Who is Mark Calcavecchia? 13-time PGA Tour winner reportedly removed from The Masters for using phoneMark Calcavecchia removed over Masters strict phone policy: Veteran golfer Mark Calcavecchia was reportedly removed from The Masters for vi...
09 Apr, 2026, 08.14 AM IST
Israel using AI to fine-tune air raid alert systemDuring the war in the Gaza Strip and two wars with Iran in the space of a year, Israel has used artificial intelligence to fine-tune its mi...
03 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
Tamannaah Bhatia reacts to being summoned by ED over illegal betting app, requests date reschedulingBhatia was implicated in connection with the notorious Mahadev betting app, allegedly involved in the unauthorized streaming of IPL matches...
29 Apr, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
Emergency alert notifications pop up on Karnataka’s phones, part of government testing disaster alertsThe alert turned out to be a sample message from the Centre’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT), sent as a test of a new pan-India emer...
12 Oct, 2023, 06.30 PM IST
Indian govt conducts second successful emergency alert test on mobile devices; here's whyThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India conducted a test of the country's new emergency alert system. Mobile users recei...
12 Oct, 2023, 12.05 PM IST
DoT carries out tests of emergency alertsThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has conducted multiple sample tests of pan-India emergency alerts using the Cell Broadc...
10 Oct, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Alarm for everyone; Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts tests in US to buzz everybody’s phoneStarting around 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday, all wireless phones should receive an alert and a text message reading, "THIS IS A TEST…”
04 Oct, 2023, 05.19 AM IST
Telcos to be paid 2 paise by government for sending alerts"Considering the significance of alerts/messages sent as per direction issued under the Disaster Management Act,2005 (53 of 2005), the auth...
07 Dec, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
Telcos favour SMS alerts over cell broadcast serviceIn submissions to the sector regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), they have also called for pricing all non-disaster-re...
13 Dec, 2021, 11.32 PM IST
Trai starts consultation on tariff issues for alerts during disastersTrai has explained that there are certain occasions when the government would like to send alert messages free of cost to the public forewa...
03 Nov, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
I&B ministry considering raising air time for ads to 12 minutes: Prakash JavadekarTerming community radio stations "agents of change", the Union minister said they reach out to millions of people every day, and that the m...
22 May, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Trump administration to send US cellphones a test alert on ThursdayThe U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules to ensure starting in 2019 that alerts are more precisely targeted, with ...
16 Sep, 2018, 06.36 AM IST
No violation of model code: Election Commission on Narendra Modi's radio addressThe EC said, "the Commission did not find anything in the broadcast matter which constituted violation of Model Code of Conduct."
10 Oct, 2014, 06.35 PM IST
Broadcast frequency change underway for Doordarshan, All India Radio: Prakash JavadekarAn ambitious project to switch Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts from medium wave frequency to 'FM' will soon be completed .
19 Jul, 2014, 11.16 PM IST
- I&B show cause notice to channel over programme on UP riots
Sources said that on September 8, the channel had carried comments made by an individual in a special programme regarding which the EMMC re...
11 Sep, 2013, 10.46 PM IST
- Information and Broadcasting ministry upset as channels fail to display movie censor certificate
At least 382 movies were telecast by 38 different channels without displaying of the mandatory censor board certificate in the month of Jan...
03 Jun, 2012, 05.07 PM IST
- Private news channels get regulatory body
Taking the first step towards self-regulation, private news broadcasters’ association-News Broadcasters Association (NBA)-formally launched...
03 Oct, 2008, 01.25 AM IST