Intel’s Innovate for Digital India challenge is all about encouraging innovation via ideas that will solve the digital divide in India, leading to a truly digital India across all sections and sectors of society. This challenge is a collaborative effort from Intel and DST (Department of Science and Telecommunication). We spoke to Mr. Sandeep Aurora,…
Growing use of body cameras by police has led to a dramatic fall in brutality, a top UN rights expert said today, but warned the technology could be a double-edged sword. There have been increasing calls for police to wear body cameras following a spate of cases, especially in the United States, of police violence…
With the growing adoption of smartphones and greater number of Internet users in the nation, digital devices’ influence on in-store purchases is expected to grow significantly, highlighting the need for retailers to adopt an omni-channel strategy, according to a report by consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. The report, Navigating the New Digital…
Gone are those decades when heavy books, pens, chalk and blackboard defined education.The present day dotes on PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets as the face of education.The changes are quite macroscopic. While the concept of online education has already influenced the learning institutions in full swing, education restricted to only traditional classroom learning is now…
Ithai Khunou government high school had appreciated M Okendro Education Minister towards fulfilling his commitment of providing adequate teachers to the school following a protest in May 5, 2015.The school authority has also thanked the director of education and other authorities for the same.
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Union Minister for Information and Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said rural post offices across the country will also function as common service centres (CSCs) providing e-services. He said this while asserting that the postal department had a crucial role to play in bringing in digital revolution in the country. “Our vision…
The state government’s expenditure is on the rise vis-a-vis income, forcing it to cut corners by going slow on recruitments and focusing more on e-governance. According to a circular, the government speech and white-paper of the finance department show that expenses, particularly on salary, are on the rise compared to revenue. “This is not an…
The Telangana Government is in the process of developing tools to make governance accessible through mobile platforms. “We are trying to provide mobile interface to our Mee Seva (e-governance initiative). We will bring all our services on to the mobile platform. We will release mobile apps in the next four years,” Telangana IT Minister K…
One-day sensitization workshop on Innovative Best Practices in e-Governance of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) was conducted under the aegis of “Capacity Building” Programmes of Mission Mode Projects of State Governments and Government of India. The workshop was organized by the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS), Hyderabad in association with J&K Institute of Management,…
Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy-information technology on three key vision areas of ‘Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen’, ‘Governance and Services on Demand’ and ‘Digital Empowerment of Citizens.’ To prepare the northeastern states in this regard, the…