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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicAshwini Vaishnaw

Topic: Ashwini Vaishnaw

BJD backs Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as Odisha RS candidate, in ‘larger interest’ of state

BJD’s decision comes days after PM Narendra Modi, at an event in Odisha, called CM Naveen Patnaik a 'friend'. BJP is the principal Opposition party in Odisha, which is headed for polls this year.

Those criticising mobile manufacturing in India don’t know what is manufacturing, says Vaishnaw

Inaugurating new smartphone manufacturing unit in Noida, Union Minister of Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw says govt’s PLI scheme led to incremental job creation of 5,00,000 in the industry.

Govt says deepfake regulation coming soon, considering penalty for content creators, social media

After discussing with industry leaders, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has promised actionable plan in about 10 days. Says companies agree with govt view that deepfakes aren't 'free speech'.

Will meet social media platforms on deepfake issue, no immunity unless steps taken, says Vaishnaw

IT minister says govt has issued a notice to companies including Meta and Google on deepfakes and the need to take action against them.

‘Human error likely’ — initial investigation into Andhra train accident points to ‘signal overshoot’

East Coast Railway CPRO says automatic application of emergency brakes would have been possible if a 'Kavach' system had been in place. Collision left 13 dead, over 50 injured.

Indian Railways has over 53,000 safety staff positions lying vacant, govt tells Parliament

CRS probe into Balasore triple train tragedy found it was caused by lapses on part of signal & telecommunication dept, which govt says currently has 3,638 vacant positions.

Indian Railways has 2.5 lakh-plus posts lying vacant, highest in northern zone, govt tells RS

Vacancies are filled up primarily by placement of indents by Railways with recruitment agencies as per operational requirements, Ashwini Vaishnaw informs Upper House of Parliament.

In the footsteps of Mobile World Congress, Centre wants India positioned as ‘global tech powerhouse’

The 7th edition of Asia’s largest technology exhibition, the India Mobile Congress is co-hosted by the Department of Telecommunications and Cellular Operators Association of India.

‘No impact on India’s semiconductor goals’, says govt as Foxconn pulls out of joint venture with Vedanta

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweets that it is not for govt 'to get into why or how two private companies choose to partner or not'.

India to begin producing its first domestic microchips by end of 2024, reports Financial Times

IT minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said Micron Technology would start construction in August on $2.75 billion chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat, the newspaper reported.

On Camera

Give Trump a Nobel already. He has united Modi, Xi and Putin

Both India and the US should realise that whether it is trade or security, strategy or diplomacy, relationships cannot be one-sided.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.