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Twitter locks out Ravi Shankar Prasad temporarily, the minister behind India’s latest IT rules
The Twitter account was still up for public viewing, but IT minister Prasad was denied permissio…
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President Ram Nath Kovind accepts resignations of 12 union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Harsh Vardhan
The resignation of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour…
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BharatNet, India’s public broadband network, expansion project will now be open to private players
The Indian government, on Wednesday (June 30), announced the expansion of the BharatNet optical fib…
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Twitter loses its legal protection in India: What it could mean for the platform and brands
Will Twitter’s legal indemnity impact brands in India?
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Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram face a catch-22 situation as India’s new social media rules threaten encryption
The catch-22 here is, “Who came first, the chicken or the egg?”
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Indian government assumes the right to block digital news content along with a new set of regulations
The Indian government has put a leash on digital news outlets in India as well as those outfits tha…
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Facebook and Twitter have a ton of new rules to abide by in India — WhatsApp may find itself in the toughest spot of all
“All social media is welcome, but — no disrespect — there should not be double standards,” said …
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Indian government wants its IT hardware industry to be as globally successful as TCS, HCL Tech and Infosys — announces PLI scheme worth ₹7,250 crore
The Indian government’s aim is to make Indian IT hardware as successful as Indian IT services — whi…
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Government announces ₹12,000 crore PLI scheme for telecom sector
The Cabinet has approved production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment manufact…
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Downloadable e-version of voter identity card to be launched on January 25
Introduced in 1993, the elector photo identity cards are acceptable as proof of iden…
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India to issue a list of ‘trusted’ telecom vendors from where Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and others can procure equipment
There may even be a second list of designated sources from whom no procurement can be done. …
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India wants to beat China at mobile manufacturing by expanding PLI schemes to more sectors
"We wanted India to become the second largest mobile manufacturer in the world. Now I am pushin…
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Government’s plan for public Wi-Fi lets anyone from the kirana store owner to tea shop stalls sign up to provide the internet
The Indian government has revealed its plans to launch public Wi-Fi networks across the country cal…
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India is yet to take final decision on China's entry into 5G
Bhalla, however, also made it clear that the government is making special safeguards to ensure safe…
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Samsung, Foxconn and Pegatron among 16 companies to get government nod to boost mobile manufacturing in India
"The international mobile phone manufacturing companies that are approved under mobile phone (…
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Congress asks for an 'impregnable firewall' to defend against China's 'digital aggression' in Parliament
Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said China has been behind the spread of cor…
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Ravi Shankar Prasad asserts that global digital platforms must be held accountable to sovereign concerns
In view of these concerns, the digital platforms having presence in many countries must b…
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Apple vendors, Samsung, others line up with ₹11-lakh cr mobile phone mfg proposals: Prasad
The minister said these proposals under the government's Rs 41,000-crore production-linked ince…
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India wants Google's help with its $1 trillion digital economy, the weather and its villages
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian Minister for Information and Technology, said, "Google is no more a tec…
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Fishermen of an Ayodhya village who live far away from ATMs get cash via Aadhar
However, on their request, a postal official reached the village and enabled them to withdraw ca…