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KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Purushottam Khanal, the chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), who has been facing allegations of irregularities in the purchase of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) and purchase of Mobile Device Management System (MDMS), has officially resigned. He also resigned due to disagreements with the government on some policy issues. Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said that the cabinet meeting accepted Khanal's resignation on Tuesday.
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The government has proposed a new law to regulate social media platforms. The bill has been drafted encompassing certain provisions and new provisions from the earlier draft prepared during the tenure of former Communications Minister Gokul Baskota. The draft bill has been made public by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) for public feedback.
The Public Accounts Committee of parliament has shown interest in taking statements from the people involved in the TERAMOCS purchase by the NTA for nearly Rs 3.25 billion.