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New Indian Express report, the post office building was completed on 3 May but creating drainage and water network took around two months while waiting for the minister's availability took another month.

Vande Bharat trains are all set to make their debut from the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai on August 19. The new train is expected to come with a slew of innovative safety and technical enhancement features. According to a Free Press Journal report, the new eight-coach Vande Bharat trains will come with a striking orange exterior will come with increased seat reclining angle, better access to mobile charging points, extended footrests for Executive Chair car class coaches and improvements in basin to prevent water splashes.

₹1,510.86 crore. DIIs after investing in the domestic market for straight-four sessions sold shares for ₹313.97 crore.More data came in Thursday showing a firm U.S.

SIM card dealers mandatory and discontinued the provision of bulk connections, in a bid to curb online financial frauds, communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The telecom operators will do mandatory registration of franchisee, point of sale (PoS) agents and distributors. This will help in eliminating the rogue PoS who by fraudulent practices issue SIMs to anti-social/anti-national elements.

union cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 57,613 crore green mobility scheme, seven multitracking rail projects worth Rs 32,500 crore and a Rs 13,000 crore scheme to upskill and provide concessional credit to craftsmen. "....Priority will be given to cities having no organised bus service," Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Singh Thakur told reporters after a meeting of the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) committee on 6 GHz spectrum as «biased» and said the panel itself was one-sided with it originally comprising only telecom industry associations — COAI and GSMA — with no representation from WiFi bodies. In a letter to telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dated August 4, the Broadband India Forum (BIF) — an association of tech players including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google etc — said after much prodding, it was included as a member, but the tech industry was still in a minority as WiFi industry bodies WBA and Wi-Fi Alliance were denied entry.

A total of Rs 57,613 crore has been allotted to the scheme. Of this, the central government will provide Rs 20,000 cr and the balance will be paid for by the state governments. With an eye on green mobility and climate change readiness, 10,000 new electric buses will be rolled out in 100 cities, Thakur said.

Hindustan Times. He also highlighted that Taiwan plays a crucial role in the manufacturing of semiconductors, and foresaw the devastating effects a war in the Taiwan Straits would have on the world economy, the HT report said, adding that the semiconductor supply chain is controlled by a few dominant companies. In July this year, Indian and Japanese officials held discussions in New Delhi, exploring potential collaboration in crucial areas such as semiconductors and establishing robust supply chains.

Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill has been granted assent by President Droupadi Murmu, making it into law. The permission was granted by the President on August 11 and it was notified in the gazette the same day. India, which is one of the largest data markets in the world, will finally get its privacy law with the President’s assent.

NEW DELHI : State-level data protection boards will not figure in the rules of the digital personal data protection (DPDP) bill as the difference in jurisdictions will pose a challenge to execution of the law, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister for railways, telecom and IT. In an interview, the minister added that the government will state and itemize instances that comprise fair and reasonable terms for apps to take consent from users under the law. Edited excerpts: The Constitution has clearly said where the laws will be made and who will make the laws.

Data Protection Board (DPB) before making any rules or passing any directions that are likely to have a direct or indirect impact on personal data privacy and digital security of Indian citizens, a senior government official told ET. This, the official said, would be done to avoid any confusion and variance in regulations regarding rules on personal data of citizens. “The RBI, for example, has already some rules around how data fiduciaries such as banks and financial institutions should handle the personal data of their Indian users.

Indian lawmakers have approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights

DPDP) Bill that the Rajya Sabha cleared on Wednesday will make social media companies operating in India more accountable, boost the business of the IT industry and change the way organisations process data of Indians, minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The exemptions that are given to the government under the proposed law are far fewer than what the European privacy law provides, he told Aashish Aryan & Surabhi Agarwal in an interview. Edited excerpts.How will having a privacy law further cement India’s position as tech powerhouse of the world? It will mean a lot for the Indian IT industry, which will find better traction all over the world.

Personal Data Protection law within 10 months, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 with a voice vote amid a walkout by opposition members over the Manipur issue. The Bill, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.

Personal Data Protection (DPDP) bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Addressing the House, Union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Under this bill, individuals using digital services have been given more power and more obligations have been imposed on companies using data of individuals.

alliance plagued by mutual distrust’ He reiterated his call for corruption, and dynastic and appeasement politics to quit India. He described the opposition alliance as 'ghamandia' (marked by arrogance) and congratulated the party's Rajya Sabha members for the "semi-final" win in voting on the Delhi services bill. Modi, sources said, noted that some opposition members had described the voting in Rajya Sabha as a semi-final before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as he exuded confidence about the BJP's prospects in the national elections.

BJP's Parliamentary Party meeting ahead of the no-confidence debate scheduled in the Lower House of Parliament today. BJP national president and party MP JP Nadda were among those who attended the meeting. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Mansukh Mandaviya including other ministers arrived for the meeting. The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government will face a no-confidence motion in Parliament. The no-confidence motion was moved by the opposition parties of I.N.D.I.A bloc and accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

NEW DELHI : The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the landmark Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill amid loud protests from the Opposition. The bill, which sets stiff penalties for data breaches, comes six years after the Supreme Court ruled that privacy was a fundamental right. It will now go to the Rajya Sabha for its approval.

On Monday, the Lok Sabha voted to pass the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had promised, when he withdrew the previous draft of the data protection law, that we would have a new law in force before the conclusion of India’s Monsoon Session of Parliament. Monday’s vote was the first step in that direction.

Lok Sabha Monday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill by a voice vote amid some slogan-shouting by Opposition members seeking a debate on the Manipur issue. On Monday, the bill was presented for passing and consideration by Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who said that the DPDP will safeguard the digital personal data of 1.4 billion citizens. The passage of the bill in the lower house brings India on the penultimate step of the country finally having its own digital data privacy law.

Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 which lays down the obligations of entities handling and processing data as well as the rights of individuals. The bill proposes a maximum penalty of Rs 250 crore and minimum of Rs 50 crore on entities violating the norms. The norms will apply to personal data collected within India from data principals online, and personal data collected offline, but subsequently digitised. It will also apply to such processing outside India if it is for offering goods or services to individuals in India. Union Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had tabled the bill in the lower house on August 3. Opposition had demanded that it should be sent to the standing committee for scrutiny. While moving the bill, Vaishnaw had rejected suggestions that it was a money bill saying it was a «normal bill». The bill provides for the processing of digital personal data in a manner “that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes”.