On Wednesday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub and Google announced that the second iteration of app scale academy would assist 100 additional Indian firms in growing their app businesses. Currently, tier 2 and tier 3 cities account for close to 50 percent of st...
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Public service messages on TV channels ‘voluntary’: Anurag Thakur
The government has finally put to rest the speculations and angst surrounding the daily 30 minutes public service messaging on TV channels, which was earlier said to be mandatory, by saying it would be ‘voluntary’.
The directive on public service messaging on private sector TV channe...
India largest ‘connected’ nation with 800+ mn b’band users: IT Minister
With over 800 million users, India has become the world's most 'connected' country, according to Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The minister stated at the India Internet Governance Forum 2022...Govt. oversight body for SM services soon: IT Minister
The weaponisation of disinformation in the name of free speech by Twitter has now come to a grinding halt and is completely unacceptable in India, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.
MIB: Adequate safeguard against provocative songs on FM radio, SM
The Indian government has assured critics that there are adequate safeguards against vulgar and provocative songs or those insulting any religion or community being played out on private FM radio stations and social media (SM) platforms like YouTube.
Pointing out that while private F...
Aakash Singhal joins TV9 Bharatvarsh as chief manager sales
Aakash Singhal, a sales and marketing professional, has joined TV9 Bharatvarsh as Chief Manager (Group Head) - Sales. Singhal was most recently Senior Manager - Sales at Aaj Tak HD, and he announced the move on LinkedIn. During his time at