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Aashish Aryan
Aashish Aryan is a Principal Correspondent With The Indian Express. He tweets @cubscribe
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Satellite broadband: ‘No communication’ received by DoT yet from three companiesSubscriber Only
June 20, 2021 03:15 IST
The DoT’s response came on queries seeking to know whether it had, since 2018, received any communication or proposal for setting up of satellite broadband in India from Amazon, OneWeb, SpaceX or any of their subsidiaries.
Sun, Jun 20, 2021
Ravi Shankar Prasad turns up heat on Twitter: it is defiant, chooses not to follow rulesSubscriber Only
June 17, 2021 04:00 IST
The Minister warned that “if any foreign entity believes that they can portray itself as the flag bearer of free speech in India to excuse itself from complying with the laws of the land, such attempts are misplaced”.
Thu, Jun 17, 2021
Post VRS, staff shortage: BSNL, MTNL seek to rehire the retiredSubscriber Only
June 17, 2021 03:09 IST
To overcome the challenge, various field and other attached offices of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have written to the Telecom Ministry, seeking clarification whether the employees who had opted for VRS could be “rehired as consultants”.
Thu, Jun 17, 2021
Explained: What the loss of safe harbour means for TwitterSubscriber Only
June 16, 2021 15:18 IST
In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the Minister for Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad flogged Twitter for having “deliberately chosen the path of non-compliance”.
Mon, Jun 21, 2021
Twitter may ‘lose’ safe harbour protection as government says it ‘failed’ to fill key positionsSubscriber Only
June 16, 2021 03:36 IST
As of June 15, Twitter remained the only platform among significant social media intermediaries to not have appointed the required executives in those roles despite reminders from the government, sources said.
Wed, Jun 16, 2021
House panel summons Twitter to discuss new IT rules, other issues on June 18Subscriber Only
June 15, 2021 03:13 IST
The panel has also called officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to present their version on the ongoing controversies.
Tue, Jun 15, 2021
Less than 0.5% sign up for vaccines via rural centres, govt cited to Supreme CourtSubscriber Only
June 15, 2021 03:13 IST
Though the total number of registrations done by the CSCs has increased marginally month-on-month, it still highlights the gap between rural and urban India, and raises questions on vaccine equity
Tue, Jun 15, 2021
More control to users: PDP Bill may offer digital consent optionSubscriber Only
June 13, 2021 03:11 IST
The framework would also ensure that complete control over the ways in which the data will be used and processed by companies always remains with the user.
Sun, Jun 13, 2021
More users receive Twitter notice on law enforcement agency seeking action, but details absentSubscriber Only
June 12, 2021 02:00 IST
Industry sources, however, said that all such requests made to Twitter are always routed through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Sat, Jun 12, 2021
Post reports of CoWin leak, IT Min asks CERT-In to probeSubscriber Only
June 12, 2021 01:55 IST
Sources at the IT Ministry said though the issue had been handled for now, CERT-In, with help of other domestic and global cybersecurity experts, was checking the entire CoWin platform once again to ensure there were no vulnerabilities.
Sat, Jun 12, 2021
Twitter appoints nodal, grievance officers; says other official in a weekSubscriber Only
June 10, 2021 03:00 IST
In a letter sent to the IT Ministry on June 6, Twitter said it had appointed a nodal contact person and a resident grievance officer on a contractual basis and was working to recruit people in these positions on a permanent basis.
Thu, Jun 10, 2021
Samsung, Ericsson, Foxconn arm, 9 others express initial interest in telecom PLI schemeSubscriber Only
June 07, 2021 03:06 IST
The idea behind capping the investment on R&D as well as technology transfer, a senior DoT official said, was to ensure “incremental production” over the next five years.
Mon, Jun 07, 2021
Last notice, penal action will follow: Govt tells TwitterSubscriber Only
June 06, 2021 02:04 IST
The Ministry said if Twitter did not ensure immediate compliance with the guidelines, the protections accorded to it under Section 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act would stand withdrawn and “Twitter shall be liable for consequences as per the IT Act and other penal laws of India”.
Sun, Jun 06, 2021
Now, Mohan Bhagwat loses blue tick from Twitter account, Venkaiah Naidu’s restoredSubscriber Only
June 05, 2021 10:13 IST
Sources at Twitter indicated that the blue tick on the account had gotten removed as the personal account of the vice president had remained inactive since July last year. An official statement from the platform is awaited.
Sat, Jun 05, 2021
Vaccine and death: Govt rebuts claim, Facebook takes it down, then restores itSubscriber Only
June 05, 2021 04:05 IST
On May 25, the ‘PIB Fact Check’ handle shared a post on Facebook and Instagram, in which it had debunked a claim attributed to French Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier that people getting vaccinated against Covid-19 would die within two years.
Sat, Jun 05, 2021
Electronics Manufacturing: Eying sustainability, IT Min floats paper to replace linear system with circularSubscriber Only
June 03, 2021 03:44 IST
The circular economy system, instead of extracting materials, uses a superior methodology of extracting the maximum value of electrical and electronic products by reusing, repairing, recovering, re-manufacturing and regenerating products and materials at the end of each service value.
Thu, Jun 03, 2021
IT Min norms: Barring Twitter, most social media cos complySubscriber Only
May 29, 2021 07:20 IST
As of Friday, companies like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Telegram and WhatsApp had shared details of appointment of these executives as required. Twitter, the sources said, was the only one which had not yet informed the ministry of these details.
Sat, May 29, 2021
Ravi Shankar Prasad: ‘Govt not in favour of breaking WhatsApp’s encryption, users have full right to it’Subscriber Only
May 29, 2021 04:36 IST
“On WhatsApp, I would like to clarify. The ordinary user of WhatsApp has nothing to fear. They will continue using WhatsApp as they have been using. What we are seeking is very limited,” Prasad told The Indian Express in an interview.
Sat, May 29, 2021
‘Our commitment to privacy is unimpeachable. Are they permitting free speech by not obeying Constitution?’: Ravi Shankar PrasadSubscriber Only
May 29, 2021 03:24 IST
In an exclusive interview with The Indian Express, Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad shares details of consultations that happened on rules, the need to access some “limited” data and castigates intermediaries for their “double standards”.
Sat, May 29, 2021
Police visit intimidation, recent events threat to free speech: TwitterSubscriber Only
May 28, 2021 02:00 IST
The IT Ministry had asked Twitter to drop the label since law enforcement agencies were probing the issue and said that “this action not only dilutes the credibility of Twitter as a neutral and unbiased platform...but also puts a question mark" on its status as an intermediary.
Fri, May 28, 2021
IT Min asks social media cos to furnish details of grievance officers, othersSubscriber Only
May 27, 2021 03:00 IST
Guidelines issued in February required all significant social media intermediaries to designate executives for these roles by May 26. Social media companies that have more than 50 lakh users in India are designated ‘significant’ social media intermediaries.
Thu, May 27, 2021
WhatsApp lawsuit: Act of defiance… privacy a right but national security also our job, says CentreSubscriber Only
May 27, 2021 01:20 IST
“WhatsApp’s challenge, at the very last moment, and despite having sufficient time and opportunity available during consultation process and after the rules were enacted, to the Intermediary Guidelines is an unfortunate attempt to prevent the same from coming into effect,” the MeitY said.
Thu, May 27, 2021
Explained: Social media and safe harbourSubscriber Only
May 27, 2021 00:55 IST
New rules have come into effect, taking away the protection granted to social media intermediaries under Section 79 of the IT Act if they fail to comply. What is this protection, and in what circumstances is it lost?
Wed, Jun 02, 2021
Amid Twitter tussle, next up: deadline by govt to it, Facebook, to appoint officersSubscriber Only
May 25, 2021 04:17 IST
Guidelines issued in February required all significant social media intermediaries to designate executives for these roles by May 26. Social media companies that have more than 50 lakh users in India are designated ‘significant’ social media intermediaries.
Tue, May 25, 2021
Shift in stance: WhatsApp says won’t limit functionalitySubscriber Only
May 25, 2021 03:00 IST
On May 7, however, the company once again said it had for now done away with the May 15 deadline for users to accept its privacy policy and that it would “follow up” with people who had not yet accepted the new terms of service.
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