ICTpost Energy Bureau In the age of innovation , the green theme is throwing up a broad and bewildering array of new companies ; many promising clean-energy start-ups are hitting the market with products and services that could radically alter how we think of, and consume, power. Billions of $s of Venture and government support […]
The ICTpost report titled, Digital Inclusion in Rural India estimates that by December 2021, there will be 35 percent Internet users in rural India. There were 29.83 rural internet subscribers per 100 population in the country till March 2020. An active internet user is one who has accessed internet at least once in the last […]
By Rahul Konapur, Nachiket Gudi, Oommen John Rahul Konapur, Young India Fellow, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana. Nachiket Gudi, Consultant, The George Institute for Global Health, India Oommen John, Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, India Countries across the globe have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Over […]
ICTpost Social Media Bureau In our world, social media is ubiquitous. We turn to facebook, twitter, and other social media outlets in our work life, at home, and when we’re looking for entertainment.But we have reports on a new role for social media helping to search for genes that play a role in Parkinson’s disease […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau The power utility industry in India has taken keen interest in delivering new efficiencies in business processes, customer relationships and partnerships. Adoption of technology in power sector has enabled power companies, through optimisation of resources, to help boost productivity in every sphere of business. Today, comprehensive set of software, technologies, and services […]
ICTpost News Network A study from the University of Victoria is suggesting that our atmosphere is far more susceptible to a runaway greenhouse effect than previously assumed. The phenomenon occurs when a planet absorbs more solar energy than it can give off in return. That causes surface water to evaporate, fill the atmosphere with steam, […]
ICTpost Health IT Bureau No country has succeeded in fully deploying an electronic health record on a national basis. However, Australia and Canada have achieved substantial progress. Experiences from these healthcare systems, their EHR initiatives and their responses to obstacles and challenges offer constructive guidelines for decision makers. Many complex factors, including national health care […]
By Carlos Afonso, NUPEF Civil society organisations, social movements and NGOs are active in internet governance processes, many of them involved in these processes since the inception of WSIS nearly ten years ago, several of them collaborated with me in drafting the following statement. We believe that the access of gatekeepers in the open global […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Online schooling, which has taken off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic, can help reduce inequalities in educational outcomes if it is well-utilised, the Indian Economic Survey said. Quoting the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020 Wave-1 (Rural), the Survey pointed out that the percentage of enrolled children from […]
By Samia Melhem, World Bank The concept of a global information society is one of the most discussed and misunderstood Big Ideas of our time. While we’ve made gigantic strides toward connecting the world through information and communication technologies (ICTs), we have not attained that goal. Over the last decade, ICTs have contributed to globalization, […]
