COVID-19 pandemic can slow progress in policy making for healthy ageing in Africa: WHO

Low literacy rates among elderly made access to online health services difficult

How does elementary literacy impact Adivasi livelihoods? SAL 2021 report sheds light

Family heads had no school education in 53% of Adivasi households in Jharkhand and 58.6% in Odisha

Too many digital distractions are eroding our ability to read deeply. Here’s how we can become aware of what’s happening

Media multi-tasking is an adaptive response to an environment inundated with information, but it comes at a cognitive cost

Kenya’s Turkana County experienced the highest increase in inequality: Report

It is among the 12 counties in the country where inequality rose

Ground report: 50% reservation in Panchayat a starting point for Haryana women

Proxy candidature, minimum educational qualifications still holding back candidates at grassroots level

How COVID-19 vaccination figures from Assam highlight India’s digital divide

The right to health and well-being should not be restricted to an individual’s access to digital devices and faster internet services

Mewat Makeover: Female education now a prerequisite for marriage in Nuh

While parents are teaching their daughters to contest panchayat elections in Mewat, they are also looking for educated daughters-in-law

COVID-19 vaccine update: SC quizzes Centre on mandatory online registration, dual pricing

You keep saying digital India, digital India, but you are not aware of the ground realities: Justice Chandrachud  

Union Budget 2022-23: Funds for science very low for India to make a mark, say experts

The importance that the government gives to science and technology is reflected in the budget, experts said

From Nalanda to nowhere: Will Bihar’s public libraries survive

State not granting funds, alleges Bihar MLA Sudama Prasad; only 51 of 540 libraries have survived since 1950s

Privacy concerns, no consultation: Farmer and digital rights groups write to Centre on AgriStack

The current framework is not in the best interests of the farmers, says letter

Just transition: Digital literacy can help youth dependant on coal sector move into other fields, finds IIT study

Digital media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube can also be used to educate the youth on just transition

As told to Parliament (September 22, 2020): 45% of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao funds not utilised in 2019-20

All that was discussed in the Houses through the day  

What is in the Union Budget 2021-22 for children? Not much

The budget continues to deprive pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from vital benefits of schemes and interventions 

COVID-19: Access to devices a must for bridging the digital divide

Most conversations on digital divide revolve around network availability or supply-side factors, but absence of an Internet-enabled handset …

Mandatory digital attendance for MGNREGS will destroy it, activists warn

Lack of access to technology will discourage workers, drive them to work for cheaper wages outside of scheme

Non-monetary indicator of poverty

Our policy makers should move away from the income criterion for estimating poverty and take cognisance of other indicators