Ministry Of Communications And Information

China is planning to conduct thorough research around the potential applications and possibilities of manufacturing and communicating using the metaverse. This shift in the country’s focus comes after its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled an ambitious three-year action plan for the industrial innovation and developme...

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has approved a digital advertisement policy to enable and empower its advertising wing, the Central Bureau of Communication, to undertake campaigns in the ever-growing digital media space.

The central government has empanelled four "influencer" marketing agencies to improve public outreach of its initiatives and campaigns, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has told Parliament.

The Digital Communications Commission approved the issuance of separate licences for satellite earth station gateways that connect space communications with land-based networks.

The government plans to digitise over 3,100 crore documents ahead of the launch of Phase 3 of the e-Courts project, which will include legacy records and pending cases. The move to digitise these documents will cost Rs. 2,038.40 crore, and the implementation of the upcoming phase is being coordinated by the Department of Justice in the Union Law Mi...

To facilitate the sales and distribution of national flags under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, all post offices across the country will function on holidays, falling before Independence Day 2022, informed the Ministry of Communications on Saturday.

India and Japan participated in the fourth India-Japan cyber dialogue held virtually on Thursday. The two countries discussed cooperation in 5G telecom technology. Both sides also reviewed the progress in the areas of cybersecurity and information and communication technology, discussing important areas of bilateral cyber cooperation.

Joe Mucheru, the cabinet secretary of Kenya’s information and communications ministry has warned people about rising crypto scams. He claimed that 2021 saw Kenyans losing around $120 million (roughly Rs. 915 crore) to crypto scam attacks. The national media has been asked to report as many of such instances as possible to raise awareness among in...

BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, is the new Railways Minister and will head the Ministries of Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology Information as well, the government announced on Wednesday.

A Community Radio Station (CRS) in Maharashtra’s Nashik city-Radio Vishwas-has bagged two awards at the 8th edition of the National Community Radio Awards instituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Amid the ongoing "toolkit" row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the parliamentary panel on information and technology had written to the IT ministry over its communication with Twitter on the ''manipulated media" issue and received a reply on it.

The government is setting up a nodal agency called Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) to work with law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and telecom service providers for investigating fraudulent activities involving telecom resources. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday chaired a high-level meetin...

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday released a communication strategy to support the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in India that seeks to disseminate accurate and transparent information by alleviating apprehensions and ensuring its acceptance.

Private television channel Sudarshan TV can air the pending episodes of its hugely controversial programme 'Bindas Bol' only after suitable "modifications" and "moderations", the government said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said the "UPSC Jihad" programme, which showed episodes on Muslims "infiltrating government service...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) in order to facilitate the use of electronic enforcement and maintenance of vehicular documents through information technology portal. The new rules will come into effect from October 1, 2020.

China is planning to conduct thorough research around the potential applications and possibilities of manufacturing and communicating using the metaverse. This shift in the country’s focus comes after its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled an ambitious three-year action plan for the industrial innovation and developme...

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has approved a digital advertisement policy to enable and empower its advertising wing, the Central Bureau of Communication, to undertake campaigns in the ever-growing digital media space.

The central government has empanelled four "influencer" marketing agencies to improve public outreach of its initiatives and campaigns, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has told Parliament.

The Digital Communications Commission approved the issuance of separate licences for satellite earth station gateways that connect space communications with land-based networks.

The government plans to digitise over 3,100 crore documents ahead of the launch of Phase 3 of the e-Courts project, which will include legacy records and pending cases. The move to digitise these documents will cost Rs. 2,038.40 crore, and the implementation of the upcoming phase is being coordinated by the Department of Justice in the Union Law Mi...

To facilitate the sales and distribution of national flags under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, all post offices across the country will function on holidays, falling before Independence Day 2022, informed the Ministry of Communications on Saturday.

India and Japan participated in the fourth India-Japan cyber dialogue held virtually on Thursday. The two countries discussed cooperation in 5G telecom technology. Both sides also reviewed the progress in the areas of cybersecurity and information and communication technology, discussing important areas of bilateral cyber cooperation.

Joe Mucheru, the cabinet secretary of Kenya’s information and communications ministry has warned people about rising crypto scams. He claimed that 2021 saw Kenyans losing around $120 million (roughly Rs. 915 crore) to crypto scam attacks. The national media has been asked to report as many of such instances as possible to raise awareness among in...

BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, is the new Railways Minister and will head the Ministries of Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology Information as well, the government announced on Wednesday.

A Community Radio Station (CRS) in Maharashtra’s Nashik city-Radio Vishwas-has bagged two awards at the 8th edition of the National Community Radio Awards instituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Amid the ongoing "toolkit" row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the parliamentary panel on information and technology had written to the IT ministry over its communication with Twitter on the ''manipulated media" issue and received a reply on it.

The government is setting up a nodal agency called Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) to work with law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and telecom service providers for investigating fraudulent activities involving telecom resources. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday chaired a high-level meetin...

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday released a communication strategy to support the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in India that seeks to disseminate accurate and transparent information by alleviating apprehensions and ensuring its acceptance.

Private television channel Sudarshan TV can air the pending episodes of its hugely controversial programme 'Bindas Bol' only after suitable "modifications" and "moderations", the government said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said the "UPSC Jihad" programme, which showed episodes on Muslims "infiltrating government service...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) in order to facilitate the use of electronic enforcement and maintenance of vehicular documents through information technology portal. The new rules will come into effect from October 1, 2020.