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Proposal for Stricter Anti-Tobacco Rules for OTT Platforms: Will Your Next Binge-Watch Start with a Warning?

Imagine you are about to binge-watch your favourite series on your preferred OTT (Over-The Top) platform. You have your snacks ready, you are settled in comfortably, and just as the show is about to begin – there it is: a 20-second long, non-skippable, anti-tobacco disclaimer, and on-screen health warnings. The Indian government’s latest proposal seeks…

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ANM Global Team’s insights: Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“Meity”) just released[1] a first draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“Draft Rules”)[2] to be made as a subordinate legislation to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”)[3]. Meity has invited feedback and comments from various stakeholders on the Draft Rules, in order to consider and…

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MSME & IBC1.0

MSME & IBC 1.0 : Understanding MSME under the IBC, 2016 INTRODUCTION: MSME Act. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has been the growth engines of New India and government has from time to time, announced special provisions related to this sector.  This sector is governed by The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Act,…

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Making Cinema Accessible to all

The Government through the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has recently released draft guidelines (“Guidelines”), and solicited comments from the general public thereon, to ensure that people with visual and hearing impairment have improved access to experience public exhibition of films. Notably, the Central Board of Film Certification (“CBFC”) came out with an expression of…

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Deepfakes Article

THE RISING TIDE OF DEEPFAKES: NAVIGATING NEW LEGAL CHALLENGES Introduction A ‘Deepfake’ is an artificial image or video or audio (a series of images) generated by a special kind of machine learning called “deep” learning (“Deepfake(s)”). It is the artificial production, manipulation and modification of data to create a false representation of a person, object, place, or…

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CAS Upholds Vinesh Phogat’s Disqualification at Paris 2024 Olympics

CAS Upholds Disqualification of Vinesh Phogat In a recent ruling, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal challenging her disqualification from the Women’s Freestyle 50kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Sole Arbitrator in this case, Dr. Annabelle Bennett, found that CAS had no jurisdiction to alter…

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Union Budget 2024-25

Presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced significant measures related to Insolvency and Bankruptcy, aiming at enhancing judicial efficiency and technological integration. Key highlights include the development of an integrated tech platform, the strengthening of existing tribunals, and the establishment of additional benches of the National Company Law Tribunals…

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