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UP on alert as Bay of Bengal system develops
India’s government on Tuesday announced a major tightening of its social media regulations, reducing the timeline for platforms to remove unlawful content from 36 hours to just three hours after being notified. The new rule, which amends India’s 2021 IT rules, takes effect February 20 and poses a significant compliance challenge for global technology companies like Meta, YouTube, and X.
The move underscores India’s growing assertiveness as one of the world’s strictest regulators of online content. Platforms are now required to act swiftly in a market of over 1 billion internet users, even as concerns about potential government censorship rise. The government has not provided a specific reason for shortening the takedown window.
In a courageous stand against child marriage, Sunita Devi (name changed), a mother from Ayodhya, fought to protect her 14-year-old daughter from being forced into early marriage.
Despite facing personal hardships and living separately from her family, she refused to let her daughter suffer the same fate she once endured.
In a significant relief for India, the United States has revised its fact sheet on the recently concluded India–US trade deal, removing the explicit mention of “certain pulses” from the list of items eligible for tariff reduction. Additionally, the language around India’s proposed $500 billion purchase of US goods has been softened from a firm “commitment” to an “intent,” making the target less binding.
Gold and silver prices in India witnessed a modest rise on Tuesday, supported by steady wedding season demand and firm global cues.
On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold was trading at Rs 1,241 per gram, up 0.79 per cent, while silver surged 2.70 per cent to Rs 6,821 per 10 grams as of 9:12 am.
However, in the futures market, gold’s April contract slipped 0.2 per cent to Rs 1,56,539 per 10 grams. Silver futures for March were largely flat, trading at Rs 2,52,300 per kilogram.
In the international market, gold traded above $5,038 per ounce, supported by weaker-than-expected US retail sales data, which strengthened expectations of a potential interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Silver also posted marginal gains, hovering at $81.31 per ounce.
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