VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Regulating OTT important, or people will start putting porn also: Ajay:  OTT platforms   in India reach around 40 million customers and make up a market worth around Rs.3000 crore. India is planning to draft and legislate an overarching statute for OTT (over the top) platforms.   Superstar Ajay Devgn   has said, the digital space needs to be regulated "to a point".   "If we don't regulate something, people take advantage. Four people taking advantage will spoil the name of...whole industry," he added. "If you don't regulate, people will start putting porn on it also. So regulations are important but there has to be a line drawn," Ajay said.   There are at least 40 OTT platforms including global ones such as  Netflix ,  Amazon Prime  and  HotStar (Disney Plus)  and hundreds of news content websites. In November last year bringing all online platforms under the mandate of the I&B Ministry. All platforms were told to register with ...

Anil Kapoor's daughter Rhea Kapoor and boyfriend Karan Boolani to tie knot at her Juhu residence:  Veteran actor Anil Kapoor's younger daughter   Rhea Kapoor   is all set to marry her longtime partner   Karan Boolani   on August 14, 2021. Reports suggest that the intimate wedding is going to take place at Kapoor's Juhu bungalow.   According to the report, the wedding will be solemnised in the presence of family and close friends. The Kapoors have remained tight-lipped about the upcoming event and nothing has been officially announced as yet.   A few photos of decorations underway at Anil Kapoor's residence flooded the internet, hinting at the wedding.   Rhea is a producer and stylist, meanwhile, Karan is into direction. He has been associated with several ad commercials, reportedly.... Read More

Congress party's official Twitter handle locked:  The social media platform,   Twitter   has locked the official handle of   Congress party   citing that the handle violated rules of the microblogging site.   The party has informed about the locking of the account via another social media platform –  Facebook .   "When our leaders were put in jails, we were not scared then why would we be afraid of closing our Twitter accounts now. We are Congress, this is the message of the people, we will fight, we will keep fighting. If it is a crime to raise our voice to get justice for the rape victim girl, then we will do this crime a hundred times. Jai Hind... Satyamev Jayate," said the party's post on Facebook.   Twitter has showed the reason of blocking Congress account and said that it violated rules and the action was to protect individuals' privacy and safety.   As per the Twitter spokesperson, the company's rules are enforced judiciously and...