Centre forms nodal body to coordinate, develop AI governance normsThe Centre on Thursday announced the formation of the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG) to lead the country's national AI governance...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
Gazette notification may allow more ministries to block contentSources told us that the government could use a gazette notification to give multiple ministries content-blocking powers under the Informat...
20 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Govt mulls authorising more ministries to issue content takedown ordersDiscussions are on with Defence, Ministry of External Affairs, and Ministry of Home Affairs, government sources said adding that once decid...
18 Mar, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
Centre launches Digital India future LABS for R&D in automotive, compute, other areasThe government on Saturday launched the Digital India future labs to strengthen domestic research and development (R&D) as well as innovati...
03 Feb, 2024, 09.12 PM IST
OTTs not to be regulated as tele servicesAs per the Telegraph Act, a "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or r...
19 Sep, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Online gaming sector hails govt move to make IT ministry as nodal agency for regulationsThe Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports hailed the Union government's move to appoint the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technolog...
05 Mar, 2023, 02.18 PM IST
MeitY to steer online gaming, e-sports with Sports MinistrySources said the upcoming budget is likely to bring more clarity, including taxation issues fced by online gaming companies.
28 Dec, 2022, 12.05 AM IST
Govt to soon frame rules for online gaming intermediaries: MoS Rajeev ChandrasekharThese rules, to be published by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, will encourage innovation but ensure that there is ...
27 Dec, 2022, 07.04 PM IST
MeitY appointed as nodal ministry for online gaming mattersAdditionally, for e-sports as part of multi-sports events, the Department of Sports under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been...
27 Dec, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
Coordinated efforts taken to contain Chinese loan apps: FM in Rajya SabhaThe minister said she had in the last 6-7 months held several meetings with representatives of the central bank, her ministry officials and...
16 Dec, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Twitter notice to remove manipulated media tag not under IT Act: MeitY in response to RTIMeitY has now admitted in its response that there was indeed no legal basis for the issuance of its letters, said IFF
04 Aug, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
IT ministry receives some grievances related to misleading, unwanted ads on social media"Further, MeitY has also received some grievances in this regard," Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a ...
29 Jul, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Twitter says it is making every effort to comply with new IT rulesThe ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) had sent a letter to Twitter last week warning the microblogging platform to comply with the IT ...
07 Jun, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Government blocks 12 pro-Khalistani websites, some being operated by Sikhs for Justice"12 websites have been ordered to be blocked by the Ministry of Electronics and IT under section 69 A of the IT Act. They were supporting p...
03 Nov, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
40 websites of banned group Sikhs For Justice blocked by government"Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an unlawful organisation under the UAPA,1967, launched a campaign for registering supporters for its cause. On re...
05 Jul, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
Keep a close watch on TikTok, PMO tells IT Ministry after complaintsMinistry had said that the Chinese app was in compliance with all requirements.
19 Jul, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Digital payments zoom past FY19 target driven by private lendersOnline transactions rise to 31.34 billion compared to 20.7 billion in FY18; Yes Bank, IndusInd, ICICI Bank lead the charge.
20 Jun, 2019, 09.55 AM IST