Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi takes oath as a Rajya Sabha member in the presence of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 4, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Sonia Gandhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw take oath as Rajya Sabha members

Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath to them in the new Parliament house building

04 Apr 2024 11:42 PM

The move of the government comes after some celebrities are learnt to have reported their faces being manipulated onto another video. (Representional Image: By arrangement)

Centre to Form Policies, Tackle Deepfake Issue

Firms reportedly agree on the need for actionable work in areas such as detection, prevention and increasing awareness

24 Nov 2023 2:23 AM

Govt to summon platforms to discuss deepfake issue

Recently, several 'deepfake' videos targeting leading actors went viral, sparking public outrage

19 Nov 2023 1:42 AM

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Anurag Thakur brief the media on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi, on Wednesday, (PTI)

Rs 14,900-cr Push to Digital India Project

After the Cabinet meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the scheme's extension

17 Aug 2023 12:39 AM

Anita Katyal | Vaishnaw’s CM hopes take a hit; Kanhaiya unites Sandeep, Maken

Since Mr Vaishnaw hails from Raj, the party has drawn up plans to promote him in its election campaign in the desert state

11 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Firewalling Indian personal data is out of place with this strategy and plays to a jingoistic Chinese playbook, sans its economic and business heft. (Representatioanl Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Personal data is only ‘half protected’ by new data bill

It includes a bland provision for transfer of data outside India to countries notified by the govt on terms and conditions to be specified

25 Nov 2022 12:00 AM

Some rail babus even speculate whether the ministry will adopt the same method for the appointment of divisional managers and Board members. (Representational Image/ PTI))

Dilip Cherian | Railway reforms slow down due to promotion delays

After “rigorous efforts” for over a year, the ministry has finally announced the appointment of 20 officers as divisional railway managers

13 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

Dilip Cherian | Railway officers now likely to face appraisal by juniors and peers

The Railways Board has introduced a process that allows peers and juniors to evaluate their reporting officers

25 Aug 2022 12:07 AM

Pegasus row: CPI MP submits notice to move privilege motion against Ashwini Vaishnaw

The report claimed that India bought the Pegasus spyware as part of a USD 2 billion defence deal with Israel in 2017

31 Jan 2022 12:50 PM

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Anurag Thakur during a press briefing on the Cabinet decisions, at National Media Centre in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Union Cabinet approves fresh lifeline for telecom sector

The package comes six weeks after Kumar Mangalam Birla resigned from the post of chairman of Vodafone Idea Ltd on August 4

16 Sep 2021 6:31 AM

It is now two months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his council of ministers but the appointment of former bureaucrat/entrepreneur-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnaw continues to be a talking point in the Capital’s political circles. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Talks with Didi costly for Cong seniors; Kailash falls from grace

Once a favourite of home minister Amit Shah, BJP’s national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya appears to have fallen from grace

08 Aug 2021 2:47 AM

Union minister for IT and communications Ashwini Vaishnaw. (PTI)

IT rules will create safer social media: Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

The new rules which came into effect on May 25 mandate social media companies to establish a grievance redressal mechanism

12 Jul 2021 7:06 AM

Union Minister for Railways and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw assumes office at Rail Bhawan, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Those who live in India must abide by its rules: IT minister

Twitter has been in the eye of a storm over its alleged failure to comply with the new IT rules in India

09 Jul 2021 1:33 AM

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