Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 14:17 IST
The names of the telecom equipment manufacturers deemed unfit or unsafe by the Indian government will also be shared, said Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday. India to identify ‘trusted sources’ of telecom gear amid global backlash against Huawei | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights National Cyber Security Coordinator to make a list of trusted sources of telecom equipment
National Security Committee on telecom will identify equipment, countries as trusted and will flag threats as well
Chinese companies such as Huawei, ZTE as govt readies 5G auctions
New Delhi: With an eye on security risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE, India on Wednesday cleared a proposal to identify ‘trusted sources’ of such equipment for the country s telecom sector.
Dirty politics behind peasants movement
The farmer’s movement has been going on in the country for twenty days; the farmers are agitated and protested then there are millions of people facing problems due to them.
Lalit Garg
He can be reached at lalitgarg11@gmail.com)
The farmer s movement has been going on in the country for twenty days; the farmers are agitated and protested then there are millions of people facing problems due to them. At the same time, the country s economy has also suffered loss of thousands of crores due to agitation and protest. The issue between these complex situations is not what policies the political parties of the country support and which they oppose. The real issue is why the political parties of the country mock the country s democratic values, constitution and law by tricking the people of the country. The root cause of most of the problems in this country is the double attitude of these political parties, only undemocratic activities and pol
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Cabinet approves Rs 3,500 crore sugar export subsidy. See full list of decisions
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a subsidy of Rs 3,500 crore to sugar mills for the export of 60 lakh tonnes of sweetener during the ongoing marketing year 2020-21 as part of its efforts to help them clear outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers. Cabinet has taken the decision to help farmers directly by depositing money of subsidy into their accounts. The subsidy will be given on 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports at the rate of Rs 6,000 per tonne, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said at a briefing today.Â
India Trusted Source: Centre likely to blacklist some telecom equipment vendors
India
Updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 17:29 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 16: The Centre today said that it may blacklist certain telecom equipment vendors and also designate companies as India Trusted Source.
The decision comes in the wake of the ongoing tensions with China. As a result of this, the telecom sector may soon have a list of companies from where the firms can buy services and products.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security to enhance security of telecom sector by designating a trusted source, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. So there s a trusted source and there s a not trusted source, the minister also said.
Congress not against private entities playing key role in farming, clarifies Randeep Surjewala
The party now says it is not against private entities getting producers from farmers.
Surjewala would come as a relief to pro-reform voices. (Representative Image)
The Congress party which stayed on the side of the farmer s agitation against the recently passed agriculture reform laws has now clarified its stance.
The party has clarified that it was not against private entities getting producers from the farmers.
In a conversation with News18, Randeep Surjewala, a farmer and senior Congress leader said, Let me reiterate that let all industrialists come in, that let all private players come in and buy food grains at MSP.”