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Delhi High Court asks Centre to reply to plea challenging new IT rules

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea challenging the new Information Technology rules which seek to regulate digital news media

Shiv Sena slams Centre over transfer of Antilia bomb scare case to NIA

Shiv Sena slammed the Centre for handing the Antilia bomb scare case to NIA saying the agency is meant to investigate terrorism cases and has been handed a case without it any terrorism links

Punjab CM urges Centre to scrap farm laws, bring new ones after fresh talks

Highlighting that his government was opposed to the Centre's farm laws, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh urged the government not to stand on ego and prestige but to immediately scrap these legislations

Shiv Sena slams Central govt over privatisation of national assets

Shiv Sena raised questions over the credibility of Railways Minister Goyal's assurance in Lok Sabha that Railways will never be privatised while slamming the Centre for its pro-privatisation policies

Chidambaram slams Centre for 'failing miserably' in rolling out vaccination

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Centre for "failing miserably" in rolling out the Covid-19 vaccination for Indians

No plan to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine in India during pandemic: Pfizer

Company was the first vaccine maker to apply for an emergency-use authorisation in India.

Hindustan Syringes to supply 265 million syringes to govt for Covid shots

Medical syringe major Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices Ltd (HMD) has received an order for supply of 265 million auto disable syringes from Government of India, said a top company official

Indian non-profit challenges new content regulation rules for news media

An Indian non-profit which runs an independent news website on Tuesday challenged in court the country's new rules that seek to regulate content on digital news media

Govt set to move bill in Lok Sabha on unauthorised colonies in Delhi

The government on Tuesday will move in Lok Sabha a bill to amend the National Capital Territory of Delhi laws to identify the unauthorised colonies for regularisation

Top headlines: Govt to privatise profit-making PSUs, Wipro to buy Capco

Many states are open to the idea of petrol and diesel being brought under the goods and services tax (GST) regime - contrary to the perception that they are averse to it.

India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability

Govt is increasingly keen to deliver even specific items like toilets, water, gas cylinders, where it can show the beneficiary immediate results. This new welfarism helps win polls but not development

Govt notifies 5-mn-user threshold for significant social media intermediary

Facebook and Twitter said they are studying the rules; Experts question compliance with PDP Bill

Twitter files: Politicians, journalists and farmer news handles banned

The internal list comprises 62 accounts that stand rescinded as of publishing of this report

Restoration of sound taxation principles should be govt's next big reform

It's foolish not to tax things the demand for which is inelastic. This was the reason why salt used to be taxed till Gandhiji opposed it and the salt tax was abolished after independence

$3.5-bn govt fund for finishing stalled housing projects begins to pay off

The 'Special Window for Completion of Construction of Affordable and Mid-Income Housing Projects' (SWAMIH) fund was announced in November 2019

Twitter's battle with Indian govt gives boost to its local rival Koo

Koo, whose logo of a yellow chick bears a resemblance to Twitter's blue-and-white bird, was founded just a year ago and is a fraction the size of Twitter

In its battle with govt, Twitter should not surrender its principles easily

The government is pressing Twitter Inc. to shut down accounts which recently used a hashtag that - inaccurately and unfairly - accused India's prime minister of committing a "farmer genocide"

Withheld some India accounts, will back right of free expression: Twitter

Twitter said it has not blocked handles of civil society activists, politicians and media as "it would violate their fundamental right to free expression" guaranteed under the country's law

Modi asks farmers to end protests, slams 'foreign destructive interference'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to protesters to end their agitation against the new farm laws even as he questioned opposition parties for their sudden 'U-turn' on the reforms

'A feeling of safety': Govt officials get WhatsApp-like messaging app

Officials in some ministries have begun to use Sandes to communicate with each other.