Government is working on a mobile app which will give access to over 1,000 services from Centre and state governments and would be launched by December 2016, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. “We are going to launch a common mobile. In this app we will give services of central government, state government and […]
India-born CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella today said developers and entrepreneurs from India are playing a key role in driving innovation both in the country and outside and the company wants to be the platform for creators here. Nadella, on a one-day trip to India, today met Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as […]
NEW DELHI: People will soon have to dial just a single-number ‘112’ for help during emergency situations such as availing services of police, ambulance and the fire department. The proposal to have a single number for various emergency services, approved by the inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission, would be similar to the ‘911’ all-in-one emergency service […]
The number of Internet users in the country is expected to go up to 50 crore, from the present over 40 crore, in next 5-8 months, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. “The number of people using Internet has crossed 40 crore in the country at present. I am expecting this number to go […]
The government is funding a research project on 5G technology being undertaken by Country’s premier academic institutions with an outlay of Rs. 36.51 crores, Indian Parliament was informed today. “The Department of Electronics and IT is funding a collaborative research project on 5G being undertaken by premier academic institutions across the country”, Communications and IT […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, an Indian state-owned telecommunications company is back on track for recovery with Rs 672-crore operating profit in 2014-15 and is likely to report the first net profit in the last nine years within 2018, communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The company’s income from services grew 4.16% to 27,242 crore in […]
IT Minister Ravi Shankar has warned social media companies against misusing user’s data to influence upcoming 2019 elections, saying that it would no longer be tolerated. Moreover, the government is also looking forward to Justice Srikrishna Committee report on data protection and law. Speaking in the context, Prasad added, “We won’t tolerate misuse of data […]
While Facebook data leak controversy is still in hot waters, the Centre has sent a six-point notice to British political firm Cambridge Analytica seeking answers on whether it is involved in any projects that include the use of private data of Indian citizens in any form. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued […]