The Union government has denied allegations of snooping and illegal surveillance levelled against it in the Pegasus snooping row. Several petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. The government, through an affidavit submitted by the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s additional secretary Rajendra...

A change of guard at the IT ministry did not bring any respite to social media giant Twitter that is engaged in a bitter tussle with the Centre over compliance with new IT rules. While former IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had often lashed out at Twitter for non-compliance, the new incumbent Ashwini Vaishnaw too...