In a year when India’s online gaming economy was given a jolt by the Centre overnight, Dream11 is now trying to rewrite its playbook. Stripped of almost all its revenue after the real-money gaming ban, the company is now betting on a new identity built around fans, creators and live sports.

With more than 250 million users, the erstwhile real-money gaming app announced on Thursday (December 4) that it is moving beyond gaming to become a second-screen sports entertainment platform.

The Supreme Court on Thursday laid down several measures to ease the difficulties faced by booth-level officers (BLOs) working on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across states, reported Bar and Bench.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued the directions while hearing the plea filed by actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), challenging coercive steps taken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) against BLOs working on SIR.

Fitch Ratings on Thursday raised India's GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.4 per cent, from 6.9 per cent, on increased consumer spending and improved sentiment boosted by GST reforms.

It said falling inflation gives the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) room for one more policy rate cut in December to 5.25 per cent, following 100 bp of cuts in 2025 so far.

Now, not just primary visa holders but also their spouses and children will need to keep the privacy settings on all their social media profiles set to “public”, as the United States extends online-presence checks to more visa categories.

In a notification dated December 3, the State Department said the expanded screening will apply from December 15 to H-1B applicants and their H-4 dependants. The same instruction already applies to those seeking F, M and J visas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be arriving in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day state visit and will attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit. This is Putin's first official visit to India since the Ukraine war broke out in February 2022.

During his two-day visit, the Russian President will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on global and regional issues of mutual interest.

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