Online child abuse escalated in India during pandemic: CRY

Adolescent girls and boys within 14-18 years, belonging to the lower income strata, were figured as the most vulnerable group

Offering long-distance lessons to fight lockdown disruptions

An educational non-profit virtually connects rural children with teachers who can instruct in their native language

Can India afford online food orders and takeaways?

The mineral water bottles we order, packaged food we buy and disposable cutlery we use are choking our planet. So let’s practice a few …

Chemists go on nationwide strike to protest online medicine sale

The Drug and Cosmetics Act, 1940 bars the sale of a few medicines without prescription

Who's right?

No worries? Ask Simba

A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate

Simply put: The binary of online schooling

Digital Markets Act: EU’s landmark bill that takes aim at big tech

Law may also force companies like Google and Apple to allow alternatives to their app stores

Young art: A head full of dreams

Gobar Times and Green Schools Programme conducted a five-day environment e-summer camp from June 1 to June 5, 2020. Sessions on story-telling, …

Internet, the new water. Let’s not convert it into opium

Internet shutdowns can take unimaginable tolls

Facilitating farmers

Physical stores emit more GHG than home delivery, less than online stores

Study by European researchers assessed three types of shopping including traditional and two types of online

A technology-driven circular business model is essential to reach climate change goals

Adopting a “product-as-a-service” business model is one of the most impactful changes we can make today

Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?

Gamers experience the flow state when totally engaged in the game; the challenge in education is to plan for and achieve that level of …

How Radio Dhimsa is helping Odisha's tribal students tide over digital divide

The station broadcasts educational content to over 2,000 students of classes 1-5 in 62 villages 

The wrong side of digital divide: Students in Jhabua take up odd jobs in farms, construction sites

Most of these children will never return to formal education, say experts

Simply Put: Online education for differently-abled

Are online games like PUBG mere entertainment or a menace?

After ban and arrests, developers release statement asking for constructive solution

More kids, parents want schools opened; say difficult to cope without support: Survey

Survey carried out in 20 backward districts across 10 states to study need for an inclusive approach to reopen schools

Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?

The cryptocurrency has a fixed supply that can’t be inflated by political decisions.

Online shopping means cutting billions of trees

India’s booming e-commerce industry has huge environmental costs and there are no estimates about the amount of packaging and waste …

COVID-19: School closure takes a toll on differently abled kids, say experts

Lack of physical interaction with teachers and peers has stunted socio-emotional development of such children, claim counsellors   

COVID-19: How viable is online education?

Skill-development needs experiment and experience, which may not be feasible in online learning

Teaching online isn’t a cakewalk: HP govt school teacher

There are several stumbling blocks in online teaching but with better management, these can be resolved

Sendit, Yolo, NGL: Anonymous social apps are taking over once more, but they aren’t without risks

These can have harmful consequences for young people like cyberbullying, image-based abuse & even online grooming