Food packs still don't tell the full story: Firms make selective label changes as FSSAI rules gather dustFood companies are now adding voluntary health information to some product labels. These front-of-pack declarations mention sugar, salt, an...
27 May, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
Shots fired in the AI war: US and China clash over code and controlThe US-China AI rivalry has intensified, moving beyond innovation to a battle for talent, IP, and strategic tech. China's blocking of Meta'...
27 Apr, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
IT rules draft: Feedback deadline pushed to April 29The move to potentially place content generated by online users under the same scrutiny and treatment as those in place for publishers has ...
11 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
Hyundai must be more forceful in apology: Piyush GoyalHyundai had issued a clarification after it faced calls for a boycott of its cars, but there have been demands for the company to apologise...
08 Feb, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Govt blocks several social media handles circulating fake, inciting contentThe Centre, last year, had introduced stringent rules for social media platforms to make them more accountable to end-users in one of the w...
08 Jan, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
Govt blocks several social media handles circulating fake, inciting contentAmid the massive crackdown on hateful posts, sources said that the offensive content actioned pertained to fake video of a cabinet briefing...
08 Jan, 2022, 01.40 PM IST
Delhi HC asks Centre to reply to plea challenging new IT rulesA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notices to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and t...
19 Mar, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Parliamentary panel members question legality of new rules for OTT, social media platformsTightening the rules governing social media and streaming companies, the Centre had announced last month the Intermediary Guidelines and Di...
15 Mar, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Govt sets 50 lakh users threshold to define 'significant social media intermediary' under IT rulesThe government has fixed fifty lakh registered users as the threshold for defining 'significant social media intermediary', which will have...
27 Feb, 2021, 01.45 PM IST
India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-offChafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigatio...
24 Feb, 2021, 08.57 PM IST
Facebook to restore Australia news pages as deal reached on media lawTreasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook indicated a compromise had been reached on key aspects of a law that would force digital giants to p...
23 Feb, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Airtel blames contentious privacy policy wording on clerical error; says committed to user privacyCiting reports on its privacy policy as stated on the company's website, Airtel said, "The generic content of the definitions of what const...
19 Oct, 2020, 10.52 PM IST
Oversight Board will take on hardest and the most disputed cases: Brent Harris, FacebookThe board, which will have its own website, is housed under a trust, which the social media giant says is independent of Facebook and is en...
07 May, 2020, 08.26 PM IST
NHRC member for 'suitable modification' in section 377, IPCDelivering a lecture at Amity University, Sinha stressed on "consensus" as a way forward in modifying the contentious provision.
27 Sep, 2016, 10.38 PM IST
Lt Governor is de facto authority in Delhi: HC; AAP plans to move SC against verdictTerming the contention ‘without substance’ the HC reinforced the authority of the LG, the Centre’s representative, saying that it is mandat...
05 Aug, 2016, 01.40 AM IST
- Centre likely to introduce Right to Education Bill next week
The Centre is planning to introduce the landmark Right to Education Bill in the parliament next week, a senior official of HRD Ministry has...
11 Dec, 2008, 03.08 PM IST
- 'Apply same content control laws to IPTV as TV channels'
Broadcast regulator TRAI on Thursday proposed that the content of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channels should be regulated by the s...
06 Sep, 2007, 05.12 PM IST