It Ministry

Goa to bridge gap between manpower and IT industry requirements: Minister

IT minister chaired a "brain storming session" with the academia, IT industry and government officials in Panaji to understand the gap existing between the manpower and the industry requirement

Telecom dept removes five products from its prior mandatory testing list

DoT has exempted "Mobile user equipment/mobile handset", "server", "smart watch", "smart camera" and "point of sale devices" from "prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters"

Marginalised people should get benefits of technology: IT minister Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said digital divide should be bridged for digital inclusion to take place so that the marginalised people are not left out from technological development.

India becoming 'content hub' of the world: Anurag Thakur at Cannes Festival

IT minister Anurag Thakur made a pitch for India becoming a "content hub of the world" as he led a star-studded delegation at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Govt to review design linked incentive scheme to support 100 cos: MoS IT

The government will review norms of the design linked incentive (DLI) program which envisages supporting 100 companies involved in product design in the semiconductor space, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said

Qualcomm, MeitY partner to support Indian semiconductor startups

The collaboration will support a group of promising semiconductor design startups

Govt sets timeline to launch first indigenous commercial chipsets by 2024

The Minister of State for Electronics and IT said that the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) programme aims to create future generations of microprocessors

IT minister Vaishnaw takes part in countdown event for Yoga Day in Delhi

The International Day of Yoga is celebrated all over the world on June 21 every year

Indian startup ecosystem gains global recognition: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Terming startups as "accelerators", he said the combination of their multiplier force along with the strength of a trusted post office network can yield phenomenal results

PM Modi to inaugurate India's first Semicon Conference on April 29

Semicon India 2022, a 3-day conference, is being organised to take forward the vision of PM Modi to make India a leader in electronics manufacturing, semiconductor design, manufacturing and innovation

WhatsApp bans over 1.4 mn bad accounts in India in Feb

WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned 1,426,000 bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021

MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar to attend India Global Forum event on Mar 7-8

Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be attending the India Global Forum (IGF) event at Bengaluru on March 7-8, an official statement said on Sunday.

Policy in 7-8 days to promote pvt sector R&D in railways: Vaishnaw

The Indian Railways will come up with a policy in the next 7-8 days to make private-sector research and development a major part of the railway budget with 90 per cent allocation in the future, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday. While speaking in the concluding session of a post-Budget webinar on technology-enabled development, the railway minister said the defence and space sector has already broken the silos by opening up research and development (R&D) for the private sector and the same needs to be done in other sectors as well. "We are starting something in the Railways soon. In another 7-8 days, we will launch a new policy where private sector R&D would become an integral part or rather major part of railways R&D budget. "We do hope that going forward, probably 90 per cent of railways R&D budget would be in the private sector compared with 100 per cent in the public sector at present," Vaishnaw said. Vaishnaw, who also handles the telecom and IT ...

Google removes over 100,000 pieces of bad content in India in January

The 104,285 pieces of content were removed under various categories like Copyright, Trademark, Court Order, Graphic Sexual Content, Circumvention, and others

Hoping Parliament clears data protection law by Monsoon session: Vaishnaw

Extensive deliberations are on over various aspects and suggestions related to the draft data protection Bill, and the government hopes to resolve certain complex issues soon, Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Regulation coming to put onus of cyber crime reporting on orgs: MoS IT

The government is coming up with a regulation that will make organisations hit by any cybercrime incidence to disclose it before the government, Minister of State for Electronics and IT said

Bill Gates to address BioAsia in fireside chat with Telangana IT Minister

Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates will speak about the road ahead for life science and healthcare industries at BioAsia 2022, beginning from February 24.

Capgemini views India as more than a delivery centre: Group CEO Aiman Ezzat

The company is increasing the number of centres of excellence in the country this year. Many of these will now focus on technologies like IoT, smart factory, intelligent supply chain

Make Big Tech accountable to communities and society: MoS Electronics & IT

Nations must cooperate to make firms like Facebook, Google answerable: Min

'Superb response,' says Vaishnaw on govt's semiconductor manufacturing push

Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday welcomed the "superb" response from the industry for the government's semiconductor manufacturing initiatives.