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India bans 5 OTT platforms for obscene content: MoodXVIP, Jugnu among apps removed from Play Store
Technology | February 24, 2026 23:29 ISTThe I&B Ministry has blocked five OTT platforms — MoodXVIP, Koyal Playpro, Digi Movieplex, Feel and Jugnu — after following due legal procedure, as part of efforts to enforce digital content regulations in India.
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Delhi police busts illegal exchange racket, arrests four with Rs 3.5 crore in demonetised notes
Delhi | December 11, 2025 8:47 ISTDuring initial questioning, the men admitted they had been collecting old currency notes and offering to exchange them at a fraction of their value.
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Google bans 17 crypto exchange apps, Apple to follow soon
Technology | March 28, 2025 13:34 ISTGoogle and Apple are reportedly taking certain measures against unregistered crypto applications. These apps were against the Korea Communication Standards Commission and were operating without legal licenses.
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WhatsApp bans over 85 lakh Indian accounts in a major crackdown
Technology | November 03, 2024 15:08 ISTWhatsApp has once again banned hundreds of thousands of accounts in India. The company has taken significant action against Indian users' accounts in accordance with the new IT Rules 2021.
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Apple iPhone 16 is now banned in THIS country, tourists baffled
Trending | October 26, 2024 8:05 ISTThe latest iPhone 16 has been banned by the Indonesian government. The government has said that any person with an iPhone16 in their hands will be deemed illegal. The tourists who have a planned visit to Indonesia have been left baffled by the news.
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Modi govt declares Hizb-Ut-Tahrir 'banned outfit', says it aims to establish Islamic State in India
India | October 10, 2024 18:06 ISTThe Hizb-Ut-Tahrir is a global pan-Islamic radical group set up in Jerusalem in 1953. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the Hizb-Ut-Tahrir aims to set up an Islamic Republic in India by overthrowing democratic government through jihad.
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Elon Musk banned 1.9 lakh X accounts from India, due to policy violations
Technology | July 11, 2024 13:52 ISTIn its monthly report complying with the new IT Rules of 2021, the microblogging platform disclosed that it received 12,570 user complaints from India during the same period through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
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WhatsApp bans over 71 lakh accounts in India in April
Technology | June 03, 2024 22:32 ISTWhatsApp took similar action in March when it banned over 79 lakh accounts. The platform received a record 12,782 complaint reports that month, with 11 records "actioned."
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WhatsApp bans 23 lakh bad accounts from India and here is the reason
Technology | October 01, 2022 22:27 ISTAs per the new IT Rules 2021, major social and digital media platforms, which have around five million users will have to publish monthly compliance reports. Also, in August, the Centre withdrew the Bill which had 81 amendments from the last 3 years.
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Kerala government takes steps to implement ban on PFI
India | September 29, 2022 13:13 ISTPFI ban: Close on the heels of the Central government declaring the Popular Front of India (PFI) as a banned organisation, the government has initiated steps to implement the order by empowering the district administration and police to take action against the outlawed outfit's activities.
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Twitter bans 45,000 Indian accounts post receiving 1,253 complaints in July
Technology | September 02, 2022 13:57 ISTTwitter receives complaints in its Grievance Officer-India channel that relate to account verification, account access, or seeking assistance or information regarding an account or Twitter's enforcement actions.
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India exposes Pakistan's fake news network, Around 20 YouTube channels blocked
News | December 22, 2021 7:20 ISTIndia has exposed the fake news network which was being run by Pakistan with the motive to defame India. However, India has now blocked 20 such Pakistani so-called news channels on YouTube.
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Aaj Ki Baat : Pakistan’s fake news factory exposed, India blocks 20 Pakistani YouTube channels and 2 websites
Aaj Ki Baat | December 21, 2021 23:07 ISTThe government of India on Monday blocked 20 YoubTube channels and two websites in a closely coordinated effort between intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The channels and websites were spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news on the internet.
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PUBG Mobile, Baidu among 118 Chinese mobile apps banned by govt: Full list
India | September 02, 2020 23:21 ISTPUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, PUBG MOBILE LITE, WeChat Work and WeChat reading, Baidu are among 118 Chinese mobile apps banned by the Ministry of Information & Technology on Wednesday.
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Army received banned anti-aircraft ammunition worth Rs 39 crore from OFB in Aug 2015: CAG
India | February 11, 2020 23:55 ISTIndian Army "received" banned anti-aircraft ammunition worth around Rs 39 crore from the Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) in August 2015, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said in its latest report that was tabled in Lok Sabha.
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Internet ban hits common people, biz in Noida, Ghaziabad
India | December 21, 2019 22:32 ISTAs a precautionary measure, the administration has shut internet in parts of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad. The feeling was echoed by a petrol pump staff at Vaishali in Ghaziabad. "Online payments are easy and used frequently. More people are switching to it.
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Rajya Sabha takes up bill to ban e-cigarettes
Politics | November 28, 2019 22:42 ISThe Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace the ordinance issued on September 18.
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Nitish government bans pan masala across Bihar
India | August 31, 2019 0:01 ISTThe major move, reportedly, came after 20 samples of pan masala of different brands -- collected from different districts in the state -- were found to contain magnesium carbonate as an ingredient in them.
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Eight more arrested in Gujarat for playing PUBG video game on phones
India | March 15, 2019 23:40 ISTEight more people, including seven college students, were arrested in Gujarat Friday for playing PUBG video game on their mobile phones despite a ban on it, police said.
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Steve Smith, David Warner banned for one year by Cricket Australia: Reports
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