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.
The ministry, under Ravi Shankar Prasad, will soon prepare a Cabinet note for bringing Aadhaar under its administrative jurisdiction.
'About 1.2-2 million people will be added to the IT-ITeS workforce by 2020.'
India has now around one billion mobile subscribers, he added.
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 is currently also revising its MSIPS policy to extend its mandate apart from making it more investor friendly.
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.
We ask you to rate the pradhan sevak and his ministers on four criteria: Vision. Execution. Efficiency. And their response to the public.
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 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'.
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.
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.
'Losers who cannot influence people even in their own party keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by the BJP and RSS'
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.
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the Information Technology ministry to set up a regulator for social media.
Four companies have submitted applications for starting direct-to-home services in the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
If the visa issue ultimately requires certain other considerations at govt level, we will consider that, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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.
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.
'Unless the economy is sound in the country how can only three movies collected so much business in a single day?'
For online fraud, approach cyber cell and file a complaint.
This will be the first time BJP's prime ministerial candidate holds a discussion with IT, telecom czars.
The Budget for 2016-17 has announced a massive rollout of ATMs and micro-ATMs.
WhatsApp remains committed to the protection of all user messages through the product we provide, the company said
WhatsApp to foray into digital payments & expand to other markets
Companies will be offered incentives for employing more women.
The govt withdrew the draft encryption policy which made it mandatory for storage of all messages, including social media, for 90 days.
Online booking started on February 18 but the site soon crashed.
Small cells improve coverage in areas where traffic is high.
Full list of the rejigged Union Council of Ministers
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.
'If there are any incidents of cyberattacks, they should immediately inform CERT.'
India's stand is important against the backdrop of US FCC's decision to roll back its net neutrality rules adopted in 2015
IMD is preparing a concept paper on narrowing its grid resolution from 22 sq km to 10 sq km.
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.
Amazon plans to bring in its cheapest e-book reader maybe by the next year
The 17 related ministries have been combined into seven different groups, including some infrastructure departments, in a bid to ensure synergy and better results.
"Modi is a leader, recognised worldwide," it said.
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