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Govt report flags digital divide in schools—25% in Bihar, Bengal have computer facilities, 65% nationally

Similarly, only 18.6% of schools in Bengal have internet connectivity as compared to 63.5% nationally, says UDISE+ 2024-25 report. Chandigarh, Delhi & Lakshadweep boast 100% access.

UK govt announces broadband contract for 37,000 homes

Isolated communities to see major upgrade in internet speeds.

India’s push for faster internet in Northeast hit as Bangladesh cancels bandwidth supply agreement

The proposal involved using the India-Bangladesh Akhaura border in Tripura as a transit route from Singapore to connect the region with Southeast Asia via Bharti Airtel’s network.

50% of India’s internet users don’t know how to send email, a third know online banking—govt survey

CAM survey by National Sample Survey Office showed big rural-urban gap in ability to use internet, with only 53.6% respondents able to operate it in rural areas, and 74% in urban areas.

SubscriberWrites: The Evolution Of The Internet

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was first awarded the contract to form the same in a local area they called it ARPANET.

Internet access can be good for you, says Oxford study. Unless you’re a young woman

84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and well-being were positive. Only 5% of the associations were negative—mostly observed among 15 to 24-year-old women.

From Jat agitation to Nuh violence, mobile internet services cut 55 times in Haryana in last 8 years

Data submitted in Haryana assembly by Anil Vij during Question Hour earlier this week, in reply to a query by Nuh MLA and Congress leader Aftab Ahmed.

Indian women 40% less likely to use mobile internet than men, finds telecom non-profit GSMA

New Delhi: India’s progress on digital inclusion has stalled yet again, said a new report released Wednesday, which found that women in the country...

SubscriberWrites: Death of newspapers is being abetted by full-page ads

There used to be something about newspapers that made just ‘news’ into ‘News’. Compared to the churning, seething mass of offerings, announcements, positions and statements bubbling...

Nationalism, rent-seeking could spoil our digital future. Learn from history of internet

Just like the first internet engineers who designed the network they wanted, today's users should have the freedom to choose the kind of internet they want.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi must stop with irresponsible SIR comments. There’s no ‘click’ to delete voters

No matter the rhetoric spun by the Opposition, the people of Bharat have faith not just in the system, but also in the intelligence of the voters.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.