AI And Climate Change Future Business Risks For Indian Firms By 2028: Report
India is rapidly emerging as a global cybersecurity hub, driven by more than 400 startups and a skilled workforce of over 6.5 lakh professionals, powering a $20 billion cybersecurity industry, according to data from the IT Ministry.
Nov 19, 2025, 19:25 PM IST
Operation Sindoor: IT Ministry Shares Do’s And Don’ts For Internet Users Amid India-Pakistan Tensions
India-Pakistan Conflict: The ministry (MeitY) has outlined key do’s and don’ts to help citizens navigate the online space responsibly during this sensitive time, aiming to maintain digital safety and national security.
May 10, 2025, 16:25 PM IST
34 Supercomputers With 35 Petaflops Capacity Deployed Across India: IT Ministry
Adding further, more than 22,000 individuals have been trained in HPC and AI skills. Start-ups and MSMEs are leveraging these supercomputing resources to advance their HPC-driven projects.
Apr 28, 2025, 19:17 PM IST
Aadhaar Face Authentication Sees Over 130.5 Cr Transactions, 39.5 Cr In Jan-March
Face authentication is also working as a robust alternative and helping senior citizens and all those who have issues with the quality of their fingerprints due to several reasons including manual work or health issues.
Apr 02, 2025, 10:38 AM IST
Centre Expands Aadhaar Authentication To Boost Good Governance, Ease Of Living
Aadhaar Authentication: The amendment enables both government and non-government entities to avail Aadhaar authentication service for providing various services in the public interest for related specific purposes like enablement of innovation, spread of knowledge, promoting ease of living of residents and enabling better access to services for them.
Feb 01, 2025, 10:20 AM IST
India’s Digital Economy To Contribute One-Fifth Of Overall Economy By 2030
According to the report, India is the third largest digitalised country in the world in terms of economy-wide digitalisation, and 12th among the G20 countries in the level of digitalisation of individual users, said the IT Ministry.
Jan 29, 2025, 12:59 PM IST
India Continues To Outpace Global Peers On Economic Growth: Centre
At a time when global growth is expected to remain at 2.7 per cent in 2025-26, this remarkable performance underscores India’s resilience and its growing significance in shaping the world’s economic trajectory, said Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Jan 18, 2025, 22:41 PM IST
CERT-In Finds Multiple Bugs In Microsoft Edge, Advises Users To Update
CERT-In has joined hands with financial giant Mastercard to promote cooperation and information sharing in the area of cybersecurity related to the financial sector.
Jun 24, 2024, 21:08 PM IST
Reserve Bank Mulls Digital India Trust Agency To Combat Cyber Fraud
The introduction of DIGITA is expected to enhance transparency and accountability within the digital lending sector.
Mar 31, 2024, 15:09 PM IST
IT Ministry, NIXI To Unveil BhashaNet Portal To Boost Digital Inclusion
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Governance division, MeitY, are actively supporting the Universal Acceptance Day.
Mar 20, 2024, 18:12 PM IST
85% intermediaries say new IT rules will negatively impact ease of doing business
More than 85 per cent of social media and internet intermediaries feel that the harsh compliance mandates in the new IT Rules 2021 would negatively impact the ease of doing business in India.
Jul 06, 2022, 15:39 PM IST
All companies should abide by laws of India, says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that "be it any company, in any sector, they should abide by the laws of India".
Jul 06, 2022, 12:57 PM IST
Twitter moves Karnataka HC, challenges Centre's order to take down content
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a tweet said all platforms have the right to approach court but they have unambiguous obligation to comply with laws.
Jul 06, 2022, 09:26 AM IST
'Remove content justifying Udaipur beheading OTHERWISE..': Centre warns social media platforms
Taking yet another preventive measure, the Centre on Friday directed the social media platforms to remove content glorifying the brutal Udaipur beheading incident in the name of avenging insult to Islam. A notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT said, “social media platforms need to remove content which encourages, glorifies or justifies brutal murder in Udaipur.”
Jul 01, 2022, 18:15 PM IST
Aadhaar card update: Centre takes back statement advising cardholders against sharing photocopies
The Indian government has withdrawn its press note urging citizens not to share the photocopy of the document with anyone.
May 29, 2022, 15:40 PM IST
Scientist working with IT Ministry jumps off 7th floor in suspected suicide
The scientist who jumped to his death from Shastri Bhawan on Monday (May 23) has been identified as Rajesh Mallik.
May 23, 2022, 19:52 PM IST
Indian IT firms should eye $300 billion annual revenue, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
Digital revenue share stood at 30-32 per cent, recording an incremental revenue of $13 billion in FY2022 (estimated).
Feb 15, 2022, 20:09 PM IST
IT industry can play a key role in raising services exports to $1 trillion a year, says Piyush Goyal
He lauded the IT industry’s proposal to create IT hubs in tier-2 and tier-3 towns across the country and said the Central government would go all out to help the industry get top-class facilities.
Jan 16, 2022, 19:20 PM IST
Bulli Bai controversy: All you need to know about the app targeting Muslim women on social media
The controversial Bulli Bai app displayed doctored faces of influential Muslim women with a derogatory tagline that read "Sulli deal of the day". It is to be noted that 'Sulli' is a derogatory term used against women. The app creators would use the photos illegally obtained from the women's social media handles and convince people to take part in the "auction".
Jan 03, 2022, 09:35 AM IST
'Bulli Bai' controversy: IT Ministry takes action; mobile app creator blocked, FIR lodged
An FIR has been registered under section 509 in Cyber Police station of South-East district, Delhi Police said. This comes six months after police in Delhi registered a case in connection with photos of Muslim women being uploaded and "auctioned" on a Github app.
Jan 03, 2022, 08:17 AM IST