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Digital India campaign, initiated by not less than the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is now five years and five months old. It was launched under the ‘visionary leadership’ on July 1, 2015. Within the last five years most of the people were made to believe that the country has made a considerable progress in bridging the great digital divide between the haves and have-not’s. However, the latest global estimate of the UNICEF-ITU should be an eye-opener. During the COVID-19 pandemic when online classes were started, majority of students could not connect themselves because there were no internet connections in their home. South Asia along with sub-Saharan Africa was the most affected region, and thereby Indian students suffered the most in absolute numbers because of being largest populated country.

The reported move by Government of India to set up a state-owned Indian version of Amazon.com is, to say the least, a move that is against the trend of technological power concentrating away from the hands of governments. In fact, the development of information technology occurred outside the domain of governments and has been anchored on private enterprise and expertise.

Now that the road has been cleared for the President elect Joseph Biden to officially take over on January 20 next year for a four year term, the question has arisen as to what will be the nature of his presidency and the shape of his policies - will he be Obama 3 or will he emerge on his own as Biden 1?

The undergraduate curriculum of medical course (MBBS) is broadly divided into early non-clinical and subsequent clinical phases. The non-clinical component is further composed of pre-clinical (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry) subjects taught in the first year and para-clinical subjects (Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, etc) taught in the second year. The non-clinical subjects are basic and foundational whereas the students study the diseases in detail in the clinical subjects (Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, etc).

New Delhi: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wenesday assured government's full support for the Women football in the country saying "Football is the world's most popular sport and we have to give our all to promote football in India. In women's football, we have the ability and that day is not far that we will qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup."

Goa: A dominating 3-0 victory over Kolkata glamour club East Bengal (EB) helped Mumbai City climb top of the Hero Indian Super League table at the GMC Stadium here on Tuesday.

Chandigarh: PGA Tour regular Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and SSP Chawrasia will lead the star-studded field in the Rs 1.5 crore prize money third edition of the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational Presented by TAKE Sports at the Chandigarh Golf Club from December 3 – 6.

NOIDA: Hero Order of Merit leader Vani Kapoor, Diksha Dagar and Ridhima Dilawari, are among the 23 golfers who will battle it for top honours, as the seventh leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour gets underway on Wednesday at the Par-72 Noida Golf Course here from Wednesday.

Goa: With only one point from two matches Jamshedpur will go all out for a win as they take on Injury-marred Hyderabad in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maiden on Wednesday. Coach Owen Coyle, who is yet to taste a win with Jamshedpur, stated that they would need to respect their opponents as they know what they are capable of doing.

Jeremy Corbyn's left-wing allies have launched a campaign for the restoration of whip for the former Labour leader, he on his part has been contemplating to initiate legal proceedings against the current labour leader Kier Starmer for denying him of his right.