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<ul><li>The <keyword id="5901457" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="MeToo">#MeToo</keyword> movement has emerged in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, again, with Bollywood celebrities, media personalities and politicians being called out on behaving inappropriately. </li><li>While some people have been forced to leave these respective jobs, others are filing defamation lawsuits. </li><li>Even, <keyword id="11647" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alok-Nath">Alok Nath</keyword>, the 'cultured elder' of Bollywood has been accused of sexual assault.</li></ul>Over the past three days, the #MeToo movement has been gaining momentum in India with women calling out people in Bollywood and men across India media on <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>. The first allegation was leveled against <keyword id="1351295" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Utsav-Chakraborty">Utsav Chakraborty</keyword>, a member of a popular comedy group called <keyword id="6468924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="all-india-bakchod">All India Bakchod</keyword> (<keyword id="1875393" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword>). A female comedian accused him of sending her pictures of his genitalia without consent. Soon enough, other women stepped up to corroborate her account with their own incidences where the comedian has either asked them for naked photos or sent them inappropriate pictures of himself. It’s been three days and #MeToo movement has hit comedians, reporters, authors, actors and filmmakers. More importantly, and finally, it seems to have spurred some actual action and change. Impact so far While India’s #MeToo movement has been pushing a lot of important men from their positions in their respective industries, it is also witnessing people retaliating by filing defamation lawsuits against women. Some tweets have already started to disappear from the social messaging platform. In Bollywood, Vikas Bahl, one of the founders of Phantom Films, was accused of forcing himself upon one of the members of the crew and subsequently masturbating in front of her. On Saturday, the Bollywood production house responsible for the Netflix show Sacred Games, was dissolved. <div type="twitter" handle="anuragkashyap72" handlename="Anurag Kashyap" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048869828692529152/luSH124b_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2598" retweetcount="672" status="My statement in light of the recent HuffPost article and breaking up of Phantom . There are two pages.. https://t.co/WCAsaj6uFR" createdat="1538902775000" id="1048860377910579205"></div>

 Reports also indicate that he’s been dropped from the show he was going to direct for Amazon Prime Video and will be left out of the movie promotions of Super 30. More heads went rolling soon after. The head of HR at AIB issued a statement communicating that with Chakraborty and <keyword id="1176647" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tanmay-Bhat">Tanmay Bhat</keyword>, AIB co-founder and CEO, stepping down, the future of the company was uncertain. Even Gursimran Khamba, another founder of the collective, is on temporary leave in lieu of allegations being leveled against him. <div type="twitter" handle="AllIndiaBakchod" handlename="All India Bakchod" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1037599283199889409/HCiNbW14_normal.jpg" favoritecount="3209" retweetcount="801" status="Statement https://t.co/KR5tM2sYuX" createdat="1538993771000" id="1049242042310828034"></div>

 The comedy collective is being heavily criticized for its double standards where, on the one hand, they preached messages of equality and safety and on the other, they acted in the opposite manner in their own lives. The Sanskaari Babuji (cultured elder) of Bollywood, Alok Nath, has also been accused by <keyword id="31957" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vinta-Nanda">Vinta Nanda</keyword> of forcing himself on her. <div type="twitter" handle="ShephaliBhatt" handlename="Shephali Bhatt" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1044972418832437248/7rm_3meI_normal.jpg" favoritecount="4348" retweetcount="3535" status="&quot;I have waited for this moment to come for 19 years.&quot; @vintananda's heart-wrenching post which reaffirms that… https://t.co/uDvYaEP8Ie" createdat="1539014139000" id="1049327472318324737"></div>

 When Zoom TV asked for his response to the accusation, he said, “Firstly let’s not blame the alcohol. Secondly, it’s her perspective.” <div type="twitter" handle="ZoomTV" handlename="Zoom TV" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/986992926344462337/fp2x3Ass_normal.jpg" favoritecount="13" retweetcount="3" status="&quot;First of all, let's not blame alcohol. Secondly, it's her perspective.&quot;- Actor @aloknath speaks exclusively to our… https://t.co/AXQCFjOnfs" createdat="1539073296000" id="1049575593954725888"></div>

 In the media world, the chief of bureau at <keyword id="6518498" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="hindustan-times">Hindustan TImes</keyword>, Prashant Jha was forced to step down. Though he won’t be leaving the publication, he will only be serving in the capacity of a reporter rather than management. Even the politicians are under the scanner with Minister MJ Akbar also having allegations leveled against him. <div type="twitter" handle="priyaramani" handlename="Priya Ramani" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/946323928900947968/xuNpm79f_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2511" retweetcount="1644" status="I began this piece with my MJ Akbar story. Never named him because he didn’t “do” anything. Lots of women have wors… https://t.co/aDttzAm4L6" createdat="1539002727000" id="1049279608263245824"></div>

 While these allegations are being addressed, there’s a parallel conversation about as to what counts as ‘consent’. Encounters range from ones that are downright creepy to those that included suggestive text messages, unwanted sexual advances and assault. All this has thrown the debate open wider - while some caution against judging anyone’s experience, others have been propagating that there should be a stricter definition of consent. But India’s #MeToo movement is far from over, there are new names and allegations surfacing every day. And honestly, if you ask us, this was a long time coming.

#MeToo movement gathers momentum in India

<ul><li>As more and more cases of sexual harassments in India have come to light through the <keyword id="5901457" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="MeToo">#MeToo</keyword> movement, the Indian government is setting up a <keyword id="6955125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="4-judge-bench">4-judge bench</keyword> to address them.</li><li><keyword id="42851" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maneka-Gandhi">Maneka Gandhi</keyword> has also asked for extending the statute of limitations for reporting harassment to be increased to 10-15 years rather than just 3 months. </li><li>The ministry has also set up alternative methods of registering a complaint, in case victims don’t want to reach out to their respective Internal Complaints Committees.</li></ul>The #MeToo movement in India seems to finally be tipping towards action with the Maneka Gandhi, the minister of Women &amp; Child Development, stating that public hearings will be conducted to hear these cases of <keyword id="46530" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="sexual-assault">sexual assault</keyword> and harassment. 
	<div type="twitter" handle="MinistryWCD" handlename="Ministry of WCD" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/766154364780183554/z5kahjEt_normal.jpg" favoritecount="22" retweetcount="16" status="The Ministry will be setting up a committee of senior judicial &amp; legal persons as members to examine all issues ema… https://t.co/dpNdkfzp3a" createdat="1539338947000" id="1050689817183281152"></div>



 A bench of four retired judges will be put in place by the ministry to hear out the cases that have surfaced during the #MeToo movement. The ministry’s also set up a dedicated portal for women to make their complaints, in case they don’t want to go to the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), called ‘She-Box’. According to the notice by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, complainants can also reach out via email or tweet directly using the hashtag #HelpMeWCD. 
	<div type="twitter" handle="MinistryWCD" handlename="Ministry of WCD" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/766154364780183554/z5kahjEt_normal.jpg" favoritecount="33" retweetcount="22" status="Official statement of Union Minister Smt. @ManekaGandhiBJP on #MeTooIndia movement. #SexualHarassmentAtWork… https://t.co/3EHmTjUyou" createdat="1539340344000" id="1050695676835708928"></div>



 Gandhi’s also written to the law ministry to increase the time for reporting sexual assault to 10-15 years later. Currently, India’s laws against <keyword id="16048" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="sexual-harassment">sexual harassment</keyword> entailed in the POSH Act only allow victims to report harassment within 3 months of it happening. She added that “You will always remember the person who did it...Anger at sexual molestation never goes away.” 
	<div type="twitter" handle="MinistryWCD" handlename="Ministry of WCD" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/766154364780183554/z5kahjEt_normal.jpg" favoritecount="33" retweetcount="20" status="“I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complaint. Cases of #SexualHarassmentAtWork must be dealt wit… https://t.co/tzLPjfCtkj" createdat="1539338947000" id="1050689814645727232"></div>



 The movement in India was started by a female stand up comedian, who accused Utsav Chakraborty of sending across unsolicited photos of his genitals. A frequent collaborator with All India Bakchod (AIB), India’s prominent comic collective, Chakraborty was fired. Even Tanmay Bhat, the CEO of AIB, stepped down in lieu of inaction despite knowing about the events that had transgressed. A number of women have spoken up there after calling out many eminent Bollywood personalities, including Sajid Khan, Subhash Ghai, Nana Patekar and Alok Nath, the supposed Babuji (elder) in the industry. Allegations have also been levelled against the junior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the political editor at Hindustan Times and a senior Tata Motors executive.

India is setting up a judicial bench to hold public hearings on #MeToo cases

This Tech Insider’s daily dose of <keyword id="35609" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="tech-news">tech news</keyword>. This is everything that’s happening in tech that you need to know about today: 1. WhatsApp’s plan to finally turn a profit involves brings ads to your status The messaging mobile app, WhatsApp plans on bringing ads to the status tab on WhatsApp starting 2020. The Facebook-owned enterprise hasn’t turned a profit since it was acquired and bringing ads onto the platform goes against the promise made by one of its founders, Jan Koum. Why you should care: Facebook is assuring users that bringing ads onto the platform won’t compromise their privacy but considering their track record, it’s a calculated risk for WhatsApp to take. 2. One of India’s OG YouTube channel says good bye to its fans <keyword id="6468924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="all-india-bakchod">All India Bakchod</keyword> (AIB), one of India’s first YouTube channels to go viral, has announced that they’re going to be shutting down for a while. The company issued their statement on Twitter via Vidhi Jotwani, the Head of Human Resources for AIB with the titled ‘AIB YouTube channel is for all intents and purposes, dead for the foreseeable future’. Why you should care: Two of the entertainment company’s founders, Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba, will be removing themselves from all aspects of the company after Utsav Chakraborty, another parter, got embroiled in the #MeToo storm in October. 3. <keyword id="7091983" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="jiosaavn">JioSaavn</keyword> goes the Spotify way by integrating Facebook and Instagram One of India’s leading music streaming service, JioSaavn, is integrating Instagram and Facebook into its platform. The news comes in within days of Spotify announcing that its going to bring Instagram like Spotify Stories on its platform. Why you should care: Integration between JioSaavn and Instagram means that you can now look up a song, album, playlist or podcast, build a post, customise it and share it with friends on Instagram and Facebook as a picture on Stories. <a href="https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/people/netflix-india-content-exec-simran-sethi-quits/69446914">4. The exit of another Netflix India exec could indicate trouble</a> Swati Shetty, a key executive behind <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword>’s original content in India, has decided to leave the company behind. She reportedly did not want to move to India in order to keep her position at the company. Why you should care: Netflix has pumped quite a bit of money into India and the company has shown growth in the market as well. But it remains behind the likes of Amazon Prime and Hotstar. Enlisting more executives to actually move to India shows the importance that the video streaming giants places on the local market. <a href="https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/this-is-what-coai-has-to-say-on-fall-in-number-of-mobile-subscribers-in-india/articleshow/69446974.cms">5. This is what COAI has to say on fall in number of mobile subscribers in India</a> The Cellular Operators Association of India (<keyword id="6373028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="COAI">COAI</keyword>) is attributing Airtel and Vodafone-Idea’s loss in subscribers to an increasing number of connections becoming inactive. The industry body says that it nothing to worry about since this will only yield better average revenue per customer. Why you should care: There may have been a decrease in subscribers for Airtel and Vodafone-Idea but Reliance Jio has shown a growth of 9.4 million users. While users loss of subscribers can be attributed to numbers that are no longer in service, there is a trend of users switching over Mukesh Ambani’s telecom network. <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/sameer-singh-to-join-bytedance-as-vp-monetisation-for-india-business/articleshow/69430292.cms">6. The company behind TikTok just hired a Vice President for monetisation</a> Former Group M employee, Sameer Singh, is now joining the ranks of ByteDance’s monetisation division as Vice President. At GroupM he was head of operations in South Asia and now, at ByteDance, he will be handing the their portfolio of mobile applications that are spread out across 150 markets. Why you should care: ByteDance’s plans for TikTok already include bringing ads onto the platform. The Chinese mobile app publisher has also announced plans to a launch a paid music streaming service in the country.

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