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The government is working on a new version of data protection bill and proposed Digital India law to make the online world more accountable, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. During the launch of the second batch…

NEW DELHI: Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that the ministry will soon come up with a new version of the Data Protection Bill. Vaishnaw added that the ministry will bring a complete overhaul of cyber…

The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a PIL challenging the passage of the Repealing and Amending Act of 2016 which scrapped 187 "obsolete" laws including the one that had nationalised Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (), then known as…

The Indian Railway Catering and (IRCTC) has junked its passenger data monetisation plan following backlash on privacy issues. An official statement said that has withdrawn the tender for appointment of consultant for suggesting…

NEW DELHI: The Division bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed the petitions of Whatsapp and Facebookchallenging a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order calling for an investigation into the messaging apps new privacy policy. The…

A parliamentary panel has called top officials of the Railways' catering arm and is likely to question them about a tender floated by it to hire a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data, sources said on…

The president has given his assent to two legislations of Karnataka and Jharkhand under which audio and video-recordings of evidence in criminal matters would be allowed, besides paving the way for courts to hold trials against…

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Saturday passed the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, amid protests by some opposition lawmakers. The law forbids "mass conversion" and enhances the maximum punishment…

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday alleged that opposition leaders Jairam Ramesh and Gaurav Gogoi peddled lies at a press conference as the decision to adjourn the Parliamentearlier than scheduled was…

NEW DELHI: With protests raging inside and outside of Parliament to oppose the amendment that the government is proposing to the Electricity Act, a billwas introduced in Lok Sabha by power minister R K Singh on Monday, to amend the…