Extension of last date to receive comments/counter comments on TRAI’s Consultation Paper on ‘Open and De-licensed use of Unused or Limited Used Spectrum Bands for Demand Generation for Limited Period in Tera Hertz Range’
Keeping in view the requests of stakeholders, the last date for submission of written comments and counter comments is further extended upto 29.11.2023 and 13.12.2023 respectively. No requests for further extensions would be considered.
DoT issues public advisory on malicious calls
Citizens are urged to exercise caution and not provide any personal information if they receive calls threatening disconnection.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting approves Comprehensive “Digital Advertisement Policy, 2023″
The Policy will enable CBC to empanel agencies and organisations in the OTT and Video on Demand Space. CBC will also be able to leverage the growing number of listeners to Podcasts and Digital Audio platforms through empanelment of Digital Audio platforms. Apart from rationalising its process of empanelling Internet Websites, CBC now for the first time will be able to channelize its public service campaign messages through Mobile Applications too.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Proposes Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023
The Bill streamlines regulatory processes, extends its purview to cover the Over-the-Top(OTT) content and digital news, and introduces contemporary definitions and provisions for emerging technologies. It seeks to provide for Content Evaluation Committees and a Broadcast Advisory Council for self-regulation, different program and advertisement code for different Broadcasting Network Operators, Accessibility measures for persons with disabilities, and statutory penalties, etc.
Krishi 24/7: New AI Tool for Agricultural News Monitoring & Analysis
Krishi 24/7 establishes a mechanism for leveraging artificial intelligence for efficient agricultural news monitoring. The tool scans agricultural news articles in multiple languages and translates them into English, extracting crucial information such as headline, crop name, event type, date, location, severity, summary, and source link.
Extension of last dates to receive comments and counter comments on TRAI’s Consultation Paper on ‘Review of Terms and Condition of PMRTS and CMRTS Licenses’
Keeping in view the request received from an industry association for extension of time for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last dates for submission of written comments and counter comments up to 21.11.2023 and 05.12.2023 respectively. The comments/ counter comments may be sent to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), TRAI, preferably in electronic form at advmn@trai.gov.in.
TRAI extends timeline to receive comments on Consultation Paper on ‘Regulation on Rating Framework for Digital Connectivity in Buildings or Area’
Keeping in View of the requests received from the stakeholder/Industry association for extension of time for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date of submission of comments by four weeks i.e. up to 08th December 2023 and counter comments by 22nd December 2023.
Union Government issues advisory to social media intermediaries to identify misinformation and deepfakes
The intermediaries were reminded that any failure to act as per the relevant provisions of the IT Act in identifying misinformation and deepfake and Rules would attract Rule 7 of the IT Rules, 2021 and could render the organization liable to losing the protection available under Section 79(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Implementation of Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) under TCCCPR-2018
TRAI issued Direction dated 02.06.2023 under TCCCPR-2018 to all the Access Providers to develop and deploy the Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) facility for creating a unified platform and process to register customers’ consent digitally across all Access Service Providers and Principal Entities.
DGFT launches Centralized Video Conference Facility at its Headquarters
Effective from 08.11.2023, a centralized Video Conference (VC) facility will be available at the DGFT headquarters every Wednesday between 10 am to 12 noon. Senior officers from DGFT HQs shall remain present during these VCs to address the matters which could not be resolved by various DGFT Regional Authorities (RAs) despite concerted efforts.
