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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to file a comprehensive reply on petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which bans all online money games. The matter will be heard next on November 26

The Supreme Court will hear on November 4 a batch of petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which bans real-money online games. The petitions, transferred from three high courts, question the law’s constitutional validity

NIT Warangal commemorated its 67th foundation day with a lecture by Dr. Sanak Mishra and reflections on its journey from REC to a premier technical institute.

UIDAI has waived charges for Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU-1) for children aged 5–17, effective from October 1 for one year. This move benefits around six crore children and enhances access to services like school admissions and scholarships.

The Indian government has proposed the establishment of the Online Gaming Authority of India under the PROG Act 2025 to regulate e-sports and online social games while enforcing a nationwide ban on real-money gaming (RMG). The draft rules prescribe strict penalties for offering or promoting RMGs, including imprisonment and fines.

This is the third of five multi-stakeholder consultations under the AI RAM initiative by UNESCO and Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), following earlier sessions in New Delhi and Bangalore.

Recently, Grok's use of abuses and slang in Hindi to an X user sparked controversy. This occurred after the X user, who had prompted Grok to provide a list of the '10 best mutuals', responded to the chatbot with some harsh comments

According to a press release by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, the momentous occasion took place during the launch event of the "Digital India FutureLABS Summit 2024" held at IIIT-Delhi.

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar that the Government is determined to build a safe and trusted internet under the IT rules.

Moreover, the browser envisions the ability to digitally sign documents using a crypto token, bolstering secure transactions and digital interactions.

According to him, the CBC under the Ministry of I&B is responsible for conducting campaigns related to publicising and creating awareness about government programs.

Chaired by Corporate Affairs Secretary Manoj Govil, the committee, which has been given more time to finalise its report

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, may not be ideal but is a step towards protection of personal data

Determination of fake news cannot be in the sole hands of the government because it will result in the censorship of the press.

Warangal: Electronics and information technology had become essential for its vast potential to offer digital solutions to any kind of problems or challenges encountered in every field, said Jhansi Lakshmi, director (technical) in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Jhansi Lakshmi was addressing the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon (SIH)- 2022 which began […]

New Delhi: Micro-blogging website Twitter has complied with the IT Ministry’s last notice within the final July 4 deadline, after receiving a warning to either comply with new IT Rules, 2021 or face stricter action. Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry […]

New Delhi: Google and MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), on Wednesday announced a cohort of 100 Indian early to mid-stage startups, to help these startups build high-quality global apps and games as part of the Appscale Academy. As part of the six-month programme, the 100 startups […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a ban on 54 Chinese mobile applications that pose a threat to the country’s security, officials sources said on Monday. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will formally issue a notification banning the operations of these apps in India. The apps against whom the […]

Fear of tracing private communications and using them against users can have a chilling effect on fundamental freedoms

The restricted access was due to violating Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, including content against security of the state and public order.