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‘Exhibitors ko dara-dhamkakar show lete hain’: Manoj Bajpayee questions big films’ monopoly, wants ‘level playing field’

‘Exhibitors ko dara-dhamkakar show lete hain’: Manoj Bajpayee questions big films’ monopoly, wants ‘level playing field’

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Actor Manoj Bajpayee has emphasised the need for a ‘level playing field’ for films of all sizes and scales in India. He has said that the dominance and monopoly of big-budget films make it very difficult for small, independent films to find screens across the country. Manoj Bajpayee opens up about the cinema exhibition system in India. Manoj Bajpayee on government intervention in cinema exhibition In a recent conversation with HT, filmmaker Reema Kagti insisted that small films needed patronage, not ‘support’ from the audience. When we bring the same up with Manoj, the veteran actor responds, “With small films, patronage shuruaat hoti hai exhibition se. (patronage starts with exhibition). The day the government makes this policy that each and every film will get enough showcasing, then they will have some kind of a fair platform, a level playing field. Until we get that, it’s tough.” Manoj says he agrees with Reema’s assertion that independent cinema in India needs patronage, but wants that patronage to come from the administration, and for it to be infrastructural, …

IndiGo fiasco is cost of govt`s monopoly model: Rahul Gandhi

IndiGo fiasco is cost of govt`s monopoly model: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the IndiGo “fiasco” is the cost of this government`s “monopoly model” and asserted that India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies. In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights on Thursday alone and 400 flights on Friday, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, Gandhi said it is ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness. “IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt`s monopoly model. Once again, it`s ordinary Indians who pay the price – in delays, cancellations and helplessness,” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said in a post on X. IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt’s monopoly model. Once again, it’s ordinary Indians who pay the price – in delays, cancellations and helplessness. India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies. https://t.co/sRoigepFgv — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 5, 2025 “India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies,” Gandhi asserted. The former Congress president also shared his article from …

IndiGo fiasco is cost of Govt’s monopoly model: Rahul

IndiGo fiasco is cost of Govt’s monopoly model: Rahul

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LoP in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (December 5, 2025) alleged that the IndiGo “fiasco” is the cost of this government’s “monopoly model” and asserted that India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies. In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights on Thursday (December 4) alone and 400 flights on Friday (December 5), disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, Mr. Gandhi said it is ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness. “IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt’s monopoly model. Once again, it’s ordinary Indians who pay the price — in delays, cancellations and helplessness,” the Leader of Opposition said in a post on X. “India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies,” Mr. Gandhi asserted. IndiGo on Thursday told aviation watchdog DGCA that operations are expected to be fully stabilised by February 10, 2026, and sought temporary relaxations in flight duty norms on a day when the country’s …

The fate of Google’s ad tech monopoly is now in a judge’s hands | Technology News

The fate of Google’s ad tech monopoly is now in a judge’s hands | Technology News

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Judge Leonie M. Brinkema is on the clock. The federal judge, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, heard three hours of closing arguments Friday from lawyers for the Justice Department and Google over the right way to fix the company’s monopoly in advertising technology. Now the decision is in the judge’s hands, and she said the ruling was likely to come next year. The government has asked the court to force Google to spin off the technology that runs transactions between ad buyers and sellers, known as an ad exchange, and to share some data, among other measures. The company has countered with a narrower proposal. Brinkema, who ruled this year that Google had broken antitrust laws to maintain its dominance in some areas of ad technology, posed only a few questions. Most focused on whether a breakup of Google’s ad technology would take too long to alter the dynamics of a fast-moving industry. “I am concerned about the timing of all this,” she said, noting that a …

Judge wants to fix Google’s ad tech monopoly before it’s too late

Judge wants to fix Google’s ad tech monopoly before it’s too late

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Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly. Brinkema expects to issue her ruling next year, but understands that “time is of the essence,” as Reuters reported. While the DOJ wants the court to force Google to sell its AdX exchange, and leave open the option to force a sale of its publisher ad server, Google argued that only behavioral changes were necessary to remedy the issues the court found with its business. Brinkema previously ruled that Google held an illegal monopoly in two ad tech markets and illegally tied together two of its tools. She was keenly aware that Google will likely appeal the case, and noted the DOJ’s remedies “most likely would not be as easily enforceable while an appeal is pending,” Reuters reported. On the other hand, she said, behavioral changes could happen quickly, The New York Times reported. Timing was a crucial factor in another …

SC says Flipkart known for creating monopolies, appoints amicus for probe into unfair practices

SC says Flipkart known for creating monopolies, appoints amicus for probe into unfair practices

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said e-commerce major Flipkart was known for creating monopolies and expressed concern over the fate of smaller players in the market. The counsel for Flipkart said that due to the platform, many small vendors were able to take their businesses to the national level.(REUTERS/ Representative) A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh appointed an amicus curiae to assist it in the adjudication of the dispute arising out of an National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order asking the fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) to initiate probe against Flipkart for an alleged use of its dominant position. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was surprised that the complainant, All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA), which alleged unfair trade practices by Flipkart, was nowhere to be found as its lawyers had no instructions from the body. Advocate Udayaditya Banerjee, appearing for AIOVA, said it was possible that the organisation was disbanded or no longer existed. The bench told Flipkart’s counsel that it …

Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case

Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case

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Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission’s case accusing it of an illegal social media monopoly, saying the agency failed to prove its case at a high-stakes antitrust trial. At the trial, which began on April 14 in Washington, the FTC has sought to show that Meta, then known as Facebook, illegally dominated the market for social media platforms used to share updates with friends and family through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC is seeking to unwind those deals, which occurred more than a decade ago. If granted, Meta’s request for a ruling on the evidence so far would bring a quicker end to the case, though US District Judge James Boasberg could decline to take it up. Meta is now presenting its own evidence at the trial, which may run into June. A spokesperson for the FTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. The FTC is seeking to show that Meta, then known as …

Google to Appeal Against Part of US Court’s Decision in Monopoly Case

Google to Appeal Against Part of US Court’s Decision in Monopoly Case

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Alphabet’s Google plans to appeal against the “adverse” portion of the court decision in the US Department of Justice’s monopoly case against the technology giant. On Thursday US District Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges. Publisher ad servers are platforms used by websites to store and manage their digital advertising inventory. Along with ad exchanges, the technology allows news publishers and other online content providers make money by selling advertising. The judge also ruled that Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology. The company said on Friday that the judge had issued a mixed decision, where she ruled that the DOJ failed to show that Google’s advertiser tools or acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMeld were anticompetitive but that Google’s publisher tools violated antitrust laws by excluding rivals. The DOJ had said that Google should have to sell off at least its Google Ad Manager, which includes the company’s publisher ad server and ad exchange. © Thomson Reuters …

In Major Ruling, Judge Finds Google ‘Willfully Acquired and Maintained Monopoly Power’ Over Digital Ad Market

In Major Ruling, Judge Finds Google ‘Willfully Acquired and Maintained Monopoly Power’ Over Digital Ad Market

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Image: Andrii/Adobe Stock A new court ruling could change the dominant role Google has held in the digital advertising market since the release of AdWords in late 2000. On April 17, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized two markets: one for publisher ad servers and one for online ad exchanges. Antitrust investigators were unable to prove a monopoly in the advertiser ad networks market. Brinkema said Google is guilty of “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power,” adding that “this exclusionary conduct substantially harmed Google’s publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web.” Previous legal troubles This isn’t the first time Google has been investigated for antitrust violations. In 2020, 10 US states — including Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah — sued the company, accusing it of partnering with Facebook to illegally manipulate online advertising auctions. In August 2024, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google held an illegal monopoly in the online search market. Specifically, this …

Google loses adtech monopoly case

Google loses adtech monopoly case

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The US Department of Justice has won its antitrust case against Google, which accused the company of operating a monopoly in the advertising technology industry. “Plaintiffs have proven that Google has willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitiveacts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange marketsfor open-web display advertising,“ the ruling reads. Over the course of three weeks, the DOJ argued that illegally monopolized three separate markets in the ad tech space: that for publisher ad tools, advertiser ad networks, and the ad exchanges that facilitate transactions. They also argued that Google illegally tied together their publisher ad server and ad exchange in violation of antitrust law. The upshot, according to the government, is that Google collects monopoly profits at the expense of publishers and advertisers, who have a worse experience with no real alternatives. Google, on the other hand, argued that the government’s whole view of the market was contrived and not based in reality. Google’s tools help publishers and advertisers make money, and the fact that …