Jul 11, 2021 04:12 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is soon likely to announce new positions for the senior former Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar, sources said.
Jul 09, 2021 11:53 AM IST Ravi Shankar Prasad’s replacement might well keep a lower profile, but tighten the screws further without creating quite as many controversies
Jul 08, 2021 06:18 PM IST In the Cabinet reshuffle on July 8, Ashwini Vaishnaw, a Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha, was given key portfolios - Minister of Electronics and Information and Technology, Railways, and Communications.
Jul 03, 2021 04:50 PM IST Under the new IT rules, large digital platforms that have over 5 million users are required to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.
Jun 30, 2021 04:06 PM IST Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the decision to involve private players was taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on August 15, 2020 that around 6 lakh villages in the country will be connected with broadband in 1,000 days.
Jun 26, 2021 07:26 AM IST In the interaction with Moneycontrol, CEO of Koo, Aprameya Radhakrishna shares how the firm's transparent policy on violations increases the trust on a local social media platform and how they are very clear on what we will do in a situation in India.
Jun 25, 2021 10:06 PM IST The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment flagged a copyright violation complaint that ended up denying the minister access to Twitter for around an hour.
Jun 25, 2021 04:01 PM IST "Twitter’s actions indicate that they are not the harbinger of free speech that they claim to be but are only interested in running their own agenda, with the threat that if you do not tow the line they draw," Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Jun 23, 2021 07:07 PM IST Currently, the BPM industry revenues grew 2.4 percent to $38.5 billion in FY21 despite the pandemic. With the new set of norms that further eases work from home norms, the industry could grow to $5.5 billion by 2025, said Union IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on June 23.
Jun 23, 2021 06:38 PM IST The guidelines would help the business process outsourcing organisations giving voice-based services in India and abroad.
Jun 16, 2021 02:29 PM IST Social media companies were given three months (till May 25) to comply with the new Information Technology (Intermediary guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Jun 13, 2021 03:39 PM IST A row erupted on Saturday over Congress leader Digvijay Singh's comments in an audio chat on social media that his party will have a "relook" at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir's lost statehood if it returns to power, with the BJP accusing him of spewing venom against India in "collaboration" with Pakistan.
Jun 08, 2021 07:58 PM IST The Election Commission has also proposed making paid news an electoral offence under the Representation of the People Act to provide a strong deterrent against malpractice.
Jun 01, 2021 11:12 AM IST Social media platforms were given three months to comply with the new IT rules, which came into effect on May 26.
May 27, 2021 12:36 PM IST "The rules only empower the ordinary users of social media when they become victims of abuse and misuse," Prasad posted on micro-blogging platform Koo, and also tweeted.
Apr 29, 2021 09:34 AM IST In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world embraced digital transformation at a pace never witnessed before," Prasad said at the UN High-Level thematic debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity: Whole-of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide.'
Mar 26, 2021 09:48 AM IST Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the rules on digital media and OTT platforms were framed after one and half years of public consultation.
Mar 24, 2021 02:00 PM IST During the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Ravi Shankar Prasad said it is the commitment of the prime minister that communication infrastructure of the country must improve.
Mar 18, 2021 05:18 PM IST India’s first indigenously developed Appstore, 'Mobile Seva Appstore’ hosts more than 965 live apps from various domains and categories of public services, Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Mar 18, 2021 04:23 PM IST Speaking during Question Hour on the banning of Twitter accounts, Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government welcomes dissent but cannot allow misuse or abuse of social media.
Mar 13, 2021 12:24 PM IST The guidelines for social media, streaming services and digital platforms are a 'uniform yardstick' to remove double standards, says the communications and information technology minister.
Mar 10, 2021 07:30 PM IST The URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), accounts and webpages were blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Mar 10, 2021 06:49 PM IST Replying to a discussion on the Bill in the House, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it makes the provision to avoid payment of tax payers' money as an award in those cases where the agreement or contract is 'induced by fraud or corruption'.
Mar 09, 2021 03:45 PM IST Addressing a press conference a day after the court verdict, Prasad asked why the Congress, Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee Didi and all those who questioned the Batla House encounter have turned silent.
Mar 02, 2021 06:35 PM IST Reliance Jio became the biggest buyer by acquiring 488.35 MHz of spectrum for Rs 57,122.65 crore, followed by Bharti Airtel's 355.45 MHz at Rs 18,698.75 crore, and Vodafone Idea's 11.80 MHz for Rs 1,993.40 crore.
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