Govt to set up Digital Intelligence Unit to probe financial frauds
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Monday directed officials to set up a Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) to coordinate with various stakeholders in investigating fraudulent activity involving telecom resources.
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Twitter over mechanism to check fake news
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to both the central government and Twitter on a mechanism to check fake news, hate messages, seditious and incendiary content on the micro-blogging site, media reports said.
Social media sites in India have to follow law of the land : Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Taking a stern stand, the government on Thursday said the social media companies will have to completely abide by the Indian laws or face strict action.
Govt to open 1K additional Mandis for farmers: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna/UNI: Union Law and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that 1,000 additional Mandis will be established across the country to help the farmers to sell their produce digitally with just one click while lauding the farmers for doing business worth Rs 1.40 lakh crore through the platform.
New Delhi/IBNS: Jammu Kashmir's special status under Article 370 of the constitution will not be restored, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Saturday, directly negating People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti's call for a fresh push on the matter amid the coming together of regional parties of the state under Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
Discussions will resume again: Shashi Tharoor after meeting Facebook India chief
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, on Wednesday informed that the Facebook representatives will appear again to resume the discussion on the row over the social media giant's content policy.
'Facebook employees on record abuse PM Modi', Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Mark Zuckerberg
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid a row over Facebook being allegedly biased towards the members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to the social media giant's founder Mark Zuckerberg alleging quite the opposite.
Ravi Shankar Prasad goes into self-isolation, met COVID-19 Amit Shah on Saturday
New Delhi/UNI: Union Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that he was absolutely fine and has isolated himself at home for few days as he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah a day before the former BJP president tested Corona positive.
Ban on Chinese apps was a digital strike on China: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday described the sudden ban on 59 Chinese apps a "digital strike" after the bloody face-off in Ladakh's Galwan valley almost two weeks ago.
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New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi hours after he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "absolutely silent" even as the Chinese "have taken our territory".
No plans to shut down or sell BSNL: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi/UNI: The government has no plans to shut down or sell BSNL to private players, Union Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Women’s contribution in cleanliness drive is immense: Union Minister Ravi Shankar
Patna/UNI: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the contribution of women in cleanliness drive across the country has been immense.
BJP slams Congress on its 'Rajdharma' jibe
New Delhi/UNI: BJP on Friday lashed out at the Congress for teaching 'Rajdharma' to the saffron party and alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was instigating people.
Don't preach us rajdharma: Ravi Shankar Prasad hits back at Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time when Delhi is on edge after witnessing the deadly violence over the new citizenship law, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi not to teach his party the 'rajdharma'.
Congress slams BJP-led Centre over Justice S Muralidhar's transfer, BJP calls routine one
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice S Muralidhar, who came down hard upon the Centre, Delhi government and police over the Delhi violence, which has claimed 32 lives, the Congress on Wednesday traded charges against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pressurising the judicial system on Wednesday to only get refuted by the saffron party which called the transfer as a "routine" one.