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India didn’t lead world in internet shutdowns in 2024: Access Now report
The total number of internet shutdowns across the world have increased from 283 shutdowns by 39 countries in 2023 to 296 shutdowns by 54 countries in 2024.
Updated on Feb 24, 2025 09:22 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
TRAI recommends new approach to set radio ads, programme code
The recommendations were a part of the regulator’s recommendations on “Framework for Service Authorisations for provision of Broadcasting Services under the Telecommunications Act, 2023”
Published on Feb 22, 2025 06:56 AM IST
Remove videos of station stampede: Rlys notice to X
Railways ministry orders X to remove 285 links of casualty videos from the New Delhi stampede, citing ethical norms and potential law issues.
Updated on Feb 21, 2025 04:50 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
MIB issues advisory for OTT platforms
The ministry of information and broadcasting issued an advisory directing streaming platforms to ensure that they do not transmit illegal content
Updated on Feb 21, 2025 04:47 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
MIB issues advisory to streaming platforms to regulate content
The ministry asked self-regulatory bodies for OTT platforms to take “proactive” actions when streamers violate the Code of Ethics.
Updated on Feb 20, 2025 09:41 AM IST
Reliance Jio bats for localisation at IT ministry’s data protection consultation
Reliance Jio chairperson Akash Ambani had earlier asked the government to update the draft of the National Data Centre Policy so that Indian data remains within Indian data centres.
Updated on Feb 20, 2025 09:15 AM IST
India’s AI mission portal’s launch soon: 10 firms to provide 14,000 GPUs
IndiaAI Mission will provide 14,000 GPUs for AI compute capacity, with over 10,000 already secured, benefiting various stakeholders at reduced costs.
Updated on Feb 17, 2025 09:55 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
TRAI mandates service providers to flag spammers in real time
Misreporting the quantum of spam calls and messages could lead to a penalty of ₹2 lakh for the first time, ₹5 lakh for the second, and ₹10 lakh for subsequent instances
Published on Feb 13, 2025 08:42 AM IST
Head of UT police departments can now intercept calls: DoT
In an order dated December 16, 2024, the DoT has added ‘Head of Police department of concerned Union Territory’ to the list of ‘authorised agencies’.
Published on Feb 12, 2025 08:33 AM IST
India looks to host 4th AI meet between Nov and Jan: Officials
India may host the next global AI summit, with an announcement expected at the Paris AI Action Summit co-chaired by PM Modi and President Macron.
Updated on Feb 11, 2025 05:01 AM IST
Delhi will now benefit from central schemes: Haryana CM
Nayab Singh Saini also accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal of “spreading lies”, particularly with regards to water in the Yamuna
Published on Feb 10, 2025 05:16 AM IST
Delhiites will now benefit from Centre’s schemes: Haryana CM
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini accused Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal of spreading lies, particularly about Haryana poisoning water sent to Delhi
Published on Feb 09, 2025 12:30 PM IST
Indian govt, industry body to hold roundtable during Paris AI summit
India and France aim to collaborate on AI development across issues related to infrastructure, governance, and making the technology sustainable among other issues.
Published on Feb 07, 2025 07:28 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
No Indian users affected by spyware from Israeli firm
WhatsApp said it has disrupted a hacking campaign linked to Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions
Updated on Feb 02, 2025 03:54 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
In AI stimulus, budget allots ₹500 crore for Centre of Excellence in education
The central government will invest ₹500 crore in a new AI Centre for Excellence in education and ₹20,000 crore for private sector research and innovation.
Published on Feb 02, 2025 03:05 AM IST
Budgetary allocation for MeitY up by 48%; focus on electronics, semiconductors
The ministry of electronics and technology has been allocated ₹26,026.25 crore for FY 26, up from ₹17,566.31 crore (RE FY25)
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 03:55 PM IST
Union Budget: IT ministry allocates ₹5 crore for Data Protection Board in FY26
The government had allocated ₹2 crore to meet the establishment and salary expenses of the Data Protection Board in FY25.
Published on Feb 01, 2025 12:55 PM IST
Private entities can now use Aadhaar authentication
The Union government has amended the Aadhaar rules to allow private entities to use Aadhaar authentication for delivering their services
Published on Feb 01, 2025 06:04 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
AI could trigger big shift in labour markets
The survey highlighted several implementation challenges, including significant infrastructure requirements beyond traditional needs.
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 11:56 PM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Centre eyes domestic AI models as ‘cost-efficient’ DeepSeek disrupts tech world
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that six Indian entities had already shown promise and could release their foundation models in the next ten months.
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 06:38 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Court-appointed experts say Delhi HC has jurisdiction in ANI v OpenAI case
ANI’s copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI claims the AI giant used copyrighted literary works from its member-publishers to train its software without permission
Published on Jan 29, 2025 08:05 PM IST
‘Dismiss application of book publishers’: OpenAI to Delhi HC
OpenAI argued that the examples cited by FIP do not show that OpenAI’s LLMs were trained on the “original literary works” of the publishers.
Published on Jan 27, 2025 04:57 PM IST
DNPA, HT, Express, NDTV seek to join ANI lawsuit against OpenAI
The intervention application, filed before the next hearing in ANI’s copyright lawsuit, argued that companies like OpenAI violate intellectual property rights.
Updated on Jan 27, 2025 12:05 PM IST
Misinformation biggest threat to electoral processes: CEC at National Voters Day
CEC Rajiv Kumar highlighted misinformation as a major threat to democracy, urging political parties to avoid fake narratives and improve voter turnout.
Updated on Jan 26, 2025 12:38 PM IST
Poll management bodies adopt the Delhi Declaration as ECI meet ends
Election management bodies from a dozen countries, including India’s ECI and Russia’s Central Election Commission, on Friday adopted the Delhi Declaration
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 10:17 AM IST
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Indian publishers join ANI’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in Delhi HC
Indian publishers seek to join ANI's lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming copyright infringement as ChatGPT used their works for training. Hearing on Jan 28.
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 05:16 AM IST
NCLAT permits WhatsApp to share metadata with Facebook, Instagram for ads
NCLAT chairperson Ashok Bhushan stayed the 5-year moratorium on data sharing but said that WhatsApp will have to pay the 50% of the penalty within two weeks
Published on Jan 23, 2025 12:55 PM IST
Consent, breach reporting discussed in data protection talks
The draft DPDP Rules, released for public consultation on January 3, are crucial for implementing the DPDP Act, which was notified in August 2023 but remains to be enforced
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 08:14 AM IST
15 firms make 70% donations to largest electoral trust
Of the ₹1,075.68 crore that PET disbursed to six parties, the BJP received the lion’s share at ₹723.785 crore, or 67.3%.
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:32 AM IST
All AI, synthetic content should be labelled: ECI to parties
The advisory follows controversies surrounding the use of AI-generated content in the Delhi elections
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:28 AM IST