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Ravi Shankar Prasad said the campaign has become a peoples movement. (Photo: ANI)

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Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 archaic laws

Participating in the discussion, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that efforts of the government were laudable.

29 July 2019 8:45 PM IST

Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad added that the government will make efforts to make the country one of worlds largest centre of data analysis. (Photo: ANI)

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India will never compromise its data sovereignty: Ravi Shankar Prasad

He also touched upon the subject of 5G ecosystem and said his vision of India includes the creation of Indian patents in...

28 July 2019 9:59 AM IST

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Despite SC order, triple talaq practice continued, says Ravi Shankar...

The opposition said that present laws are sufficient.

25 July 2019 6:46 PM IST

Moving the bill for consideration, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the legislation was a must for gender equality and justice as despite an August 2017 Supreme Court verdict striking down the practice of instant triple talaq, women are being divorced by talaq-e-biddat. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

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Speaker Om Birla asks Law Minister not to read from newspaper...

The law minister then used the term 'media reports' to refer to the cases of instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat.

25 July 2019 4:34 PM IST

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It is for gender justice': Govt defends triple talaq bill

A fresh bill was introduced by the new government in June during the ongoing Parliament session.

25 July 2019 1:39 PM IST

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Centre to make India hub of international arbitration

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill Act, 2019 was cleared by Lok Sabha in August 2018 but could not be...

19 July 2019 6:44 AM IST

$BSNL had recently said BSNL-MTNL combination will be \advantageous\ for both firms, given the synergies in areas like enterprise and mobile businesses.$ Business

Group of Ministers discusses revival of BSNL, MTNL

This is the second time a GoM has been constituted for revival of the two ailing public sector firms.

17 July 2019 9:16 AM IST

Digital transactions in October shot up to 965 million transactions, the highest ever so far. (Photo: Pexels)

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Over 3,133 cr digital transactions in FY19, positive trend for ongoing...

The government has set a target of over 4,000 crore digital transactions in the ongoing financial year.

10 July 2019 8:35 PM IST

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Telcos to install over 57,500 mobile towers in rural areas in FY'20:...

'BharatNet' project is being implemented to offer broadband connectivity to all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) in India.

10 July 2019 5:21 PM IST

Further, the Aadhaar law introduced in Parliament as a money bill is a fraud on the Constitution.

India

Bill okays voluntary Aadhaar ID usage

The amended bill also provides for a stiff Rs 1 crore penalty and a jail term for private entities for storing Aadhaar...

5 July 2019 3:04 AM IST

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Comprehensive legislation on data privacy under formulation: Prasad

He said the Centre has taken several measures including regularly issuing alerts about threats affecting mobile phones...

3 July 2019 6:00 PM IST

Prasad said the bill was based on recommendations of a high-level committee headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. (Photo: ANI)

India

Bill to promote institutional arbitration introduced in Lok Sabha

Prasad said the bill will facilitate India becoming a hub for institutional arbitration.

3 July 2019 3:31 PM IST