data protection

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the India-US deal essentially handed over India's data to the United States of America, and that no one, except him, raised any concerns about it.Gandhi made this statement while responding to questions about data...

Mumbai, February 28 – Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Jayant Patil sharply criticized the MahaYuti government’s newly formulated Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy for agriculture on Saturday.During the debate, he acknowledged the potential of the technology but accused the...

New Delhi, February 27 The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to all states and Union territories, as well as certain central government departments, over alleged risks to children's privacy arising from a collaboration between a US-based artificial intelligence company and an...

Kochi, February 27 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala accused the Chief Minister's Office on Friday of leaking the personal details of over one crore people in Kerala, including lakhs of women registered under the Stree Suraksha scheme, to a private agency for election-related purposes...

New Delhi, February 27 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Department of School Education and Literacy, the Department of Higher Education, and all states and union territories, regarding concerns...

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, stated that India's youth and innovation ecosystem are driving the country's growth story. He made this statement while delivering the keynote address at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Mumbai yesterday. The minister emphasized...

Kochi, February 24 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the emails and messages allegedly sent by the CMO to officials highlighting the achievements of the state government constituted an intrusion of privacy.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas made this observation while hearing a plea by...

New Delhi, February 23 – Messaging platform WhatsApp informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it would comply with the directions issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), requiring the platform to give users greater control over whether their data is shared with other Meta...

New Delhi, February 22 – Accusing the Union government of weakening the transparency law, Abhishek Singhvi, Chairman of the AICC’s Law, Human Rights, and RTI Department, proposed a national conclave on the Right to Information (RTI) law, among other steps, to revitalize the existing legal...

New Delhi, February 22 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear appeals filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp LLC challenging a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that upheld a penalty of ₹213.14 crore imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the messaging...

New Delhi, February 22 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear pleas filed by Meta and WhatsApp against an order by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposing a penalty of ₹213.14 crore due to their privacy policy.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response to a petition challenging certain provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which it alleged would enable excessive surveillance and control by the executive, while also undermining judicial...

London, February 16 The UK on Monday unveiled stricter online safety rules to protect children from the harmful effects of AI chatbots and social media.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that no online technology company will receive a free pass, as the government takes action to keep...

New Delhi, February 16 In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.The top court, however, refused to grant an interim stay on...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre in response to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.The petition, filed by The Reporters' Collective and renowned...

New Delhi, February 15 With the budget providing incentives to boost investment in data centers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched India as a global hub for digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence, saying the country is ready to host the world's data and lead the next...

New Delhi, February 14 A group of like-minded global firms, including Jio Platforms and Anthropic, working in the area of connectivity to cloud infrastructure and semiconductors, have formed a Trusted Tech Alliance, according to a joint statement.The alliance was launched at the Munich...

The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will mark a historic milestone in global cooperation on Artificial Intelligence. It will be the first global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South.An Akashvani correspondent reports that the Summit will take place in New Delhi from the 16th to the 20th of...

New Delhi, February 13 The Delhi government has issued an advisory to its departments, asking them to strengthen cybersecurity measures and refrain from accessing anonymously shared links or attachments and unfamiliar websites on office computers.The advisory, issued on Thursday by the...

Reasi, February 10: The Reasi District Administration observed Safer Internet Day 2026 by organizing a large-scale awareness workshop on the theme "Stay Alert in the Age of AI: Safe and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence." The program, under the MeitY's ISEA Project, aimed to promote...