Digital access intrinsic to right to life, says SC, bats for disabled

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed changes in digital know your customer (KYC) guidelines for persons with disability and acid attack survivors, saying the right to digital access is an......

Congress Will Split Soon: Modi

'Today the Congress has become the Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress.' Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there is 'deep disappointment and anger' brewing within the Congress over the path on......

From 1905 cry to Modi's 'Vocal for Local': NCERT's new Swadeshi lessons

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has released special modules on 'Swadeshi', tracing the movement's journey from 1905 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call towards......

'From India-First To India-For-The-World'

'The next decade will be even more transformative,' says Prime Minister Modi.'We are moving from digital governance to global digital leadership.' IMAGE: Children use laptops in an open-air class......

SEZs increasing digital divide: Minister

Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday raised concern over the proliferation of IT Special Economic Zones, being set up under the ministry's flagship scheme, and pitched for......

Mukesh Ambani bats for bridging the digital divide

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday pressed for bridging the digital divide "both among nations and within nations", saying connectivity and communications have become the fundamental rights of......

Rural BPOs to bridge digital divide

The digital divide separating rural and urban India may finally be narrowing, thanks to setting up of business process outsourcing units in villages. Jallikakinada, an obscure village in West......

Wide broadband network can bridge digital divide

The Fifth World Telecommunication Development Conference of International Telecommunication Union got underway in Hyderabad with a resolve to push the world community for faster rolling out of......

'I Wasted Four Years Of My Life'

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the......

'Indian Cricket Changed My Life'

'I have a deep affection for Indian cricket. If someone asked me to come back, I wouldn't say no.' IMAGE: Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli carry Coach Gary Kirsten after India won the World Cup......