.02.2021
    • Bloomberg Quint

    The announcement by WhatsApp to update its privacy policy earlier this year saw a deluge of people switching to rival applications. In India, WhatsApp has to convince not just its user base but the courts of the country as well that its policy doesn’t violate the fundamental right to privacy.

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    Lot of concerns about behaviour of big tech firms: Piyush Goyal

    • 18.02.2021
    • Business Standard

    There are a lot of concerns about the behaviour of big tech companies including US firms and India would like to protect its policy space and express its concern regarding these entities, Goyal said.

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    Datacracy: Indian Prime Minister’s ‘data democracy’ must avoid the flaws of the country’s political system

    • 18.02.2021
    • Business Insider

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country’s “data has been democratised” with India’s new data laws expected to be tabled during the upcoming session of Parliament.

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    Dubbed movies from south India aid recovery in domestic cinema business

    • 18.02.2021
    • Livemint

    There is a big opportunity in a bunch of these entertainers over the next two to six months in the Hindi-speaking market which as of now has only three big films available for release - Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi, sports drama ’83 and Salman Khan’s Radhe.

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    Broadway: Broken Or Business As Usual?

    • 18.02.2021
    • Forbes

    Broadway will need to link up with the most savvy AI, AR, and VR developers to create new ways to distribute musicals, plays, and revivals, which often serve as the foundational content for other entertainment properties.

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    Uphold right to privacy: Personal Data Protection Bill, in current form, grants extraordinary powers to the Centre

    • 17.02.2021
    • Times of India

    The Supreme Court interpreted ‘informational privacy’ as a fundamental right derived from Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India, in Puttaswamy vs Union of India in August 2017. Hence, personal data protection is now guaranteed by the Constitution, not the central government.

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    List steps to be taken on regulating OTT content: SC to Centre

    • 17.02.2021
    • Economic Times

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL filed by advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha for regulating content on OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime by an autonomous body.

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