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Topic: MeitY

Ahead of 8th Pay Commission, IAS officers elect new body with MeitY secretary at the helm

The newly elected executive committee members include Sriram Taranikanti and A. Anbarasu as vice-presidents and Kunal as secretary and Aditi Singh as treasurer.

Working with X to resolve matter, says Reuters on handles blocked in India

Other secondary accounts of news agency on X remain fully accessible in India. News website also continues to be reachable for users.

MeitY contradicts X, says no requirement from Indian govt to withhold Reuters handle

Referring to Reuters handles being withheld in India, spokesperson for Ministry of Electronics & IT says Indian govt is working with X (formerly Twitter) to ‘resolve the problem’.

MeiTY’s IndiaAI seeks proposals for ethical AI use, deepfake detection & risk mitigation frameworks

IndiaAI, an independent business division under Ministry of Electronics & IT, has invited applications of interest for collaborative proposals for undertaking ‘safe & trusted’ AI projects.

MeitY, UP govt organise Digital India consultation workshop

The event in Lucknow focused on raising awareness about key initiatives under the Digital India Programme, including DigiLocker, Entity Locker, API Setu, OpenForge, myScheme, UMANG, and UX4G.

AI governance a delicate dance between innovation & oversight. MeitY’s 2024 advisory shows why

The 2024 advisory goes well beyond the scope of the IT rules by seemingly creating an AI governance mandate – raising questions about its validity and the future of AI governance in India.

Intermediaries sought govt fact-check unit, IT rules not ‘arbitrary’, says minister Chandrasekhar

MeitY’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar made remarks at conclave of Digital News Publishers Association, an industry body for online news publishers. Fact-check unit proposed in 2023.

MeitY advisory on social media safety can backfire. It must be revisited

The new advisory can make the experience of using social media platforms frustrating. It creates new challenges instead of resolving existing ones.

Global framework required to leverage the opportunities of AI, says MeitY official at tech summit

Abhishek Singh, CEO of National e-Governance Division, said at Global Technology Summit organised in Delhi that Govt of India views AI regulation from 'point of user harm'.

Govt cracks down on deepfakes after viral Rashmika Mandanna ‘video’ — ‘They harm women more’

In advisory to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) asks social media giants to remove misleading content within 36 hours.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.