Lok Sabha elections 2024: Shashi Tharoor booked for false campaign against Rajeev Chandrasekhar
India | Apr 21, 2024, 05:57 PM ISTLok Sabha elections 2024: The 20 seats in Kerala will go to the polls on April 26 in second phase of voting.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The 20 seats in Kerala will go to the polls on April 26 in second phase of voting.
Earlier, the Congress lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, claiming a mismatch in actual and declared assets in the affidavit filed by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is in the fray against former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor.
Thiruvananthapuram has been a Congress stronghold, represented by Shashi Tharoor for the past three terms. The Congress leader won this seat in 2009, 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In the upcoming polls, BJP has fielded Rajeev Chandrasekhar against the sitting Congress MP.
Apple has manufactured iPhones worth over Rs 1 lakh crore in the first 11 months of FY 24 through the PLI scheme. Furthermore, companies like Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron have generated a significant number of new job opportunities for young people in iPhone factories.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala is set to witness a tri-party contest between Congress, BJP and CPI in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Polling schedule is yet to be announced by the Election Commission.
Lok Sabha polls 2024: Chandrasekhar is the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology. He was an independent Rajya Sabha MP representing Karnataka from 2006 to 2018 and was re-elected to the upper House again.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday that the government aims to unveil a draft regulatory framework for AI in June-July this year, citing concerns over deepfakes and user harm associated with the new technology.
The minister of electronics and IT said that one of the projects has an $8 billion proposal from Israel-based Tower Semiconductors, with the other coming from Tata Group.
Union Minister Chandrasekhar said India's position has transformed from being the consumer of technology for nearly three decades to being the producer of devices, products and platforms for the world.
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The police registered the FIR in connection with the minister's recent statements on social media regarding the Kalamassery blasts and a Hamas leader's virtual address at an event. The event was organised by an Islamist group in Kerala's Malappuram district.
MoS Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that if the social media platforms do not take action swiftly on the matter, the safe harbour under the IT Act would be withdrawn.
Startups in India: Chandrasekhar emphasised the transformative journey India has embarked upon since 2014. From being predominantly focused on IT and ITes, the next 4-5 years will witness substantial growth for startups and unicorns, he noted.
The CoWIN portal is totally protected with sufficient shields for information protection, the Health Ministry said in an explanation, adding an inward activity has been started to survey the current safety efforts.
Chandrasekhar informed ANI that the government has previously fostered an arrangement for the impending guidelines.
The Apple ecosystem in India has generated over one lakh new direct jobs in manufacturing in the last two years, according to Chandrashekhar.
The clarification came as multiple media reported that the organisations have to remove their content from the platform if fact-checking agency declares the content as fake news
The new amendments to IT rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to take all-out efforts to prevent barred content and misinformation, and the govt has made it clear that platforms such as Twitter and Facebook operating in India will have to abide by local laws and constitution.
Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha worker murder: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader was running a broiler shop at Bellare near Puttur. The Union Minister also said that the Kerala government must cooperate with it.
Union Ministers and Education Ministers of States and Union Territories will also be participating in the conference. The National Education Ministers' Conference will be held in Gujarat on June 1 and 2.
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