10 Years of Digital India: Transformation of Bharat from digitally divided nation to world’s digital capital

Prof. Himani Sood | June 30, 2025 8:02 PM

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Despite the launch of e-governance projects way back in 1990s, the deep ‘digital divide’ -- which existed in India till about a decade back -- not only created economic disparities between those who could afford technology and those who could not, but also affected the country’s overall growth due to lack of required digital infrastructure.

Plumbing the profound with perspicacious poetics (Book Review)

Vikas Datta | June 30, 2025 10:59 AM

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) "Through smog and soot and horrid dust,/You will have to endure/To make a wage..." This verse can evoke a more eloquent exposition of our polluted urban agglomerations and the imperative to brave the degraded air as we move around for our daily sustenance than the most well-researched report.

Not opposed to Hindi but against linguistic emergency: Uddhav Thackeray

IANS | June 29, 2025 7:55 PM

Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT supremo and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday fired a salvo at the MahaYuti government saying that the imposition of Hindi along with Marathi and English in schools for classes 1 and 5 would not be allowed in Maharashtra.

PMEGP turning dreams into businesses, beneficiaries thank PM Modi

IANS | June 27, 2025 9:56 PM

Shahdol, June 27 (IANS) Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which was launched by the Central government in 2008, has been of great help fort the people across the country. They are becoming self-reliant after getting support for their small businesses and self-employment.