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Govt serves final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of new IT rules
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Common Services Centres, PayPal partner to fight against Covid-19 in rural
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): The Common Services Centres (CSCs) of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has partnered with digital payments provider PayPal to offer Covid-relief facilities and drive awareness campaigns regarding prevention and care against the pa
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Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermed
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.
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Centre reiterates demand for withdrawal of WhatsApp's new privacy policy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has again directed messaging app WhatsApp to take back its new privacy policy and demanded a reply within seven days, official sources said on Wednesday.
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Centre welcomes criticism but action necessary against tweets spreading mi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months 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, 3 months 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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Versatile ZServiceDesk IT GRC at affordable cost launched in India
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI.NewsVoir): India is among the top five countries with the greatest number of cyber-attacks, according to The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
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Amazon to start manufacturing electronic devices in India
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Amazon will begin manufacturing electronic devices in India later this year, said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday.
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Responsible entities remain committed to compliance to law of land: GOI to
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): On the request of Twitter, Secretary to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India held a virtual interaction with Twitter officials on Wednesday and expressed strong displeasure on the way Twitter acted after an emergency or
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Farmers' protest: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre after Twitter blocks accounts
Updated : 5 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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
