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India pioneered TV education, but smartphone classes during Covid let down its poor students

Trauma faced by students for being able to afford smartphones and laptops for online classes could have been avoided if the govt implemented the DTH scheme.

Your mobile phone could soon help you test for coronavirus

Smartphone-based tests have been developed for detecting HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. Work is now underway to use smartphones to detect Covid-19.

Here’s how the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown can be India’s last

India is at a stage where it can control the coronavirus outbreak and better its healthcare. It just needs a digital push and vigilant contact tracing.

Apple unveils new iPhone 11: Are people spending money to buy the same phone again?

Apple unveiled iPhone 11, iPhone 11 pro & iPhone 11 Pro Max this week. While iPhone 11 is priced at Rs 65,000, the other two models cost nearly Rs 1 lakh.

Your worry over kids’ excessive smartphone use is more justified than ever before

Sleep deprivation among teens spiked after 2012 – just as smartphone use became common.

If 2019 is India’s first WhatsApp election, women should be given smartphones

While using social media to reach out to new voters, political parties may be missing out on a large section of the electorate.

Eye drops sales have gone through the roof because Indians can’t get enough of smartphones

Eye drops sales have gone through the roof due to ‘digital vision syndrome’ caused by use of gadgets such as mobile phones & computers.

OnePlus shows Apple how to become India’s top smartphone seller

OnePlus commanded 40 percent of India’s premium smartphone market in June this year, compared with zero when it arrived in 2014.

Social thunderstorm on Sonam Kapoor’s wedding a toast to the nosy aunty in all of us

Our generation is vicarious, if nothing else. To those of us lucky enough to own a smartphone and have internet access, vapid escapism is more than just a hobby.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.