Articles about Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology

18 Jun 2021
IndiaTwitter officials on Friday deposed before a Parliamentary panel over the prevention of misuse of the microblogging platform.

23 Sep 2020
IndiaA Delhi Assembly panel on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will take no coercive action against Facebook's top executive in India over the social media giant's alleged role in the February Delhi riots.

03 Sep 2020
PoliticsFacebook, which is at the center of a storm in India after a report claimed it didn't act against hate speech of members of the ruling BJP, on Thursday banned T Raja Singh from its platform.

29 Aug 2020
PoliticsThe Congress party has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asking him about the steps taken by the social media giant to investigate the recent hate speech allegations.

25 Aug 2020
IndiaA Delhi panel is planning to summon Facebook executives amid allegations that the social media platform did not act against hate speech on its platform by politicians of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

20 Aug 2020
PoliticsTwo Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarians have sought the removal of Shashi Tharoor as the chief of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.

26 Apr 2019
TechnologyTwitter is bolstering its reporting tools as part of an effort to keep people from spreading fake news on the platform.

25 Feb 2019
BusinessOn Monday, the Parliamentary Committee on IT met with Twitter's Global Vice President of Public Policy Colin Crowell in lieu of CEO Jack Dorsey.

22 Feb 2019
BusinessDespite the Indian government summoning Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on IT on February 25, Twitter has said that Dorsey will not attend the hearing.

11 Feb 2019
BusinessDays after it was reported that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had refused to appear for a hearing before India's Parliamentary Committee on IT, panel head Anurag Thakur has said that he has again been summoned for a hearing on February 25.

09 Feb 2019
IndiaReportedly, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and other top Twitter officials have refused to appear before a Parliamentary Committee on IT that had earlier summoned them to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights on social media.

01 Aug 2018
BusinessThe government has decided to withdraw Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill following apprehensions expressed by the public with regard to the "bail-in" clause to resolve a failing bank and insurance cover on bank deposits, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal told a Parliamentary Committee.

15 Mar 2018
IndiaIndians wishing to get into government service, take note. Irrespective of your job profile, you might have to serve in the armed forces for the first five years.

19 Aug 2017
IndiaAs global green house gas emissions continue to grow, India is starting to feel the impact of climate change; be it through bad monsoons or through extreme weather events.

08 Aug 2017
IndiaBanks will remain shut on August 22 as 10L employees go on strike against privatization of public sector banks.

05 Aug 2017
PoliticsThe ED raided premises of the Gujarat-based Sandesara Group which has defaulted on loans worth Rs. 1,700cr from banks during UPA rule.

27 Jul 2017
PoliticsBJP national president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani have been nominated for the Rajya Sabha (RS) polls from Gujarat.

20 Jul 2017
PoliticsBJP candidate Ram Nath Kovind crosses winning margin to defeat Meira Kumar, the opposition candidate, to become India's next president with 66% of the votes in his favor.

19 Jul 2017
WorldForeign Secretary S Jaishankar has called on political parties to not make provocative statements about the ongoing Sikkim standoff with China.

13 Jul 2017
IndiaRBI Governor Urjit Patel appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to answer queries regarding demonetization.

04 Aug 2016
IndiaThe Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs expressed concerns over the deteriorating quality of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) recruits.