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Fighting Deepfakes: Indian government to meet executives from social media firms, discuss issues

Officials from the government of India are set to meet executives from social media platforms on November 23, to discuss how to deal with deepfakes and find a solution to them

MeitY to collaborate with IBM in AI, semiconductors

These MoUs will enable MeitY to make use of IBM's experience to strengthen India's competitiveness and expand its growth strategy in the semiconductor, quantum, and AI sectors

'Big Day': IT Min Rajeev Chandrasekhar hails MoUs with IBM on Semiconductors, AI, Quantum Computing

In a major milestone for India's tech ambitions, IBM has signed an MoU with the Government of India on Semiconductors, AI and Quantum Computing. IT Min Rajeev Chandrasekhar has hailed this development as a big day for India

Goodbye Google? India to develop own browser to take on Chrome, Firefox in new Atmanirbhar bid

MeiTY has launched the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge and plans on launching its own internet browser. For this, it has called Indian startups and software developers to build a web browser that is compliant with India's security certification

Explained: What is the Digital India Act, the cornerstone of India’s upcoming ‘Techade’

If India is to become a $1 trillion economy, it has to become the go-to destination for the world in all aspects of technology. For that, the Digital India Act will prove to be the cornerstone

Why Twitter row refuses to die down in India, and how government can handle this

In a notice sent recently to Twitter, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology reportedly asked the microblogging site to either comply with its previous notices till 4 July, or forgo its ‘intermediary status'

Param Ananta supercomputer with 838 teraflops capacity deployed at IIT Gandhinagar

The majority of the components used to build this system have been manufactured and assembled within the country, along with an indigenous software stack developed by C-DAC, in line with the Make in India initiative

Plea alleging non-compliance of IT rules by Twitter infructuous after Centre is satisfied, says Delhi High Court

Last month, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) had told the court that Twitter has appointed CCO, RGO, and Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new IT Rules

Explained: IFF flags IT Ministry’s letters to Twitter on manipulated media policy as having ‘no legal basis’

The Internet Freedom Foundation has learned the IT Ministry’s letters to Twitter were not issued under any provision of the IT Act, 2000.

Meity withdraws compliance letter sent to Apple as the company says that iMessage is not an app but a feature

Social media platforms having more than 5 million users in India need to comply with the new IT rules.