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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicDraft Telecom Bill 2022

Topic: Draft Telecom Bill 2022

Can telcos team up to offer Truecaller-like service? TRAI’s idea has takers, but concerns remain

Telecom regulatory body has proposed a mechanism to help users identify spam callers. Experts welcome the move but express concerns about its implementation with limited resources.

Modi govt again extends feedback deadline for telecom bill, list of concerns grow

Industry bodies criticises 'overarching powers', 'unwanted oversight' which govt will have under 'garb of national security'. Data privacy & OTT regulations are other areas of concern.

Signal to Telegram, India wants to monitor communication apps. But telecom bill not the answer

Involving the DoT to now govern digital communications applications may serve as a disruption with no guarantee of desired policy outcomes.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.