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The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology refused to disclose the details of their orders to censor certain Twitter handles and tweets in India earlier this year, in a letter to the Internet Freedom Foundation on April 26.
On February 08, IFF demanded that MEITY make its blocking orders to Twitter public. The response, which came from “Team 69A” at the ministry, argued that under rules notified for the eponymous section of the IT Act, blocking orders are subject to “strict confidentiality”. “The orders passed by the committee cannot be made publically available as strict confidentiality is to be maintained in regards of the actions taken under section 69A,” the government wrote in its response to IFF’s initial letter.
Smart City Startup challenge for start-ups
By IANS| Posted by Sameer | Updated: 7th May 2021 9:02 am IST IANS
Hyderabad: Smart City Living Labs at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, in association with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and The Smart City Mission have launched a Smart City Start-up challenge.
The programme is envisioned to support and scale start-ups that are building sustainable, inclusive and innovative solutions for smart cities. The month-long programme gives selected start-ups an opportunity to pitch to smart city technology MNCs, smart city officials and the winner will get an equity-free grant of Rs 10 lakh for further development.
Battlegrounds PUBG Mobile India: PUBG Mobile changes name, ready for relaunch but will Ministry allow it?
Battlegrounds PUBG Mobile India – PUBG Mobile Renamed? After months of uncertainty, attempts to relaunch, submissions & requests to the Indian Government – PUBG Mobile is ready for a relaunch albeit a masterstroke by promoters Krafton Inc. That masterstroke is launch of its new avatar BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA. The PUBG Mobile game, rechristened as ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’, will be an India exclusive game and will soon be launched in India. But the big question doing the rounds is will Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) allow PUBG Mobile to operate under a garb of BattleGrounds Mobile India?
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WhatsApp will not terminate user accounts after May 15, the deadline for accepting their new privacy policy, the Press Trust of India first reported. In a statement provided to media outlets including PTI, The Next Web and XDA Developers, also included below, the Facebook-owned messaging giant said that it will remind people over the next “several weeks” to agree to the new terms if they have not done so by May 15, which is hardly a week away. WhatsApp reportedly said that a “majority” of users had already accepted the new terms and conditions, which gives Facebook more leeway to leverage user data from other Facebook apps. We have reached out to WhatsApp for comment.
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PUBG Mobile’s developer is trying hard to tap back into the Indian user base they lost to Indo–Chinese border skirmishes last year. After initially renaming the hit game to PUBG Mobile India, and promising a relaunch that never materialised, Krafton, the South Korean company that owns the PUBG brand, has now renamed the game as “Battlegrounds Mobile India”.
PUBG stands for “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” in the first place, so all this rebranding practically does is distance the game from the version that was banned by the government last year.
“The game will be available to play only in India,” Krafton, which owns the IP for PUBG, said in a press release. PUBG Mobile’s publishing used to be done by China-based Tencent in India, which is probably why the game was banned, while its PC and console versions, published by Krafton itself, were spared.