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Delhi International Airport

15 Mar 2023

Long Queues Return At Delhi International Airport, Parl Panel Raises Concern

On March 13, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture tabled its report on the Ministry of Civil Aviation in Parliament, reports ANI.

Indian Railways

14 Mar 2023

Railways Making Vande Bharat Trains At Slow Pace, Parl Panel Raises Concern

The Committee noted that the finance minister had announced 400 Vande Bharat trains during the Budget 2023, but Indian Railways has introduced only 10 Vande Bharat Express trains till date.

Anti-competitive practice

21 Aug 2022

Govt asks tech giants to testify about anti-competitive practices on 23 August

India's executives of tech giants like Apple, Google, etc. will testify before a parliamentary panel. The parliamentary committee is looking into anti-competitive practices in digital space. The CCI is already probing various cases, especially in the digital space, following complaints of unfair business practices.

28 Apr 2022

Parliamenetary panel to summon Google, Twitter, Amazon; here's why

A parliamentary panel has decided to summon Google, Twitter, Amazon The panel will examine their competitive behaviour The next meeting of the panel is likely to be held on May 12

Women's marriage age

13 Apr 2022

95% responses to parliamentary panel oppose raising women's marriage age

Nearly 95% of online responses to parliamentary panel opposed raising women's marriage age. Sources in the committee expressed apprehension that it could be part of a conspiracy to defeat the government initiative. The proposed law will apply to all communities in the country and, once enacted, will supersede existing marriage and personal laws.

data protection bill

04 Mar 2022

Data protection bill: Parliamentary panel's recommendations to hit India biz

The industry associations have sought wider consultations with stakeholders before the bill is introduced in Parliament. The bodies have expressed concern on inclusion of non-personal data, restrictions on cross-border data transfers, data localisation obligations, mandatory hardware and AI software certifications. The industry bodies said mandates for companies to locally store their data in India will degrade the privacy and cybersecurity protections by limiting state-of-the-art solutions that are globally available.

03 Feb 2022

Parliamentary panel seeks uniformity in air ticket cancellation

Parliamentary panel expressed concerns over the charges of air tickets cancellation Charges are not regulated by the government, hence there is no uniformity Panel seeks there is a need for rationalizing the cancellation charges

28 Jul 2021

Pegasus row: Parliamentary panel meeting postponed due to lack of quorum

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, met in Parliament to discuss 'Citizens' safety and data protection'. BJP opposed the panel meeting alleging that when Congress is not allowing discussion on the Pegasus issue in Parliament then it cannot be brought up in the committee meeting. Congress MP Tharoor had asserted that Pegasus row the "most important issue" for many members.

Pegasus snooping scandal

28 Jul 2021

Pegasus scandal: Parliamentary panel to question IT, MHA officials today

The parliamentary panel is set to question IT, MHA officials in connection with the Pegasus scandal The panel has the maximum members from the ruling BJP It has summoned officials from the Ministry of Electronics, Information and Technology and the MHA

21 Jul 2021

Pegasus snooping row: Shashi Tharoor-led panel to assess facts on July 28

Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary panel will take up the Pegasus snooping matter on July 28 It has called the Ministry of IT and the MHA officials for detailed questioning into the matter

Parliamentary panel

29 Jun 2021

Blocking of accounts: Parliamentary panel seeks Twitter's response in 48 hrs

Twitter India faces further heat Parliamentary Panel seeks Twitter's response over blocking of accounts Ravi Shankar Prasad's account was blocked for almost an hour

Parliamentary panel

29 Jun 2021

Social media misuse: Facebook, Google representatives depose before IT panel

Facebook, Google representatives deposed before parliamentary panel They were summoned on the issue of misuse of their platforms

Parliamentary panel

28 Jun 2021

Parliamentary panel on IT summons Facebook, Google officials tomorrow

The Parliamentary panel on Information Technology had called Facebook and Google officials amid the company’s standoff with the government over new IT rules. The Parliamentary panel is headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.

21 Jan 2021

Parliamentary panel questions Facebook on WhatsApp's privacy terms

The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp`s privacy terms and how it will impact users. A WhatsApp spokeswoman said the company had provided its views and will continue to assist the committee in the future. With 400 million users, India is WhatsApp`s biggest market.

23 Oct 2020

Parliamentary panel summons Google, Paytm over data security on Oct 29

A Parliamentary panel has asked Google and Paytm to appear before it on October 29 in connection with data protection and security. Facebook and Twitter have also been reportedly asked to depose before the parliamentary panel E-commerce giant Amazon has refused to appear before the Joint Committee of Parliament

Kulbhushan Jadhav

22 Oct 2020

Paki panel approves govt's bill to seek review of Jadhav's conviction

A Pak panel has approved govt's bill to seek review of Kulbhushan Jadhav's conviction Jadhav has been sentenced to death by a Pak military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017 The Hague-based ICJ ruled in July 2019 that Pakistan must undertake an "effective review'' of Jadhav's conviction

11 Sep 2020

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence

Amid a prolonged standoff between India and China along the LAC in Ladakh, CDS Bipin Rawat on Friday appeared before a parliamentary panel on defence. While the official agenda for the meeting was listed as 'provision and monitoring of the quality of ration and livery items to the Defence forces, especially in border areas', some members have said they will raise the issue of the Ladakh situation. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence is chaired by BJP leader Jual Oram. Members who attended the meeting on Friday included Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. This is probably the first time Rahul Gandhi is attending this committee's meeting since being nominated to the panel last year after Lok Sabha elections.

02 Sep 2020

Facebook India head probed by Parliamentary panel over alleged political bias

According to sources, the Facebook executive denied these allegations, saying the company respects freedom of speech and have a system where rules are followed and action is taken "We remain committed to being an open and transparent platform, and giving people a voice and allowing them to express themselves freely," Facebook said Apart from the Facebook representatives, few others also appeared before the panel, taking the total proceedings to almost three and a half hours

Zee Special Videos

02 Sep 2020

Facebook India confesses to be anti-BJP

The head of Facebook India gave this statement in front of the parliamentary panel

Intelligence Bureau

06 Mar 2020

Instances where state hesitated to share intelligence: IB Director to Parl pan

The Director also stated that they were setting up district-level intelligence units across India.

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