-PTI/ Newsclick.in Percentage of men owning phones in India is as high as 61% while only 31% of women owned phones in 2021. New Delhi: The percentage of men owning phones is as high as 61% while only 31% of women-owned phones in 2021, according to a new report, which claimed that India's growing inequalities based on caste, religion, gender, class, and geographic location are being worryingly replicated in the digital space. Oxfam...
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Survey bares teens’ Internet addiction -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Research finds that 28 per cent children spend six hours or longer on digital devices New Delhi: Over a quarter of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years spend six hours or longer per day on smartphones or digital devices, according to a nationwide survey that experts say has deepened concerns about digital-era addictions. The survey, based on responses from 9,633 parents from 287 districts, has found that 28 per cent children...
More »India’s Laptop imports surged to $5 bn in first 9 months of 2022. Nearly 73% came from China -Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in Since 2017, China has accounted for around 75 per cent of India’s Laptop imports, but the government is now expanding its list of importing partners. New Delhi: India’s Laptop imports surged to $5.24 billion in the first nine months of 2022, and about three-fourths came from China, show the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. According to the data, in the first three-quarters of 2021, India had imported...
More »Live-stream of some Supreme Court hearings from September 27 -R Balaji
-The Telegraph ‘The modalities are being worked out. Some decision will be taken soon on who will be entrusted with the job of live-streaming the proceedings' The Supreme Court has decided to live-stream all constitution bench hearings from September 27 to address pleas to make the highest judiciary’s proceedings transparent and accessible to one and all. The important constitution bench matters that are scheduled to come up for hearing after September 27 include...
More »Learning machines -Sukanta Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph Edutech is the white flour and refined sugar of learning The economic downturn caused by Covid-19 was the making of one class of business: the edutech industry. The closedown of schools created a need to teach students remotely. The electronic mode was the only possible means. But the way it was adopted prompts deep misgivings. I am actively involved with computer applications in teaching and research. The promise held out by...
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