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All mainstream media, including print and electronic, would be required to comply with the rules of the IT Rules, 2021, with immediate effect, according to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B).

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has said that the rationale for bringing the websites of the organisations under the ambit of the law is "well-reasoned".

The ministry of information and broadcasting has refused to grant an exemption to the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the new IT Rules, 2021 and asked all the digital news publishers and the OTT platforms to comply with the new rules without any misapprehensions.

All mainstream media, including print and electronic, will have to comply the provisions of IT Rules, 2021 with immediate effect without exemption as the government has refused to exempt them from the ambit of the new digital media ...

"Making any exception of the nature proposed will be discriminatory to the digital news publishers who do not have a traditional TV/print platform," the ministry said.

India News: The government has refused to exempt the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the the IT Rules, 20

Read more about Govt refuses to exempt mainstream media from new IT rules, asks to comply on Business Standard. The government has refused to exempt the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the the IT Rules, 2021

DNPA waiting for a discussion with government, will not submit IT Rules compliance details The government had issued forms for digital news publishers to furnish information under Rule 18 of the IT Rules seeking details on the grievance redressal mechanism. They were given 15 days to respond to it, which ends on June 10 Mumbai, June 10, 2021 Members of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) will not submit the form to furnish details of their compliance to the Information Tec...

Seeking information on compliance of IT Rules, 2021, the form mentions that there is no requirement for prior registration of digital media publishers with the Ministry and they only need to furnish certain information

Judge, however, allows police to hold press briefings on the case The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Delhi Police to ensure there was no leakage to the media of documents relating to its investigation into the FIR against climate change activist Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with the ‘toolkit’ case. Justice Prathiba M. Singh, however, said the Delhi Police could conduct press briefings on the case “as per law and its office memorandum, so long as no rights of the individuals ...