Have not shared any info of Indian users with Chinese govt: TikTok on ban

TikTok has not imparted data on Indian clients to China or other outside governments, it said on Tuesday after New Delhi last night prohibited it alongside 58 different applications with Chinese connections.
"We have been welcome to meet with concerned government partners for a chance to react and submit explanations," said Tik Tok India head Nikhil Gandhi in an announcement.
TikTok "kept on conforming to information protection and security necessities under Indian law" and had not shared any data of clients in India with "any outside government, including the Chinese government". The viral application included: "in the event that we are mentioned to later on we would not do as such."
"TikTok has democratized the web by making it accessible in 14 Indian dialects, with a huge number of clients, specialists, narrators, instructors and entertainers relying upon it for their job, a considerable lot of whom are first time web clients," said the announcement.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) summoned its capacity under segment 69A of the Information Technology Act boycott the applications and named their use "biased to power and honesty of India, barrier of India, security of state and open request".

TikTok was brought down from Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store on Tuesday morning. The application isn't accessible for downloads on any authority application appropriation stage. In any case, it keeps on working for individuals who have just downloaded and introduced it on their cell phones.

National artificial intelligence unit stuck for lack of anchor department

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The government’s plan to set up a national artificial intelligence centre is stuck because it is unclear which department will spearhead the initiative.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said in January such a centre would be set up by July.
The then finance minister, Piyush Goyal, announced in February the centre would be developed as a hub along with centres of excellence, for which nine priority areas had been identified. However, he did not mention who would execute the larger plan.
Last month, it was reported that the NITI Aayog had circulated a Cabinet note, asking for Rs 7,500 crore for three years to set up an AI framework. Last year, four panels set up by MeitY evaluated the use of AI for citizens, such as setting up a data platform, skilling and reskilling, research and development, and examining the challenges involving legal, regulatory, ethical and cybersecurity aspects.
“Based on what the four committees gave us, we sent a proposal to implement a national programme at Rs 470-480 crore. For approval it went to expenditure (finance committee), which asked us about the difference between NITI Aayog and our estimate. We have requested them to resolve this,” said a senior official at MeitY.
The NITI Aayog released a discussion paper in June last year on the “National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence”.

 MeitY’s reports have not been made public. A senior finance ministry official who was part of the Expenditure Finance Committee meetings related to the requests made by the NITI Aayog and MeitY on the AI centre said both the departments had been told to get clarity on the matter.