Parliament – Devstyler.io https://devstyler.io News for developers from tech to lifestyle Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:44:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Delhi HC Adjourned Hearing Of The Appeals By WhatsApp, Meta https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/01/05/the-delhi-hc-adjourned-hearing-of-the-appeals-by-whatsapp-meta/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:44:54 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=78246 ...]]> The Delhi High Court has decided not to interfere with the Competition Commission of India’s investigation into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. The appeals filed by WhatsApp are adjourned until the tabling in the parliament of  India’s Data Protection Bill.

The Delhi HC bench granted more time to WhatsApp and Meta to file their response over notices issued to them by the antitrust regulator.

Last year in March, CCI had ordered a probe into the new privacy policy of WhatsApp after making a prima facie observation that it breached the Competition Act 2000.

The senior advocate Harish Salve appeared on monday on behalf of WhatsApp to assure the court the company would conform with the law.

]]> India to ban almost all private cryptocurrencies  https://devstyler.io/blog/2021/11/24/india-to-ban-almost-all-private-cryptocurrencies/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:29:10 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=75365 ...]]> All but a few private cryptocurrencies will be banned in India. This became clear after the government announced on Tuesday it was introducing a new financial regulation bill.

The ‘Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency’s bill goal is to create a facilitative framework for an official digital currency. It will  be issued by the Reserve Bank of India, and ban all private cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said earlier this month all democratic nations must work together to ensure cryptocurrency “does not end up in the wrong hands, which can spoil our youth”.

The law is due to be presented to parliament in the next session. Without providing further details, the parliament bulletin said It will allow exceptions to promote the underlying blockchain technology.

The government considered criminalising the possession, issuance, mining, trading and transference of crypto-assets earlier this year.

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