Vodafone Idea has to fight for its survival yet again as any relief from the government and the court seem unlikely. Here's what this means

Available information on the influx of \"illegal migrants\" doesn't warrant a nation-wide NPR-NRIC. The CAA 2019 was necessitated by the introduction of \"illegal migrant\" in Citizenship Act of 1955 during the Vajpayee regime in 2003 but it introduced another problem - religion-based citizenship - which has sparked a nation-wide strife

PM Modi took the opposition to task for opposing the CAA and the proposed NRC, tells them to oppose Pakistan instead

Union Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the state governments have the \"constitutional duty\" of implementing the laws passed in the Parliament.

Currently, Huawei competes with Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Qualcomm and local OEMs in the Indian market. Local manufacturing of telecom equipment is low but there have been some attempts made in the recent past to promote indigenisation

Huawei's participation in the 5G trials in India, which is the next biggest telecom market after China, is one of the key topics in the India-China officials talks at various levels.

Ravi Shankar Prasad says India will not bar any equipment suppliers, such as China's Huawei, in the upcoming trials for 5G; we will encourage innovations in 5G, says the minister

Even after investing in 4G, and designing a high-cost network around it, if BSNL and MTNL could not garner sufficient data customers, then the whole revival exercise would essentially be futile - a possibility that almost seems like a reality

An in-principle decision has been taken in this regard, Ravi Shankar Prasad said at an event in New Delhi

Telecom companies have been goading the government to refund the input tax credit or adjust the refund amount against their statutory dues

Paying tributes to former finance minister Arun Jaitley on his birth anniversary on Saturday, Venkaiah Naidu went down the memory lane recalling his long association with him

The GoM includes Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

In what appears to be a first, debt-ridden airline Air India has refused to issue tickets for official travel of officials from government agencies that owe the airline more than Rs 10 lakh; WiFi services being provided through BharatNet in villages across India will be free of charge till March 2020, Telecom and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said; Cracking the whip for their \"lethargic indifference\", watchdog Sebi on Thursday slapped a penalty of Rs 25 lakh each on ICRA, CARE, and India Ratings & Research in connection with lapses in assigning credit ratings to non-convertible debentures of IL&FS and more news on News Blast.

J-K Bank appointed lead bank convenor for UT of J-K; SBI gets LadakhThe Reserve Bank on Thursday appointed Jammu & Kashmir Bank as the lead banker for the newly carved out union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. State Bank of India (SBI) will be the lead convenor bank for union territory of Ladakh. The government had reorganised the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with ...

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said linking of accounts with social media platforms with Aadhaar, PAN or any other identity document requires framing of policies or amendment in existing laws by the Centre

Union minister Prasad's comment came in the backdrop of nationwide outrage over the alleged rape and murder cases at Hyderabad and Unnao

Ravi Shankar Prasad informed that cyber security mock drills are being conducted regularly to enable assessment of cyber security preparedness of organisations in the government and in critical sectors

Prasad said there is a process while appointing judges of high courts and the Supreme Court and a collegium of senior judges recommends names to the government for appointment of judges

As part of revival efforts, VRS was introduced for the staff of the two telecom firms and December 3 was the last date for submitting the applications

The Bill is likely to contain broad guidelines on collection, storage and processing of personal data, consent of individuals, penalties and compensation, code of conduct and an enforcement model.