By Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General *The following article is adapted from my remarks at today’s G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting. Let me begin by thanking His Excellency H.E. Eng. Abdullah Amer Al-Swaha for inviting me today to address the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting. ITU is proud to be a knowledge partner of Saudi Arabia’s […]
New Delhi: July 24, 2020 IT spending in India will total $83.5 billion, a decline of 8.1% in 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. This is the first decline in IT spending experienced in India in the last five years. “The fear of a global economic recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Geneva/London, 24 July 2020 – Seventy-five countries have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through joining the COVAX Facility, a mechanism designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. The 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets, partner […]
By Anil Swarup, Former Secretary, School Education and Literacy, GoI The Union finance minister has announced, as a part of the stimulus package, that the coal sector would be opened up and coal blocks put up for auction for commercial mining. Will it be impacted by the ?Rai effect?? It was 2012. Visuals of Rekha […]
ICTpost Media Action Mumbai: CSCs are playing a major role in ensuring inclusive growth of our nation. I want to see the VLEs emerge as CSC VLE Society to set up an effective service delivery structure based on the pattern of Amul Cooperative.? -Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics and IT, Government of India […]
ICTpost Media Action Bijapur, Chhattisgarh: May 15, 2019 Common Services Centres, acting as a one stop solution for delivery of G2B and B2C services, ?are playing a crucial role in turning government?s mandate to generate employment opportunities for rural population within their native place, into reality. When it comes to naxal affected regions, it becomes […]
ICTpost Healthcare Bureau Being heralded as one of the several possible solutions to some of the medical dilemmas facing many developing countries, telemedicine has already brought a plethora of benefits to the populace of India, especially those living in the rural and remote areas (constituting about 70 percent of India?s population). One of the many […]
By S. S. Mundra, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Customers who are financially literate would demand information and thereby play an important role in ensuring transparency among the financial institutions. The transparency in the market encourages institutions to compete on the basis of better products and services and at lower cost. That is […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Smart-phone use is nearly ubiquitous among young adults. About 32 percent of the users of smart-phones in India tend to make their purchases using the device, according to a recent study. ?For shopping, 32 percent would like to pick their smart-phones and 23 percent chose the laptop or desktops as the next […]
New Delhi: May 8, 2019 Social media has invaded health care from at least three fronts: innovative startups, patient communities and medical centers. The Health 2.0 movement has nurtured dozens of startups with creative concepts to revolutionize health care: tools from vertical search and social networks to health content aggregators and wellness tools. Patient communities […]
