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Pegasus scandal: 'No evidence of snooping,' says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Says ready for discussion in Parliament, claims Opposition not serious

Real winners of the reshuffle

New responsibilities for the finance minister and the home minister indicate the government's focus on privatisation and cooperatives

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar may receive organisational responsibility

Former Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar may soon receive senior organizational positions in the BJP. They might get National General Secretary or Vice President positions.

Twitter's India business is trending despite company's face-off with govt

According to data intelligence platform Similarweb, the Twitter app's daily active users on Android increased to 10.03 million in May from 7.85 million in January 2021, a 27 per cent rise

Ravi Shankar Prasad: The minister who took on big tech over compliance

While Digital India, PLI for electronics have been big focus areas for him, Prasad will be remembered for sending a strong message to FB, WhatsApp and Twitter to follow the rules of the land

Prez accepts resignations of 12 Union ministers including Prasad, Javadekar

President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of 12 Union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Harsh Vardhan, with immediate effect, according to an official statement on Wednesday. These resignations came ahead of a major expansion and reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers later in the day. In all, six Cabinet Ministers, one Minister of State (Independent Charge) and five Ministers of State have resigned. Those resigned include Cabinet Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda (Chemical and Fertilizers), Ravi Shankar Prasad (Law and Justice, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology), Thaawarchand Gehlot (Social Justice and Empowerment), Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank' (Education), Harsh Vardhan (Health and Family Welfare) and Prakash Javadekar (Environment, Forest and Climate Change). The resignation of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment, has also been accepted by the president. Five ...

'Big step towards transparency': Union IT minister praises Facebook, Google

'First compliance report on voluntary removal of offensive posts published by them (social media platforms) as per IT Rules is a big step towards transparency,' IT minister tweeted

Meet Twitter's Manish Maheshwari, the man at the centre of controversy

The managing director of Twitter in India has been named in at least three police complaints, ranging from showing an incorrect map of India to a video of alleged communal violence going viral

Twitter should be accountable to Indian laws while operating here: Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad said tech companies like Twitter should be accountable to India's Constitution and laws and that they should not be governed by American laws while operating in Indian territory

Cabinet approves Rs 19,041 cr viability gap funding for BharatNet project

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister R S Prasad said.

Big Tech is gearing up for a massive fight with Modi's India

Country is challenging Twitter and Facebook's practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend far beyond its borders.

Comply with the new IT rules: House panel to Facebook and Google

The panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, had asked them to appear in-person at the parliament secretariat

Boost connectivity beyond urban areas: CJI in letter to Ravi Shankar Prasad

The CJI also asked the Union Minister to augment the provisioning of vaccines to immunise all the functionaries associated with the Courts

Parliamentary panel to ask Twitter about locking accounts: Shashi Tharoor

After Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were temporarily locked out of their Twitter accounts, latter said that he would seek an explanation

IT Minister says Twitter blocked his account in violation of IT rule

Under the rule social media platforms like Twitter are obliged to serve a notification to the user explaining reason for action before removing account or disabling access

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IT Minister says Twitter denied access to his account for an hour today

My comments calling out high handedness, arbitrary actions of Twitter have clearly ruffled feathers, Ravi Shankar Prasad says

Centre further liberalises guidelines for BPO industry

IT minister Prasad said the BPO centre with common telecom resource will now be able to serve customers located worldwide, including India.

Govt to come up with a SOP on new IT rules as industry awaits clarity

The industry has been awaiting the SOPs on the new IT Rules, 2021 because they require more clarity on certain matters

Decoded: At loggerheads with govt over IT rules, Twitter's options and fate

Non-compliance may lead to the loss of protection under the safe harbour provisions accorded by Section 79 of the Information Technology Act