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News broadcasters demand exemption from new IT rules

5:25 pm May 27, 2021

New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) Thursday urged the government to ”exempt and exclude” the traditional television news media and its extended presence on the digital news platforms from the ambit of the IT Rules 2021, saying it is already ”sufficiently regulated” by various statutes, laws, guidelines, codes and regulations. ”The Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000) […]

14.8 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered on Monday

11:37 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 18.44 crore with 14,79,592 doses given on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry said 6,63,329 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and cumulatively 59,32,704 people across 36 states and […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

‘States have started implementing IMI 3.0 for kids, pregnant woman not immunised in routine drive’

4:08 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various states and Union territories have started implementing the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0, a campaign aimed at reaching those children and pregnant women who were not covered during the routine immunization program due to COVID-19, with nearly 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women vaccinated on the first day, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The campaign […]

Govt tightens rules for social media, OTT platforms

TRAI issues recommendations on regulatory framework for platform services offered by DTH

9:14 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI has issued its recommendations on the back reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the authority’s earlier guidelines on the regulatory framework for platform services offered by DTH. TRAI recommended that programmes transmitted by the direct-to-home (DTH) operators or multiple system operators (MSOs) or Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) operators as a platform service shall […]

German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal

11:26 pm January 29, 2021

Berlin: The head of Germany’s financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganised in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the finance ministry said Friday. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said after the scandal erupted last year that he wanted to revamp the country’s financial oversight system. One-time tech star Wirecard filed for protection […]

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