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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicIT ministry

Topic: IT ministry

X says Indian govt issued blocking order for Reuters, 2,300+ accounts. IT ministry denies

X's statement counters govt's statement from Sunday that there was 'no requirement' from it to 'withhold Reuters handle'. The platform also expressed concerns over press censorship in India.

Govt clarifies on advisory asking companies to seek nod for AI platforms — ‘won’t apply to startups’

On Friday, IT Ministry issued advisory asking companies to seek permission from government before launching untested AI platforms in India.

Embarrassed Pakistanis have a question—does anyone in IT ministry know how to take a screenshot?

Pakistan's Ministry of IT & Telecom posted a picture of newspaper clippings neatly pasted on A4 sheets on X to persuade citizens to pat the government's back.

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.

As Apple alerts row heats up, IT minister Vaishnaw says govt looking into Oppn leaders’ claims

BJP says Apple should clarify about the alerts it has sent out to Opposition leaders, and rejected snooping allegations against the government as 'baseless and false'.

Open to Chinese investment but subject to compliance with Indian laws, says IT minister

Modi govt ramped up scrutiny of Chinese businesses after a 2020 border clash between the two countries, banning more than 300 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

India–’Mother of democracy’ & ‘first step towards decolonisation’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Outright lie’: Union minister slams Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s claims against BJP govt

In an interview, Dorsey said the Centre threatened to shut down Twitter and pressured it to block journalists who were critical of the government during 2020-21 farmers’ protests.

All about Modi govt’s new draft rules for online gaming — KYC to skirting ‘skill vs chance’ debate

The rules mandate extra safeguards and KYC procedures to be followed by gaming intermediaries, but jurisdictional issues and concerns over definitions need to be addressed.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.