Day: November 25, 2023

Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar held Digital India Dialogues with Digital Intermediaries on Deepfakes & IT rules compliance today

Manish Kumar

In a Digital India dialogue session held on Friday, Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, reiterated the need for safe and trusted internet, and for social media intermediaries to be accountable to Digital Nagriks. Following Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s concerns about deepfake threats, all platforms and intermediaries agree to align their community guidelines with the IT rules, specifically targeting 11 types of content that causes user harm including Deepfakes. Addressing the media after the session, the Minister affirmed the…

India becomes Chair of International Sugar Organisation (ISO) for 2024 to lead global sugar sector

Manish Kumar

In its 63rd council meeting, International Sugar Organisation (ISO), headquartered in London, has announced India to be the Chair of the organisation for 2024. This is a huge achievement for the country to lead the global sugar sector and reflection of growing stature of the country in this domain. While attending the ISO Council Meeting, Shri Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary (Food), Government of India remarked that during its period of chairmanship of ISO in 2024, India seeks support and cooperation from all member countries and would like to focus on bringing together…

Caste, religious politics not healthy sign for democracy: Sachin Pilot on PM Modi’s Gujjar community remark

Manish Kumar

During a poll rally in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand, PM Modi indirectly raised the issue of how Sachin Pilot was sidelined in the Congress party after rift with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has said that efforts should be made to bring everyone together. I think caste politics or religious politics is not a healthy sign for a democracy, while responding to PM Modi’s remark on him and Gujjar community. Eight crore people live in Rajasthan. When government is formed, there is support of everyone –…

UP: Why did Yogi govt announce ‘no non-veg day’ on November 25? Know here

Manish Kumar

The Uttar Pradesh government has declared November 25 a ‘No non-veg day’ on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sadhu TL Vaswani. November 25 has been declared a ‘No non-veg day’ by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sadhu TL Vaswani. According to the government’s circular, all slaughterhouses and meat shops in the state will remain closed on this day. The UP government’s decision to declare November 25 as no non-veg day in order to honour and pay tribute to…