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MeitY objects to Twitter tagging tweet content as 'manipulated media'

Many of the tweets tagged had reference to a toolkit allegedly created by Congress

India gives WhatsApp 7 days to roll back new privacy policy: Report

Many Indian users depend on WhatsApp for communicating; irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage its position in the Indian market to impose unfair terms and conditions, says MeitY, according to sources

Securing digital networks: NSDT to scrutinise wide range of telecom gear

Global telecom gear makers say that the new rule will make it difficult for Chinese equipment players to enter the Indian market.

9,849 URLs, accounts, webpages blocked in 2020: Prasad

More than 9,800 URLs, accounts or webpages were blocked in 2020, Union minister Ravi Shankar said on Wednesday

Twitter seeks dialogue with I&T Ministry after order to block accounts

The microblogging platform also noted that safety of its employees is a "top priority"

India has potential to create Aatmanirbhar secured internet, says ITI forum

India now has the potential to create its own secured internet by setting up a root server locally for less than Rs 10 crore, according to state-run ITI and industry platform IPv6 Forum.

Twitter restores accounts it had withheld after govt's legal request

MeitY Uses recourse u/s 69A of the Act, sends legal request in the matter

MeitY to set up quantum computing applications lab in partnership with AWS

The effort aims to accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific discoveries

Param Siddhi bags 63rd rank among 500 powerful supercomputers in world: DST

Param Siddhi, the supercomputer established under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), has achieved 63rd rank in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Tuesday. It is a historic first. India has one of the largest supercomputer infrastructures in the world and that is evidenced by the ranking that Param Siddhi-AI has received, said DST secretary Ashutosh Sharma. I truly believe that Param Siddhi-AI will go a long way in empowering our national academic and R&D institutions as well as industries and start-ups spread over the country networked on the national supercomputer grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN), Sharma added. The AI system will strengthen application development of packages in areas such as advanced materials, computational chemistry and astrophysics, and several packages being developed under the mission on platform for drug design and preventive health care system, flood ...

Aarogya Setu-RTI row: IT Ministry to act against officials for lapses

Sources in the ministry said that it has taken the lapses made in providing information on Aarogya Setu app very strictly.

India should aim to be among top 25 in global innovation rankings: Dhotre

The minister said the improvement in ranking should inspire Indians to help the marginalised and underprivileged sections of the society through sustainable solutions

Aarogya Setu app has more than 157 mn registered users: IT minister

The Aarogya Setu app is not allowed access from outside India, hence it is not clear how the media company evaluated it from outside the country, the minister said.

BharatNet's Phase 2 completion timeline to be extended due to Covid: Dhotre

The timeline for 2nd phase of BharatNet project, earlier slated to be completed by August 2021, will now be extended as its pace was affected by the lockdown and movement curbs imposed by governments

IT Ministry has blocked 224 apps in interest of national security: Dhotre

The IT ministry has blocked 224 mobile apps in the interest of national security and sovereignty, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

When China watches you: Why India needs a personal data protection law

The data reportedly accessed by the Chinese company is largely available in the public domain and a personal data protection law would've safeguarded it

Govt bans 118 Chinese apps, including PUBG, over security concerns

The ministry said, it had received many complaints about the misuse of the mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for "stealing and surreptitiously" transmitting users' data

MPs unite against Facebook over 'political bias', seek action against execs

The meeting was attended by 13 MPs of the BJP and four from opposition parties

Parliament panel summons Facebook on Sept 2 as hate speech debate grows

A day before, representatives of ministries of communications and home have been called before the panel

Make India global powerhouse for software products: IT minister to industry

Ravi Shankar Prasad exhorted the IT industry to leverage existing policies to position the country as a global powerhouse for software products by building innovative Made-in-India offerings

'No political influence from China': App majors seek review of ban

Apps said they're working for the development of the Indian economy and contributing to employment generation