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Indian government seeks three-year jail term for insulting national song - Amendment proposed by Modi’s party would give Vande Mataram the same statutory protections as the national anthem ...
News India » Government: Why can’t India’s government build a decent website?
The answer to the first is no, the government of India does not hate foreign visitors. Its online services for Indian citizens—railway ticketing, voter registration, income-tax filings—are just as ...
News India » Government: India: New Foreign Funding Rules Tighten Control over Civil Society and Undermine the Right to Freedom of Association
On 22 June 2026, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs adopted the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules granting the Indian government sweeping new powers to police the activities, operation, ...
News India » Government: Indian Government Cracks Down on Video Reels Lampooning PM Modi
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Elon Musk, owner of X, at a meeting in Blair House in Washington D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025. Credit: Wikimedia/Prime Minister’s Office On March 18, a parody video ...
News India » Government: India’s government overhauls a vast workfare programme
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) loves a name change, a good acronym and flexing its Hindu credentials. Last December it combined all three to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...
News India » Government: Indian Government’s Intensifying Attack on Scientific Temperament Worries Scientists
Scientists, students, researchers, and science lovers are participating in a series of rallies in several Indian cities between August 10 and 17 as part of the 2024 India March for Science events. The ...
News India » Government: Apple Rejects India’s Order Forcing Smartphone Makers To Install State-Run App, Report Says
Apple is reportedly refusing to comply with an Indian government order directing all smartphone manufacturers and importers to preload a government-run cyber safety app that cannot be disabled on ...
News India » Government: How Collaboratives in India Partner With Government to Support Systems Change
With more than 1.45 billion people, India has the largest population in the world. But when it comes to real GDP per capita, India ranks 152nd out of 222 countries as of 2023. Those numbers help ...
News India » Government: CNBC's Inside India newsletter: How a government app in India triggered a backlash over internet freedom
Monday - Friday, 11:00 - 12:00 SIN/HK | 0500 - 06:00 CET Indian government rolled back its mandate to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on Wednesday. Internet activists said the app, Sanchar ...
News India » Government: India set to see billions in inflows as government bonds debut on JPMorgan's debt index
While the inclusion of the bonds into the JPMorgan index is has been priced in already, Pal sees a more positive medium to longer term impact on the Indian bond market. India has seen foreign inflows ...
News India » Government: Is India an Autocracy?
Last October, Indian authorities revived legal proceedings against the novelist and activist Arundhati Roy. In a case first registered against her in 2010, Roy stood accused of “provocative speech” ...
News India » Government: Indian government websites are still redirecting users to scam sites
Some Indian government websites continue to allow the planting of scammy links on their official domains months after TechCrunch reported the issue. TechCrunch found more than 90 “gov.in” website ...