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The order was apparently issued on the day the code of conduct for the upcoming polls too came into force. The code of conduct prohibits the government from blowing its own trumpet in the days leading up to the election.
The government on Thursday had said a 'code of ethics' and three-tier grievance redressal mechanism would be applicable for news publishers, over-the-top (OTT) platforms and digital media.
As per the new rules, social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24 hours.
Users will be 'slowly asked' to comply with the new terms 'in order to have full functionality of WhatsApp' starting May 15.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called out Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp by name and said they were welcome to operate in India, but only if they play by India's rules.
The NORKA Roots' scholarship would cover 75% of the fee for the selected candidates.
Twitter did not provide details of the accounts/tweets that were blocked.
The Telegram team had to leave Russia due to local IT regulations and has tried a number of locations as its base, including Berlin, London and Singapore.
LDF's Lathakumari won by 10,469 votes, while Vibitha got 9,178 votes.