Shashi Tharoor to head Parliamentary Committee on IT

The panel will likely play an important role as the Personal Data Protection Bill gets tabled in Parliament. Photograph: Courtesy Shashi Tharoor/Facebook Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head......

Parl panel seeks action against social media harming national interest

A parliamentary panel has sought details from two key government ministries overseeing information flow on the action they have planned against social media platforms and influencers who "seem to......

Several parliamentary standing committees reconstituted

Various department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees were reconstituted on Saturday by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in consultation with Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.  ......

BJP knocks off Congress and others, corners 6 parliamentary panels

Opposition parties have not been given the chairmanship of any of the four key parliamentary panels including the committee on home affairs and information technology, which were with the Congress,......

Data privacy: Tension between big technology firms and govt boils over

There is a perception getting built inside the government that big technology companies -- a common term used for firms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon and the like - are becoming very......

Sitharaman holds meet for 'time-bound' completion of Budget schemes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met top officials of the finance and corporate affairs ministries to review the implementation of various announcements of the Union Budget FY24.......

Digital Competition Law Worries Big Tech

'The message is not clear whether we are wanted.''All this could adversely impact our strategy in India and also investments.' IMAGE: Big Tech companies point out they are already controlled......

Facebook's lobbying practices in India may be probed before election

The parliamentary committee on IT has recently been in the news for asking global representatives of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to present their views on misuse of social media......