WAVES 2025 – Anti-Piracy Challenge
▪ A Key Initiative Under “Create in India” to Promote Indigenous Innovation in Digital Content Security.
▪ The Anti-Piracy Challenge is a flagship initiative under the Create in India Challenge, part
of WAVES (World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit) 2025.
▪ Organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, WAVES 2025 will be held from May 1–4, 2025, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
▪ The challenge aims to advance technologies like fingerprinting and watermarking to combat the rising threat of digital piracy in India.
About WAVES 2025
▪ WAVES (World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit) is a global event organized by
the Government of India.
▪ It aims to position India as a hub for media innovation, IP creation, and content development.
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
▪ The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is celebrating its 150th anniversary on April 17, 2025, in
Mumbai, with Finance Minister of India attending the celebrations.
▪ BSE Ltd. is Asia’s oldest stock exchange and a major platform for trading equities, debt, mutual funds, derivatives, and commodities in India.
▪ Established in: 1875, originally as “The Native Share & Stock Brokers’ Association” founded by cotton merchant Premchand Roychand.
▪ It became the first exchange to be recognized under the Securities Contract Regulation Act,
1956.
▪ Launched India INX (first international exchange) in 2016.
▪ Listed itself on National Stock Exchange in 2017.
