Parliamentary Panel

BJP MPs Replace Congress Leaders As Heads Of 2 Key Parliamentary Panels

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 14, 2019

Two crucial parliamentary panels, the standing committees on finance and external affairs, which were headed by Congress MPs in previous Lok Sabha are now chaired by BJP MPs.

BJP MPs Replace Congress Leaders As Heads Of 2 Parliamentary Panels

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 14, 2019

Two crucial parliamentary panels, the standing committees on finance and external affairs, which were headed by Congress MPs in previous Lok Sabha are now chaired by BJP MPs.

Parliamentary Panel Report On Black Money Caught In Congress-BJP Politics

India News | Reported by Sanket Upadhyay, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 24, 2019

A report on the government's efforts to curb black money - prepared by a parliamentary committee chaired by Congress's Veerappa Moily - skips any mention of a specific amount of black money. A copy of the report that's with NDTV, says the methodologies being followed to curb black money are inconsistent and the results are contrasting.

Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 30, 2019

Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.

Parliamentary Panel Said to Doubt Facebook's Ability to Prevent Misuse

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday March 6, 2019

Sources said Facebook informed the parliamentary committee that it is a "hybrid company".

Facebook Executives Set to Depose Before Parliamentary Panel on Wednesday

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 4, 2019

Ajit Mohan, VP and MD India, as well as Ankhi Das, Director Public, Policy and Programmes, will accompany Kaplan, sources told IANS on Sunday.

Facebook Vice President To Appear Before Parliamentary Panel On March 6

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 4, 2019

Facebook Vice-President Joel Kaplan will appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology in New Delhi on March 6 to explain what the social media giant and its subsidiaries--WhatsApp and Instagram are doing to safeguard citizen's rights across platforms.

"Explain Objective Of Air Strike To World," Parliamentary Panel Tells Foreign Ministry

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday March 2, 2019

The Parliamentary Standing Committee has told the External Affairs Ministry to "emphatically" assert before the international community that the Indian Air Force (IAF) crossed the border on February 26 not to attack Pakistan but terror camps on its territory.

Facebook's Senior Officials Said to Appear Before Parliamentary Panel on March 6

Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 26, 2019

The development assumes significance amid concerns being raised over any possible misuse of social media tools to interfere in the upcoming elections.

Parliamentary Panel Asks Twitter to Support Free, Fair General Elections

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 25, 2019

Public policy heads of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been called to appear before the parliamentary panel on March 6.

In Meeting With Twitter, Parliament Panel Asks For Real-Time Solutions

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday February 25, 2019

A parliamentary panel on Monday asked micro-blogging site Twitter to address issues in real-time and engage more with the Election Commission ahead of general elections to ensure the outcome is not influenced like they were reportedly done in the 2016 US presidential polls.

After Twitter, Parliament Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 22, 2019

After Twitter, a parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of Facebook, its messaging services WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram to appear before it early next month and discuss concerns over safeguarding "citizens' rights on social media".

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Won't Appear Before Parliamentary Panel on February 25

Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From IANS | Friday February 22, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will not appear before the Parliamentary panel on IT on February 25, and instead the company is sending its Head of Public Policy Colin Crowell.

Twitter Says CEO Jack Dorsey Won't Appear Before Parliamentary Panel

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will not appear before the parliamentary panel on Information Technology or IT on February 25, and instead the company is sending its Head of Public Policy Colin Crowell.

Facebook Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Citizens' Rights Protection

Reuters | Friday February 22, 2019

A parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of Facebook, its messaging services WhatsApp, and photo-sharing app Instagram to appear before it early next month.