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Govt serves final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of new IT rules
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new
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Centre welcomes criticism but action necessary against tweets spreading mi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The government welcomes criticism and genuine requests for help amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information
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KnowYourMeds selected among the top 5 winners in the Grand Challenge on St
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): KnowYourMeds, Inc., an innovative digital health assistant designed to make medical information and adherence accessible to anyone in the world, announced today that it has been selected to compete in the final phase in the Grand
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Farmers' protest: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre after Twitter blocks accounts
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Central government on Tuesday after Twitter temporarily blocked accounts and posts related to the ongoing farmers' agitation on the direction of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meit
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Twitter blocks 250 handles, posts over provocative content related to farm
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Twitter has temporarily blocked around 250 accounts and posts on Monday after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) directed microblogging platform to take action against several accounts for making 'fake, intimidatory and prov
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Centre writes to WhatsApp CEO to withdraw proposed changes to privacy poli
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), November 19 (ANI): Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has written to Will Cathcart, Global CEO of WhatsApp to withdraw the proposed changes to the Privacy Policy of the Facebook-owned messaging application for Indian users. Read More
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Austra
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Cyber Peace Foundation has partnered with the Australian Government's eSafety commissioner for organizing the Global CyberPeace Challenge (GCC). The challenge has also received the support of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Techn
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Open digital ecosystems are next frontier for Digital India: Omidyar-BCG
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): India is on the cusp of a paradigm shift in the way digital solutions are being deployed for large-scale societal impact, according to a new report by Omidyar Network India Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released on Friday.
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Defence Ministry for production houses obtaining NOC before airing film, d
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The Defence Ministry has written to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to advise production houses to obtain `No Objection Certification' from i
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Centre bans 47 apps which were clones and variants of apps banned in June
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has banned 47 apps, which were variants and cloned copies of the 59 apps banned earlier in June.
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Software Technology Parks of India commemorates 29th Foundation Day
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), commemorated its 29th Foundation Day on Friday, June 5th 2020.
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Centre amending IT Act to regulate social media, Rajya Sabha informed
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The Centre is in the final stage of amending the Information Technology (IT) Act to regulate social media platforms, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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