Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Information and Broadcasting ministry

IT Rules; 2100 news publishers furnished details to Union govt despite court stay

At least 2100 digital news media publishers and OTT platforms furnished their details to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), despite the Bombay High Court’s stay on certain rules of the much-criticised IT Rules 2021. This was revealed in a reply to an RTI query filed by Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).

In a letter, nearly 1000 actors, filmmakers demand transparency from Union govt

Nearly 1000 actors, filmmakers and other members of film industries in India have sent a letter to the information and broadcasting ministry against the Union government’s decision to shut down all the branches of the Films Division, National Film Archive of India and Children’s Film Society of India before the end of January.