Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) agreed to hold a virtual meeting with Twitter officials to deliberate over the issues flagged by the government earlier
Twitter cannot allow misuse of its platform for anti-India campaign, IT Secretary tells top execs
Twitter cannot allow misuse of its platform for anti-India campaign, IT Secretary tells top execs
Lawfully passed orders are binding on any business entity and they must be obeyed immediately, IT Secretary Ajay Sawhney told top Twitter executives.
advertisement
UPDATED: February 11, 2021 01:04 IST
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] The Twitter logo outside the company headquarters in San Francisco, California, US (Photo Credits: Reuters)
Micro-blogging platform Twitter seems to have landed in serious trouble. On Wednesday, the government virtually read out the riot act to Twitter executives who had sought a meeting with the Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
The microblogging site said it had permanently suspended over 500 other accounts and blocked access to some content in partial compliance with the Centre’s orders
Technology > Electronics
Govt, Amazon Web Service team up to set up quantum computing lab
21 January 2021
India’s ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) will establish a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in the country, in collaboration with Amazon Web Service (AWS) to accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific discoveries
The MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab will provide quantum computing as a service to government ministries and departments, researchers, scientists, academia, and developers, to enable advances in areas such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and aerospace engineering.
AWS will provide hosting with technical and programmatic support for the Lab. This MeitY initiative will provide scientific, academic, and developer communities access to a quantum computing development environment aligned with the government’s science and technology priorities.