Ashwini Vaishnav

Google for India 2022 event Highlights: Google India successfully concluded the event with some major announcements

8th edition of Google for India 2022 was live-streamed on YouTube. Union Minister of Railways, Communication, and Information & technology Ashwini Vaishnaw was the chief guest. He shared the stage with Google CEO Sundar Pichai. 

Dec 19, 2022, 12:28 PM IST

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren writes letter to Railway minister, alleges 'Rail officials are involved in ILLEGAL...'

Jharkhand Latest Updates: He alleged on Wednesday that as part of a conspiracy, the Railways is not integrating its FIOS with the JIMMS portal of Jharkhand State and mineral wealth is being transported illegally by rail without challans or on the basis of fake challans.

Dec 15, 2022, 10:40 AM IST

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav slams Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs: 'Employees should have got...'

Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs: The layoffs, largest-ever in Twitter history, are being done as a part of big management changes post company's takeover by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The layoffs in India were done across departments, from sales to marketing, from content curation to corporate communications. Twitter employees in India last week lost access to their official emails and internal Slack and group chats.

Nov 07, 2022, 13:13 PM IST

5G in India: 200 big cities including 4 cities of Odisha to get high-speed internet in phase 1, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

5G roll-out in India: At least four cities of Odisha will get the 5G telephony services by March 2023 and 80 per cent area of the state will have access to the upgraded network by the end of next year. 

Oct 17, 2022, 14:49 PM IST

Agnipath Protest: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav urges to stop violence

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has given a big statement on the ongoing protests across the country against the Agnipath scheme Protest. He has appealed to the students not to damage the trains.

Jun 17, 2022, 18:56 PM IST

Passengers to get bedrolls, blankets in trains? Check what Indian Railways has to say

Indian Railways had stopped offering bedrolls and blankets in trains due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dec 11, 2021, 14:03 PM IST

Indian Railways likely to resume THESE services after over 18-month halt due to COVID-19

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav is likely to conduct a meeting next week to discuss and mull over the resumption of services related to food being served in the trains and other related issues.

Oct 23, 2021, 08:28 AM IST

Big boost for telecom players! Cabinet approves 4-year moratorium on AGR dues, 100% FDI

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said nine structural reforms for the telecom sector were approved.

Sep 15, 2021, 16:49 PM IST

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen suspended for remainder of Monsoon session

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen has been suspended for the rest of the Monsoon Session, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu took the decision a day after he snatched the papers from Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore them during a heated debate over the Pegasus row. 

Jul 23, 2021, 12:07 PM IST

Gujarat: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw travels in rail engine

A video of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav has surfaced in which he is seen traveling in the engine of the train.

Jul 17, 2021, 23:00 PM IST