Education ministry approves new scheme to cover all aspects of adult education for next 5 yearsThe ministry has also decided to use "Education For All" instead of "Adult Education" as the previous term did not appropriately represent ...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.21 PM IST
Skill India launches programme to upskill street food vendorsIn the pilot project, launched on Tuesday, 2500 street vendors, aged between 23 years and 55 years and operating in East Delhi Municipal Co...
01 Dec, 2021, 12.17 AM IST
WhatsApp partners with Common Services Centers for a digital literacy service chatbotThe government describes CSC as a 'strategic cornerstone' of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), approved by the government in May 2006,...
17 Sep, 2020, 12.18 PM IST
DoT to make mandatory for mobiles to support local languagesDoT is likely to come out with regulations in 3-4 months that will make it mandatory for mobile phones to support Hindi and at least one re...
15 Feb, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
Sustained co-operation needed for cleaning Ganga: Uma BharatiAddressing a meeting regarding role of IITs and educational institutes in the ambitious programme, she mentioned areas where HRD's interven...
09 Dec, 2015, 11.23 PM IST
Kerala's 'Vision 2020' to make it first digitally literate stateKerala has set in motion an ambitious policy framework to bridge the digital divide by 2020 and make it first 'digitally literate' state in...
14 Aug, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: People from BPL families to be made computer literateIn a quest to create a 'Digital India', people from down-trodden families will be imparted the basic knowledge of computers under Centre's ...
17 Jul, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
Centre plans Rs 500 crore computer literacy project for 50 lakh people over 3 yearsThe investment will be made under a project called Disha in certain identified districts, a senior government official said.
13 Nov, 2014, 03.03 PM IST
Digital India programme: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet state IT ministers on August 26Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet IT ministers from the states on August 26 to discuss the road-map for implementing 'Digital India' programme.
24 Aug, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
Kerala village achieves cent per cent e-literacyA nearby village panchayat has been declared as the first e-literate panchayat, marking a milestone in Kerala's bid to become the first e-l...
02 Mar, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
Reducing digital divide vital: PM Manmohan SinghLauding Kerala's pioneering efforts in achieving total e-literacy, PM Manmohan Singh said reducing digital divide was vital to improve live...
04 Jan, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
Govt to finalise plans for spreading digital literacy this monthThe government will hold deliberations with NGOs, industry and other related parties this month to finalise plans for spreading digital lit...
05 Sep, 2013, 08.20 PM IST
Crisil ties up with FLIP for carrying fin literacy programmeFLIP, an e-learning and certification services provider in banking and finance, will develop financial literacy and awareness modules as pa...
15 May, 2013, 02.15 PM IST
- Intel signs pact with Kerala's Kudumbashree
As part of plans to make Kerala women digitally empowered, 'Kudumbashree', the state's poverty eradication mission, has signed an MoU with ...
19 Feb, 2013, 07.00 PM IST
- IT revolution will be complete with computer literacy: Sachin Pilot
The IT revolution in India will be complete only when every citizen is able to use computers, Union Minister of State Sachin Pilot today sa...
20 Aug, 2011, 08.02 PM IST
- Fisherfolk now discuss IT on the high seas
A few kilometers off the Kollam coast, where the sea is turbulent in the monsoon months, fishermen who have cast their nets and are patient...
10 Aug, 2006, 01.53 AM IST
- IT cos seek new ground for headhunting
Search for bright sparks among convicts is the new way of meeting recruitment targets for IT cos.
10 Jun, 2006, 12.10 AM IST