Government Takes Strong Stance on hoax Bomb Threats, Issues Advisory to Social Media Platforms

In the last few days, false threats of placing bombs in planes are being made in the country. The central government has adopted a strict attitude regarding this. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory stressing on the responsibility of intermediaries including social media companies as important to curb false bomb…

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Government Will Tackle menace of Deepfakes Strongly, Planning New Regulations, Heavy Penalties

In the last few months, cases of making fake videos of politicians and celebrities using Artificial Intelligence (AI) have increased. Such videos are called deepfakes. The central government is preparing to make new regulations against this. Under these regulations, fines can be imposed on the platforms that create deepfakes and host them. Telecom and IT…

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Facebook, YouTube Said Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Central Government

The central government has warned social media platforms Facebook and YouTube about deepfakes. Social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube have been told that deepfakes and posting content that spreads obscenity or misinformation are prohibited under the country’s law. One of Reuters Report Quoting sources, it has been told that Minister of State for IT…

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Government Making Policy to Regulate OTT Platforms, Netflix, Amazon Prime

Complaints against over-the-top (OTT) platforms have increased rapidly in the last few years. The central government is making a new broadcast policy to regulate the content of these platforms. Concern has increased over OTT not following self-regulatory guidelines. For this reason the government is preparing to regulate them. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting…

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India May Become Giant Power in Semiconductor Industry, Tata Group Planning to Set Up Semiconductor Plant in Assam

Tata Group, which is involved in business ranging from automobile to software, has applied to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam. An investment of Rs 40,000 crore will be made in this project. In the last few years, companies in some sectors like automobile have faced difficulties due to semiconductor shortage. Assam Chief…

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BSNL outperforms Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, gets lakhs of new subscribers

Subscribers of government telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are increasing. In July this year, big telecom companies like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio had increased their tariffs. After this, many subscribers of these companies joined BSNL. According to the report of telecom regulator TRAI, BSNL has added about 25 lakh new subscribers in…

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