Three students from Manipur stranded in Ukraine return home

And as many as three Indian nationals from Manipur, particularly students, who were struck in war-torn Ukraine and later evacuated arrived in Imphal today. Union Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh visited the Airport to receive the returnees. Also Read: Congress’ K Meghachandra accuses BJP rival of using force, seeks repolls […]

Two more Assamese students evacuated from Ukraine return home

Two more students of Assam reached back to their home state from war-torn Ukraine. The two students identified as Animesh Das of Guwahati and Swastik Raj from Bongaigaon arrived at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport yesterday evening. The two students thanked the Government of India for rescuing them and also talked of the current situation […]

No decision yet on nationwide NRC: Govt

The government has not taken any decision on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) for the whole country, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Parliament on Tuesday. He, however, said the government has decided to update the National Population Register (NPR) under the Citizenship Act, 1955, along with the first phase of Census […]

NHRC directs Centre, Arunachal Pradesh govt to ensure basic human rights of border villagers

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Arunachal Pradesh as well as the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India (GOI), to ensure basic human rights of six hundred villagers living in India-China border of Arunachal Pradesh at the earliest. Acting on the Petition filed by […]

Govt serves final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of new IT rules

Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new guidelines failing which resultant consequences as enjoined in the law shall follow. A letter issued by the Ministry […]

WhatsApp row: ‘Govt doesn’t intend to break encryption by new IT Rules’, say sources

By imposing the new IT Rules that would require the messaging services to “trace” the origin of particular messages sent on the service, the Government of India does not intend to break encryption, said sources. “Intermediary Guidelines require identifying the originator only when other means of finding out the culprit are not possible. And, the […]

WhatsApp moves Delhi HC against India’s new IT rules

WhatsApp on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against the Centre’s recently imposed IT Rules that would require the messaging services to “trace” the origin of particular messages sent on the service. WhatsApp through its statement said, “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every […]

Govt clears Rs 48,000 crore deal to buy 83 Tejas Mk 1A fighters for air force

In a major boost for ‘Make in India’in defence, the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about Rs 48,000 crores to buy 83 LCA Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets. The deal to be signed in the next few days with HAL […]

Government bans 43 more mobile apps from user’s access in India

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act for blocking access to 43 mobile apps. According to an official statement, “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity […]