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[MANDATORY PUBLISHER NOTICE: This policy template is provided for editorial and compliance guidance under applicable laws of India. It must be reviewed, customized with accurate publication details, and verified by qualified legal counsel prior to formal publication. It does not constitute certified legal counsel or a platform compliance warranty.] TERMS OF USE FOR NEWS VARTA MONTHLY Effective Date: 15 October, 2026 Last Updated: 15 October, 2026 1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS & FORMATION OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACT Welcome to News Varta Monthly (https://newsvartamonthly.com). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of this publication. This agreement constitutes a valid electronic contract between you and News Varta Monthly under Section 10 and Section 10A of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act 2000"). 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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FAIR DEALING & ANTI-SCRAPING (COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957) a) Exclusive Proprietary Rights: All original news stories, investigative dispatches, photographs, graphics, infographics, mastheads, digital layout designs, and electronic paper editions published on News Varta Monthly are the exclusive intellectual property of News Varta Monthly or its licensed contributors under Section 14 and Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957. b) Fair Dealing Exception (Section 52(1)(a)): Readers and commentators may reproduce brief extracts strictly for private study, research, criticism, review, or reporting of current events, provided that prominent attribution is given to "News Varta Monthly" accompanied by a functional hyperlink directing to the original article URL. c) Anti-Scraping & AI Mining Reservation: Automated scraping, bulk harvesting, extraction, web crawling for generative AI training, or commercial reproduction of news content without prior written commercial licensing from News Varta Monthly is strictly prohibited under Section 14 and Section 51 of the Copyright Act, 1957. 3. 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