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The GOI has slammed Whatsapp for filing a petition in the Delhi high court.

At the centre of the latest dispute is that the government has asked social media companies to put in place a system to trace the originator of a post or a message.

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The Tamil Nadu government has expressed its interest in working with HLL Biotech to explore the possibility of using the Integrated Vaccine Complex for making antidotes for Covid.

A high-level team led by Tamil Nadu's Industries Minister T Tennarasu will be visiting Delhi on May 27 to discuss the same.

Is this a wise move or would this fizzle out before it gains steam?

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The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) comes into effect from Today -May 26, 2021. 

WhatsApp has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the new IT rule that requires the Facebook-owned company to trace the originator of any message on its platform.

What do the new Information Technology rules entail for SM companies and what does it mean in the larger picture of the Personal Data and Privacy of Users-Thomas K Thomas, BuisnessLine's Mumbai Bureau chief explains.

Ruchit Garg, a 42-year-old former Microsoft engineer who helped create X-box and sold a Silicon Valley startup for a tidy profit decided it was time to use his skills to better connect India's farmers to consumers. His startup Harvesting provides a digital platform for farmers in far-flung places across 22 states to find buyers and better prices for their produce.

Edited & Produced by Gitanjali Diwakar

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, who is on a five-day visit to the US, will meet top officials from the United Nations and the US government. What's on his schedule? Here's all you need to know.

Increasing Indian farmers' income wouldn't be possible without an innovative and vibrant food and agriculture industrial complex. Entrepreneurs solving for problems that both farmers and consumers face are critical in realising India's potential as a dominant food and agri player globally.

In this episode of Field Notes, we talk to Dr K Srinivas, the former CEO of a-IDEA, the Indian government's flagship technology business incubator on creating a new generation of agripreneurs in the country.

Edited & Produced by Siddharth Mathew Cherian

In this podcast, Shriya Mohan speaks with former IMA Chief Dr Ravi Wankhedkar on the conditions of healthcare workers during the second wave of Covid-19 and the steps that have to be taken to assure them of good health.

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The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a greater sense of concern across the world. In India, the situation has become more difficult owing to Cyclone Tauktae. While the authorities are working towards reassuring the residents of the country and guaranteeing them of utmost care, one issue continues to be at the helm of the crisis – Waste management. 

The test positivity rate or TPR is an important metric through which the public health system keeps tabs on the current level of Covid transmission.

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The Covid-19 registration challenges faced by those in the 18-44 age group on the CoWin platform are mainly due to vaccine availability issues rather than glitches in the platform, RS Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of National Health Authority (NHA) and in-charge of CoWin platform, said.

Listen to the conversation between BusinessLine's Monika Yadav and NHA's RS Sharma.