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Parliament clears taxation bill enabling MDR on certain UPI payments
The Indian Parliament cleared The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which could pave the way for introducing a merchant discount rate (MDR) on certain UPI payments.
10 Aug, 11:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Government outlines legal framework for tackling AI deepfakes in Parliament
On August 5, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada responded to a Lok Sabha question on AI-generated deepfake videos and images.
07 Aug, 01:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
Parliament IT panel demands Zuckerberg apology for removing Modi video
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has demanded an apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the temporary r…
04 Aug, 03:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
Former European Parliament member hacked with Pegasus spyware
Former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee investigating spyware abuses in Europe, Citizen Lab reported.
04 Jul, 05:21 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
European Parliament replaces Google with Qwant as default search engine
On June 4, 2026, the European Parliament switched its default search engine from Google to France-based Qwant across Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
05 Jun, 02:05 pm IST