Digital Literacy

Online learning in times of coronavirus: Net-based learning can't be temporary measure, must be part of education policy

As the lockdown initiated due to the coronavirus pandemic has been extended, one of the biggest concerns has been the disruption to education

Data Societies: How digital desires, online performance cultures, and privacy concerns impact the social self

Data privacy concerns are caught in the interplay of strong capitalist forces, human desire and the ever-evolving predatory technologies.

Lok Sabha polls: Facebook, WhatsApp should boost digital media literacy to supplement its efforts against fighting fake news

Facebook has 2.3 billion ‘citizens’ of its ‘digital nation’ and its time the tech giant is held accountable.

India Post Payments Bank will launch the second wave of financial inclusion, says minister Manoj Sinha

Gender-based digital divide could affect job opportunities for women: Study

The proportion of men using the internet in 2017 was found to be 12 percent higher than women.

Rural finance: Network failure a recurring phenomenon at some bank branches in Bundelkhand

Following network failure, access to wages, pensions, subsidies, and all other bank transactions are hampered, leaving in its wake a disgruntled population.

Full text: WhatsApp reveals its plan to deal with fake news in a letter to govt

WhatsApp said that they have been testing ways to curb the problem of fake news.

Facebook to train 60,000 women scholars for digital literacy across the country

Facebook will enable women scholars to learn using online resources.

India moves one notch up to 44th rank in IMD's competitiveness rankings, US tops list

The IMD World Competitiveness Center, a research group at IMD business school in Switzerland, has published the rankings every year since 1989.

Cracking the digital code