With a view to empowering women councillors of local urban bodies and Nagar Panchayats in Bhagalpur district by way of e-governance, the urban development and housing department (UDHD) is working on an ambitious plan to impart training to them. The department is also planning to utilise information and communication technique for their capacity building. Read…
The study involved more than 250 females from four colleges. Researchers conducted an online survey to assess the cyberbullying behaviours. In addition, all the participants were asked to complete Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) to determine depression and alcohol use among the participants.
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Companies and brands have significantly increased their social media spends even as they find it challenging to measure the effectiveness of their social media engagements finds EY’s second annual ‘Social Media Marketing India Trends’ study. The study analyses how Indian marketers and organisations have been using the various social media platforms and how they go…
Mobile handset makers like Micromax and Karbonn have sought tax holidays and subsidies in the upcoming Budget to promote local manufacturing, a move they expect will create lakhs of jobs. One of the fastest growing mobile phone market globally, India lags behind China as most handset makers, including Indian players, get their devices manufactured in…
The Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, has launched a web-portal www.ncvtmis.gov.in which will deliver e-certificates to the pass-outs from various NCVT courses including ITI pass-outs. The first semester examination for 9.65 lakh students enrolled in August 14-session commenced on 20th February, 2015. The details of these candidates matching with…
India versus Pakistan, the biggest blockbuster of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, created global history by recording more than 25 million views on Star’s digital platform – Hotstar and starsports.com. This is the highest ever video views for a single game in any sporting event across the globe in one country.
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Mobile phone operators Vodafone India and Aircel have started talks with the government on how to speed up the muchdelayed national broadband project, which will form the backbone of the Digital India initiative.
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Taking suo moto cognizance of an alleged atrocity case, the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has directed the Morigaon district administration to start a probe into the alleged assault by an Assam Police official on a young woman at Moirabari area in the district recently. In her FIR lodged at Moirabari police station, the victim…
Human rights activists say that nearly 100,000 North Koreans are being forced to work abroad as slaves abroad to fund Kim-Jong-un and his administration’s luxurious lifestyle. According to Daily Express, Ahn Myeong-chul, the head of NK Watch, a Seoul-based rights group, told the New York Times the country’s regime was “exploiting their labour and salaries…
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) on Sunday appealed to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to provide “immediate protection” to tribals of Sundergarh district in Odisha, alleging that they are being tortured by the police for opposing the State government’s move to bring tribal villages in the district under the Rourkela municipal corporation.…