Ravi Shankar Prasad to leave for G20 IT conference in Argentina; to visit Silicon Valley PTI Aug 22, 2018 After the G20 conference, Prasad will visit the Silicon Valley in California, USA, where he will meet CEOs of large IT companies…
Modi government seeks public comments on draft data protection Bill by Sept 10 PTI Aug 16, 2018 The government has sought public feedback on draft data protection bill which proposes seeking “explicit consent” for processing…
CSC to register Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries; Health Ministry keen to support tele-medicines Express Computer Aug 1, 2018 Common Service Center (CSC) and National Health Accounts (NHA) have signed an MoU to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme through…
Cambridge Analytica data breach case will be investigated by CBI, confirms Ravi Shankar Prasad Associated Press Jul 27, 2018 The minister of electronics and information technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the Central Bureau of Investigation will…
Aadhaar biometric data cannot be hacked: Ravi Shankar Prasad IANS Jul 16, 2018 The biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times, Union Minister for Information Technology…
CSCs to be engaged as Banking Correspondents under pact with HDFC Bank PTI Jul 5, 2018 Village-level entrepreneurs who run common services centres (CSC) in the country will operate as banking correspondents of HDFC…
Modi govt to expand BPO promotion scheme, plans largest National Data Centre in Bhopal Mohit Rathod Jun 19, 2018 The government plans to expand its BPO promotion scheme to one lakh seats and will also set up India’s largest National data…
Government seeks Facebook’s explanation over data sharing by June 20 Mohit Rathod Jun 11, 2018 The Indian government has sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20 on reports that the social networking giant shared…
CAIT urges govt to take immediate steps to secure consumer, business data Mohit Rathod Jun 6, 2018 Traders body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has urged the IT Ministry to take immediate steps to ensure data security…
India becoming a major mobile manufacturing hub: Ravi Shankar Prasad Mohit Rathod Jun 1, 2018 India is becoming a major manufacturing hub of mobile phones with the number of handset factories in the country going up to 120,…