ASHWINI VAISHNAW

More in ASHWINI VAISHNAW

• New AI law to secure rights of news publishers: Ashwini Vaishnaw

  It can be an independent legislation or part of the Digital India Bill, which is set to replace the 24-year-old Information Technology Act, 2000.

  

• Delisting of homegrown apps, players from app store against ‘Make in India’ spirit: COAI

  “It is rather surprising that these LTGs, which are generally global corporates based in foreign countries, are ready to evict non-paying small businesses as they expect the “immense value” that their platform provides to the apps, themselves prefer to enjoy a free-ride over the TSPs’ networks, while profiting heavily from them,” Kochhar said.

  

• Google to reinstate delisted Indian apps on Play Store after govt intervention

  Google had on Friday removed from its Play Store apps from a dozen of developers, including popular ones by Matrimony.com and job search app Naukri, for non compliance with its in-app payment guidelines.

  

• Google vs Indian startups: Apps back in Play Store; search on for long-term fix

  At the centre of the row between the technology giant and Indian internet companies is Google’s billing system for its Play Store app marketplace. Google had initially deployed its own billing system (GPBS) under which it charged a commission of 15-30% on in-app payments made for the purchase of digital goods and services consumable within the Android ecosystem.

  

• MeitY approval must for companies to roll out AI, generative AI models

  The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issued a late night advisory on March 1, a first-of-its-kind globally. It asked all platforms to ensure that “their computer resources do not permit any bias or discrimination or threaten the integrity of the electoral process” by the use of AI, generative AI, LLMs or any such other algorithm.

  

• Biases in AI won’t be tolerated, onus on Google to train its AI models: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

  This comes days after a post on X claimed that Google’s Gemini was biased when asked if PM Modi was a “fascist”. The user claimed that Google’s AI GPT model Gemini was "downright malicious" for giving responses to questions which sought to know whether some prominent global leaders were ‘fascist’.

  

• Trai recommends mandatory call name display to curb spam

  The feature will originally be enabled by the terminating access provider who received the call by making a query to the central subscriber database of provider from where the call originated. The regulator had started consultation on the subject back in 2022, seeking suggestions on potential model on how the service can be implemented.

  

• Govt to work on developing Indian mobile phone brand: Ashwini Vaishnaw

  The minister said that the government is looking to have at least three or four good, high volume fabrication plants, create a niche and take leadership in at least one product category within the next five years.

  

• Satcom to complement terrestrial mobile networks in big way

  Executives from global satellite firms said GEOs (Geostationary Equatorial Orbit), MEOs (Medium Earth Orbit) and LEOs (Low Earth orbits) — will be a combination of mesh integrated technology networks and such networks are designed to serve together with Wi-Fi technology and terrestrial technology. Broadband connectivity will be a totally different game altogether as we towards the end of this decade.

  

• Focussed on designing entire chip: Ashwini Vaishnaw

  Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said that India's semiconductor mission is focussed on talent development and designing the entire chip. He said, "The biggest priority is on design that's where we have a very big strength. We have as I said about 300,000 design engineers. In design, we are advancing from being a back office to actually producing the complete chip or rather designing the complete chip. That's a very important journey. This is a very big focus for us."

  

• New Telecom Bill will allow Centre to take over, suspend mobile network for public safety

  The bill seeks to replace the 138-year-old Indian Telegraph Act that governs the telecom sector. The Cabinet had cleared the bill in August.