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Meanwhile, the PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware has attracted a cumulative investment of ₹717.13 crore, resulted in cumulative production worth ₹12,195.84 crore, and generated 5,056 direct jobs as of June 2025.
AI Compute Portal: India has also launched an open GPU marketplace, expanding access to high-performance computing for startups, researchers, and students.
In June 2023, global semiconductor giant Micron announced plans to build a semiconductor assembly and testing plant in Gujarat, marking a pivotal investment in India’s semiconductor landscape.
India is the world's largest consumer internet market for tech giants like Meta and Google.
Over 10.58 billion transaction count happened in August 2023 against 9.96 billion transaction count in July 2023, which is a 61% y-o-y growth. The payment service witnessed over 15.76 lakh crore transaction in August 2023 in terms of amount in rupees against 15.34 lakh crore in July 2023.
The impetus behind these upcoming new regulations lies in the country's ambitious goals for digital transformation and economic growth. India is witnessing rapid digitization and cloudification of its economy, leading to an exponential surge in the digital ecosystem.
The court ruled that Twitter was served notices, to which it did not comply, India's Deputy Minister for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said in a tweet.
PM Modi will launch 5G services in India tomorrow.
He will inaugurate the sixth edition of India Mobile congress, which to be held from Oct 1 to 4.
Earlier, Government had held 5G spectrum auctions.
5G services will soon launch in India: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Govt allocated 5G spectrum in mid-August.
5G is the fifth-generation mobile network, can transmit high speed data without latency.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Skill Development Rajeev Chandrasekhar backs moonlighting.
'Days are long gone when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job', he says.
Moonlighting meaning taking side gigs or projects along with a regular job secretively.
Information and Technology minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw will be coming up with a new version of the Data Protection Bill
He said that the ministry will bring a complete overhaul of cyber laws
Data protection is among the most significant issues being debated in public space due to the growing role of technology
The Personal Data Protection Bill sought to establish a Data Protection Authority in the country for the protection of digital privacy of individuals.
The former Afghan Communications Minister is doing pizza delivery work in Germany these days. In the midst of the Afghan crisis, some of his pictures are going viral, in which he is seen wearing a pizza company's uniform and going for delivery. Syed Ahmed Shah Saadat has held several other important posts along with the Minister of Communications in Afghanistan. In such a situation, delivering pizza like this is shocking for everyone. However, Syed has no shame in calling himself a delivery boy.
With the issue of "snooping" using Israeli Pegasus spyware snowballing into a massive political row in Parliament and outside, Union Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will make a detailed statement in Rajya Sabha.
Ashwini Vaishnaw is India's new IT and Railway minister
He is a former IAS officer and an ex-IITian
He has done MBA from Wharton School, US
On Friday (June 25) morning, Twitter blocked the Twitter account of India's Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for an hour. The Union minister said that Twitter blocked his account for about an hour "on the grounds that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the United States was violated".
On Friday (June 25) morning, Twitter denied Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad access to his own account on Twitter. Although the minister's Twitter account was open for public viewing, Twitter did not allow any authorized person to log in or access the account to make any post.
On Friday (June 25) morning, Twitter denied Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad access to his own account on Twitter. Although the minister's Twitter account was open for public viewing, Twitter did not allow any authorized person to log in or access the account to make any post.
“The country is not dependent upon Twitter," the Union IT Minister said.
His comments on American social media firms have come amid the Twitter controversy.
Twitter has failed to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines that came into effect on May 26.
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