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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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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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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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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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: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final