Digital Divide
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Digital divide: Mobile ownership 30% higher among men than women in India, shows Oxfam report
The report showed that besides gender, there exists stark disparity in access to digital services on the lines of caste, financial status and education.
Scroll Staff
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‘No rights as a citizen’: Pakistan’s digital ID has excluded millions from social welfare schemes
Refugees, migrants, women, transgender people and nomadic communities are among those without the vital computerised national identity card.
Waqar Mustafa, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Indian education can’t go online – only 8% of homes with young members have computer with net link
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed how rooted structural imbalances are between rural and urban, male and female, rich and poor, even in the digital world.
Protiva Kundu
Trending
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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Will Indian schools ever be ready to give students sex education?
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
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This Rajasthan village wants to catch up with India’s digital revolution – but lacks the wherewithal
Nobody has ever used a computer in Rawatpura.
Shubham Sharma
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Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
Research shows that technology disrupts economies of scale, turning megacities' huge populations from strength to liability.
Vincent Mack, The Conversation & Christopher H. Lim, The Conversation
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In a Jharkhand village, Adivasis have received bank cards – but not the education to read them
The Paharia Adivasi community says they are cheated in their banking transactions and don't know what to do with the debit cards.
Anumeha Yadav
Video
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
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The DigiLocker was supposed to cut down paperwork but less than 0.1% of Indians are using it
The official data shows that the platform has not enthused as many users as the government expected.
Mayank Jain
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Digital inequality warning sounded for urban India
A new study buttresses the claim that India’s Internet use is low.
Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com
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Connecting everyone to the internet won’t solve the world’s development problems
To benefit from the digital revolution, the world needs more than just connectivity.
Anna Childs, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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‘Kartam Bhugtam’ review: Lots of sowing but little reaping
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‘Baahubali: Crown of Blood’ review: More of the same, only in animation
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In the US, computer science is (unfortunately) a privilege
Students from lower income backgrounds are less likely to have computers at home or any type of computer science instruction. Which explain why Silicon Valley is so homogenous.
Alice Truong, Qz.com
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An introduction to the booming world of Latin American digital arts
Latin America might have found itself on the dark side of the "digital divide" over the last 20 years or so, but this hasn’t impeded the development of digital arts there.
Thea Pitman, The Conversation
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Facebook opens up Internet.org to developers, responding to net neutrality advocates
Chris Daniels, Facebook's VP for Internet.org, says Facebook isn't picking the web winners through the initiative.
Shivam Vij
The Field
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings to take the final playoffs spot
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag enter fourth final; Tanisha-Ashwini exit
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen, Minakshi secure gold medals for India
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Shooting, Olympic Trials: Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar win 50m Rifle 3 Positions event
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IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians end forgetful season in last place after loss to Lucknow Super Giants