Policy
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Utah allows AI to examine patients and prescribe acne medication
Utah has become the first U.S. state to permit artificial intelligence to examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight.
07 Oct, 11:28 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Former CIA official pleads guilty to $194 million fraud involving gold bars
David J. Rush, a former senior federal official with Top Secret clearance, pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. government of approximately $194 million.
07 Oct, 09:28 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Researchers track $80 million in AI political ads, mostly Republican-backed
Researchers studying political advertising have tracked about $80 million spent on nearly 170 unique AI-generated political ads during the 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns, according to fortune.com.
07 Oct, 01:29 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Patagonia offers $100 to 112,000 people to boost midterm voting plans
Patagonia launched its 11.2 Million Vote Project on September 26, setting aside $11.2 million to encourage voter turnout for the midterm elections.
06 Oct, 11:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Spain approves tax on seasonal rentals to fund first-home loans
Spain’s government approved 21 urgent measures on Tuesday to address the housing crisis, including a new tax on seasonal rentals and the creation of a 10 b…
06 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Chandigarh court suspends three Facebook pages over AI political videos
A civil court in Chandigarh has ordered Facebook to suspend public access to three pages—Batale Di Rajneeti, Kachi Laan, and Thanedar—until October 22, 2026.
06 Oct, 07:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Delhi HC seeks clarity on celebrity definition in personality rights cases
The Delhi High Court today explored the question of who qualifies as a celebrity in personality rights cases, amid suits filed by actors Janhvi Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, and Aaradhya Bachchan.
06 Oct, 07:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
MeitY has not issued notice to X over X Numbers feature
On September 22, X launched X Numbers, private eight-digit codes allowing users to message or call others on XChat without sharing phone numbers, even if accounts do not follow each other.
06 Oct, 05:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Financial sector faces rising cyber risks amid AI adoption, data breaches
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector has increased vulnerability to cyberattacks, according to medianama.com.
06 Oct, 05:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
India’s ASCI mandates AI content labelling in ads from December
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) issued new guidelines on September 29 requiring advertisers to label AI-generated images, videos, and aud…
06 Oct, 03:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Delhi consumer commission holds Swiggy responsible for misleading Dineout pricing
The Delhi consumer commission ruled on September 21, 2026, that Swiggy cannot claim safe harbor under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act for misleading pricing on its Dineout platform.
06 Oct, 03:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
OpenAI to watermark AI-generated text in EU under new regulations
OpenAI announced on October 5 that it will begin embedding an invisible statistical watermark called textGrain in AI-generated text outputs from ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union.
06 Oct, 01:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
RBI MPC meeting set to decide on 25 bps repo rate hike on October 7
The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to announce its decision on key interest rates on October 7, following a three-day meeting that began on October 5.
06 Oct, 11:29 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
RBI extends operational directive for Samarth Urban Co-operative Bank till January 2027
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the operational directive imposed on Samarth Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Osmanabad, Maharashtra, for an addi…
06 Oct, 11:29 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Government of India to auction ₹36,000 crore in dated securities on October 9
The Government of India has announced the re-issue of two dated securities totaling ₹36,000 crore, scheduled for auction on October 9, 2026.
06 Oct, 01:29 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Dutch optician halts Ray-Ban Meta glasses sales amid privacy concerns
Hans Anders, a major optical chain in the Netherlands, has indefinitely stopped selling Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in its stores and online across the Netherlands and Belgium.
05 Oct, 11:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Delhi High Court restrains YouTube channels over AI+ Smartphones criticism
On April 28, 2026, the Delhi High Court issued an order restraining two YouTube channels, TechWiser and TechBar, from publishing material that disparaged AI+ Smartphones and its founder Madhav Sheth.
05 Oct, 11:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Delhi Police denies using live CCTV vans with facial recognition at protests
The Delhi Police denied using live CCTV surveillance vans equipped with facial recognition technology during the student-led protests at Jantar Mantar in J…
05 Oct, 09:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
RBI extends directives for two cooperative banks till January 2027
The Reserve Bank of India has extended its directives under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, for Motiram Agrawal Jalna…
05 Oct, 07:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Google pauses open-source bug bounty program amid surge in AI reports
On October 1, Google paused its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) due to a large increase in automated bug reports generated by AI, according to medianama.com.
05 Oct, 05:29 pm IST