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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Digital India

Demonetisation is like a monkey on my back, says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

There were pros and cons to demonetisation and to being an entrepreneur, says Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma at Democracy Wall.

Top online course provider edX coming soon to India

Harvard and MIT-founded edX in talks with Modi govt to provide 2,300 courses. These will be hosted on India’s own MOOC platform, SWAYAM.

ताकि 2025 तक भारत की डिजिटल अर्थव्यवस्था एक खरब डॉलर की हो जाए

सरकार इन दिनों 30 सूत्री कार्ययोजना पर गहन विचार-विमर्श कर रही हैं, जिसका लक्ष्य ‘डिजिटल इंडिया’ योजना के तहत 1 खरब डॉलर के डिजिटल इकोनॉमी आंकड़े को छूना है.

Exclusive: How India plans to be a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025

Govt departments are currently discussing a 30-point action plan to achieve this target under Modi’s pet ‘Digital India’ scheme.

‘New India’ not possible without rural digitisation: Experts at PHDCCI conclave

Government officials and experts agree that technology must help rural people come into the digital mainstream, draft report for govt.

Aadhaar to digital wallets: Digital India needs more security to deliver

The omission of digital security as one of the nine pillars that underpin the Narendra Modi’s flagship Digital India program is perplexing.

On Camera

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.