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US says BYD, Baidu and Alibaba are aiding China's militaryAmerica has released a new list of Chinese companies it believes support Beijing's military. Major firms like Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD are i...
From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesWhile the Madhya Pradesh government projects it as a major reform to streamline fertiliser distribution, industry stakeholders say it’s sti...
From axles to rare earth: India draws up list of 100 products it still can't make enough ofIndia is set to boost its manufacturing sector by identifying around 100 products for domestic production. This initiative aims to reduce r...
Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
WhatsApp to roll out SIM binding, tighten curbs on digital arrest scamsWhatsApp has agreed to implement SIM binding and enhanced safeguards against prolonged scam calls, as per a Supreme Court filing. The compa...
WhatsApp banned 9,400 accounts involved in digital arrest scams since January this year: Centre to SCAuthorities are launching a major crackdown on digital arrest scams. WhatsApp has banned thousands of accounts involved in these frauds. Ne...
Telecom ministry to work on actionable plan on issues identified by panels: Jyotiraditya ScindiaUnion minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced the telecom ministry's commitment to addressing industry issues with a detailed action plan a...
4G boost to over 1,000 border outposts soonThe proposal to install 4G telecom towers at the paramilitary manned outposts is in the final stage of discussion and will soon be taken to...
Committee of Secretaries to suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in telecom sectorWhile the terms of reference of the panel do not explicitly mention the SC ruling of October 24, it has been asked to look at suggestions f...
Cabinet approves Rs 11,330 crore more for network for defence forces project“The NFS project will boost the communication capabilities of the defence forces in major way leading to enhanced national operational prep...
CAG criticises DoT on 2010 Reliance Communications tower switch off caseThe TERM cell, found that both the companies had jointly unilaterally switched off services from 1,419 mobile towers out of 3,205 sites
Public Accounts Committee seeks details from Telecom Ministry on allegations against TraiThe letter written by the NGO's Secretary Anil Kumar questioned Trai's move of increasing reserve price in three service areas, where the t...
Home Ministry raises objections to draft National Telecom Security PolicyThe telecom department had sought the NIB's approval on the draft telecom security policy before referring it to the Cabinet Committee for ...
DoT for home, and defence ministry views on raising telecom FDI capThe Department of Telecom (DoT), is understood to be against raising FDI cap in the sector to 100 per cent due to security concerns
- Panel asked to submit report on spectrum allocation soon
Sibal has asked a committee, which is examining the conditions for allocation of spectrum to different entities, to submit its report soon.
- Rs 43,523 cr loss due to migration policy: DoT tells JPC
The Department of Telecom on Thursday pegged at over Rs 43,500 crore losses incurred by the national exchequer.
- Free regulators from the clutches of ministers: Panel
Independent regulatory authorities are important for increased transparency in the allocation of natural resources, the panel has stressed.
- 2G scam: PAC frowns on Vahanvati’s ‘advice’ to Raja
It expressed shock that the Telecom Ministry made a direct reference to Vahanvati, who opined that the proposed course for issue of letters...
- DoT rebuts FinMin's charges; says spectrum Cabinet compliant
Policy announcement was made after due consultations and there was no departure from the Cabinet decision, says DoT. Digital way of biz I L...
- Defence to quit more spectrum; Telecom to get 25 MHz
In a minor breakthrough of sorts, the telecom and defence ministries have reached an informal agreement, under which the latter will vacate...