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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicDigital India

Topic: Digital India

What are Indians watching? More screens, less equality, says study

Indians are watching more frequently but in shorter, more distracted bursts.

Digital wallets are making sure that Indian students get their scholarship on time

Scholarship disbursement was once a long, drawn-out process involving paperwork and months of back and forth has been drastically cut down using Digital Public Infrastructure.

UPI, unicorns, AI will power India’s digital economy. Focus on them for Viksit Bharat

Estimated at around $175 billion in 2023, India’s digital economy could grow to $1 trillion in three years, projections suggest.

MeitY, UP govt organise Digital India consultation workshop

The event in Lucknow focused on raising awareness about key initiatives under the Digital India Programme, including DigiLocker, Entity Locker, API Setu, OpenForge, myScheme, UMANG, and UX4G.

Rajasthan’s elderly are victims of ‘digital murder’. eKYC gaps leave lakhs without pension

Digital verification issues are excluding Rajasthan’s elderly and disabled from pensions, with lakhs incorrectly declared ‘dead’ or missing. There’s an embarrassing KYC-shaped hole in Digital India.

SubscriberWrites: Safeguarding personal liberty in digital India in the shadow of ADM Jabalpur

The 1976 ADM Jabalpur case, a dark moment in India’s judicial history, reminds us of the enduring need to balance state power and personal freedom as digital surveillance challenges grow.

3 years on, 30% of rural land parcels have Bhu-Aadhaar. Centre pushes for completion by 2026

Bhu-Aadhaar or ULPIN was launched in 2021 as part of land records modernisation programme. Among 28.72 crore listed land parcels, ULPINs have been generated for over 8.4 crore, data shows.

Our take on BJP’s Haryana win, J&K elections, & Ratan Tata’s death

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

India’s Skill India digital hub launched

The platform is a digital expansion of the skilling opportunities in India.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.