New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Centre and others in a matter regarding the alleged diversion and allotment of protected forest land for non-forestry purposes in Nicobar district. The tribunal also stayed police action against a forest officer who had...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Wednesday said the state aims for a transition from decades of conventional power generation to a leading hub for clean power, green fuels, and a low-carbon industry. Singh Deo was speaking at the 5th edition of E3:...
New Delhi: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for child abuse content, deepfakes and errors in operating the platform, sources said Wednesday after the company's global team met IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, following the government's recent summons over the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
New Delhi: A Parliamentary standing committee Wednesday demanded an apology from Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech being removed from Facebook. In a letter to the secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, a director of the Lok Sabha secretariat said protection...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with 10 organisations for advancing healthcare delivery, innovation and institutional collaboration. The state Health and Family Welfare Department signed the MoUs with the organisations in the presence of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling. The organisations are-Centre for...
New Delhi: WhatsApp is testing privacy-protective ways for people to confirm their age as it prepares to comply with upcoming laws in India, such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), the messaging platform has said. WhatsApp further said it understands that age-related information...
New Delhi: The government will raise a number of issues, including lapses in tackling of CSAM as well as wrongful action on a prominent account during the upcoming meeting with Meta's global team, IT Secretary S Krishnan said Tuesday, adding that a company at the...
New Delhi: Meta-backed messaging platform WhatsApp appears to have taken action against several accounts, with users reporting that their accounts are under review for up to 24 hours and that they are unable to access key features of the application. The notification displayed by the...
New Delhi: The head of the department-related standing committee on information technology, Nishikant Dubey, Monday said Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg should personally apologise for the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video from Facebook, while several other members demanded legal action after fixing accountability. However,...
New Delhi: Representatives of social media platforms like Google, Meta, YouTube and top officials of the ministries of Home and MeitY Monday appeared before a parliamentary panel on the issue of social media regulation. The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, headed by...
The Centre is courting yet another controversy by introducing a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to fundamentally alter...
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Change rarely arrives announced. But when a popular movement stirs, transformation can sweep in like a tide. The recent by-election...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selling about $7 billion in a single trading session to arrest the rupee’s slide...
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By Aakar Patel Mother of Democracy is standing for a non-permanent elected seat at the United Nations Security Council. Non-permanent...
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