Tag: legal updates

NEW DELHI : Digital economy enforces violating provisions of an upcoming competition law to govern them may be penalized up to 10% of their global turnover, a top government panel recommended. The corporate affairs ministry panel led by its secretary Manoj Govil on Tuesday proposed a new set of compliance obligations for influential digital economy firms such as Google, Apple and Meta. The proposed new requirements to ensure fair play in the digital economy will govern systemically significant digital enterprises (SSDEs), which will be identified on the basis of factors such as their India turnover, global turnover, gross merchandise value,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country — quickly making them eligible to work — as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere to arrive at the US-Mexico border. The move — along with promises to accelerate work permits for many migrants — may appease Democratic leaders who has pressured the White House to do more to aid asylum seekers, while also providing grist for Republicans who say President Joe Biden has been too lax on…