digital divide

As education goes online, these ‘digitally backward’ Kashmiri students climb hills in search of signal

The network issue in the village has forced the students, who fear they would not be able to compete with students from the other parts of the country, to hike 4 km every day from their village to a dense patch of forest where they could find network.

Jul 15, 2021, 21:48 PM IST

Online education amid COVID-19 pandemic causing digital divide among students

The Internet has reached the maximum number of people in Delhi, Kerala, and Haryana, but it is still away from the majority of people in the northeastern states, except Assam.

Aug 22, 2020, 01:50 AM IST

PM Modi to attend DigiDhan Mela in Delhi today, to launch new app making cashless payments easier

The government is on full drive making all out efforts in bringing down digital divide among common citizens, and PM Modi is at the forefront of it.

Dec 30, 2016, 13:52 PM IST