Ahead of the Union Cabinet expansion on Wednesday, several Union Ministers, including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar resigned from their posts.
Prasad appealed to US businesses to invest in the country in a big way specially in ambitious programmes like Make in India
He said social media companies are free to do business in India but they have to be accountable to the Indian Constitution and laws.
'About 1.2-2 million people will be added to the IT-ITeS workforce by 2020.'
The proposed law seeks bars on storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual. It, however, provides for exemptions for "reasonable purposes" such as "prevention and detection of any unlawful activity including fraud, whistle-blowing, merger and acquisitions, network and information security, credit scoring, recovery of debt, processing of publicly available personal data and the operation of search engines".
The publishing of compliance reports by Google, Facebook and Instagram is bound to turn up the heat on Twitter, which has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules.
Four companies have submitted applications for starting direct-to-home services in the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
The Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision making authority within the Department of Telecommunications, on Wednesday, accepted the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on full-fledged mobile number portability.
India has now around one billion mobile subscribers, he added.
The world's biggest social network Facebook wants to connect more people to internet in India which accounts for the third largest online user base globally after China and the US but has a very low internet penetration growth rate.
We gave them (Twitter) three months' time. Others have followed, they haven't. Rule 7 of (IT) guidelines says if you don't comply then under Sec 79 you may lose intermediary status and may become liable to other laws including penal laws of the country
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the Information Technology ministry to set up a regulator for social media.
We ask you to rate the pradhan sevak and his ministers on four criteria: Vision. Execution. Efficiency. And their response to the public.
'Losers who cannot influence people even in their own party keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by the BJP and RSS'
WhatsApp remains committed to the protection of all user messages through the product we provide, the company said
If the visa issue ultimately requires certain other considerations at govt level, we will consider that, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Buch, under a cloud over allegations of conflict of interest levelled by United States-based short-seller Hindenburg, was asked to appear before the PAC, which is reviewing the performance of the market regulator.
The agenda for the meeting is 'Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Communication (Department of Telecommunications) on the subject of 'Citizens' data security and privacy'.
'Unless the economy is sound in the country how can only three movies collected so much business in a single day?'
To believe that the key job of his senior ministers is to ensure that his image be kept intact whatever be the outcome of his policies is to expect too much even of someone as ambitious as Narendra Modi, asserts Rashme Sehgal.
India's stand is important against the backdrop of US FCC's decision to roll back its net neutrality rules adopted in 2015
He also said the government should reform its policy to safeguard privacy of its citizens.
In an escalation of differences between Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and the ruling Congress party, the former on Thursday declared as "null and void" the circular issued by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy banning the use of social media for official communication.
Online booking started on February 18 but the site soon crashed.
The government is currently also revising its MSIPS policy to extend its mandate apart from making it more investor friendly.
The govt withdrew the draft encryption policy which made it mandatory for storage of all messages, including social media, for 90 days.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved $1.5 billion (about Rs 9,000 crore) World Bank support for the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in rural areas.
'If there are any incidents of cyberattacks, they should immediately inform CERT.'
The push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, first approved by the last government in 2011, has made slow progress
According to sources, the postal bank will tie up with other banks and financial companies to offer products like loans, mutual funds, and insurance policies to its customers.
The move was necessitated by growing number of crimes especially against women.
Amazon plans to bring in its cheapest e-book reader maybe by the next year
The announcement quells fears among some telcos that Chinese players might be banned from participating in 5G trials and roll outs.
This will be the first time BJP's prime ministerial candidate holds a discussion with IT, telecom czars.
BPO is going to generate employment in all small cities.
Full list of the rejigged Union Council of Ministers
Fifteen Cabinet ministers and 28 Ministers of State were sworn-in by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday evening.
Facing flak over its order to block access to 857 pornographic and humour websites, the government on Tuesday lifted ban on all those websites that do not feature child pornographic content.
Amazon on Tuesday said it will begin manufacturing Amazon devices, including Fire TV sticks, in Chennai later this year in partnership with Foxconn's subsidiary, Cloud Network Technology.
GPS devices will enable real-time money transactions
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