NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government plans to take action against Alphabet Inc's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters.
India plans to overhaul rules governing use of the Internet, potentially altering business practices for Silicon Valley giants operating in the world’s biggest market.
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -India threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the handling of farmer protests, its co-founder Jack Dorsey said, a charge Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government called a "lie".
NEW DELHI: It is a much-loved dip served with dumplings and shawarmas. But mayonnaise made from raw eggs has caught attention in India in recent months for the wrong reasons, highlighting India’s wider street food safety problems.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is expecting to court a total investment of at least $25 billion as a result of its incentive scheme meant to boost local manufacturing of chip and display panels, junior IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told reporters on Wednesday.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed Twitter's plea challenging the federal government's orders to block tweets and accounts and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($60,943.65), a lawyer for Twitter told Reuters.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter Inc will not change India's expectation that it must comply with the country's existing and upcoming new IT rules which will be published within days, a government minister told Reuters on Friday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India continues to favour a self-regulatory body for social media content disputes, a federal minister told Reuters, despite a lack of consensus among Big Tech companies to form a joint appeals panel.
NEW DELHI: India continues to favour a self-regulatory body for social media content disputes, a federal minister has told Reuters, despite a lack of consensus among Big Tech companies to form a joint appeals panel.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's IT ministry has no proposal to restrict sales of foreign smartphone brands that cost below $150, a junior minister said on Monday, after reports suggested New Delhi could impose restrictions to promote domestic players.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will not change upcoming cybersecurity rules that force social media, technology companies and cloud service providers to report data breaches swiftly, despite growing industry concerns, the government said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked tech firms to seek its approval before the public release of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are "unreliable" or under trial, noting they should also be labelled for the potential to return wrong answers for user queries.
Tamil movie superstar Vijay is set to take a decisive step into Tamil Nadu politics, launching a new party that he announced on Feb 2 would be called Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (Tamil Victory Party).
Tamil movie superstar Vijay is set to take a decisive step into Tamil Nadu politics, launching a new party – which he announced on Feb 2 – that would be called Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (Tamil Victory Party).
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Spin great and former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi died on Monday prompting many tributes from his admirers from across the cricketing world.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian President Droupadi Murmu's reference to herself as the "President of Bharat" in a dinner invitation, instead of "President of India", sparked controversy on Tuesday, with critics saying the name of the country is being distorted.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, Youtube and Telegram asking them to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their platforms, the government said on Friday.
India’s government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country who received a Covid-19 vaccination was breached.
TAIPEI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta, it said on Monday, in a setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chipmaking plans for India.