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Govt's IT rule amendments face industry, rights group pushback

New Delhi, April 8 -- Proposed amendments to India's information technology rules, which would extend government oversight to user-generated news on social media and make ministry advisories legally b... Read More


MIB extends TRP freeze on TV news channels by four weeks

India, April 7 -- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has extended its direction to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to withhold television rating points (TRPs) for news c... Read More


Vir Vikram Yadav appointed new DGCA chief, Chanchal Kumar named I&B ministry secretary in major shuffle

India, April 1 -- The government on Tuesday appointed Vir Vikram Yadav as director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), moved Abhishek Singh out of the India AI Mission to head... Read More


Influencers may face takedown notices, publisher-level rules under new IT proposal

India, March 31 -- News and current affairs content posted online by individual users will now come under the same framework as that posted by publishers, allowing for deletion, modification, even eme... Read More


Govt may weed out ECMS firms lagging in design

New Delhi, March 31 -- Expressing dissatisfaction with the pace at which the industry is building design capabilities, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw on M... Read More


Takedown notices may apply to influencers too

New Delhi, March 31 -- News and current affairs content posted online by individual users will now come under the same framework as that posted by publishers, allowing for deletion, modification, even... Read More


Govt may weed out ECMS firms lagging in design

New Delhi, March 31 -- Expressing dissatisfaction with the pace at which the industry is building design capabilities, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw on M... Read More


SIM binding timeline likely to be extended

New Delhi, March 30 -- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to extend the timeline for messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, ShareChat and Arattai to comply with its SIM... Read More


Centre likely to extend SIM binding timeline

New Delhi, March 30 -- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to extend the timeline for messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, ShareChat and Arattai to comply with its SIM... Read More


SIM binding timeline likely to be extended

New Delhi, March 30 -- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to extend the timeline for messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, ShareChat and Arattai to comply with its SIM... Read More