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 […]
ICTpost Media Action Last year, the Malwa region in Punjab was dubbed as the ‘cancer belt’ of India. The unusually high incidence of cancer cases has been linked to the excessive use of pesticides by cotton farmers. In its fifth National Report on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought published in 2015, the government has conceded […]
ICTpost Media Action Dharwad (Karnataka): 29 April, 2019 Persons with disability not only face social exclusion, but also face obstacles while transitioning into the labour market and becoming economically self-sufficient. Knowledge of digital technologies can help them not just become economically independent but also socially connected. PMGDISHA classes for "Deaf and dumb" Students. A unique […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Productivity growth in IT-producing industries has steadily risen in importance, generating a relentless decline in the prices of IT equipment and?software. This decline in IT prices is rooted in developments in technology that are widely understood by technologists and economists. Technological innovation, long a hallmark of academic research, may now be changing […]
ICTpost Education Bureau India has a formidable set up of engineering and technical institutions. However, many of them are low in terms of the standard of education imparted. In the pursuit of expanding engineering education in the country, academic excellence must be given equal priority, President Pranab Mukherjee said recently.Engineering is a preferred discipline accounting […]
By R. Gandhi, Former Deputy Governor , RBI We have been focusing our attention on developing the payment systems in the country for the past thirty five years, starting from the computerization of clearing houses way back in early 1980s. Thanks to all these years? efforts, today we have a vibrant, innovating, efficient and secured […]
Lohardaga (Jharkhand): 25 April, 2019 ICTpost Media Action In its endeavour to empower underprivileged communities, who have been deprived from social, economic and technological advancement, CSC SPV has been putting efforts through floating various schemes and programmes focusing on uplift of people from marginalized communities, including minorities, tribals, women, and Divyangs. Spread across remote villages […]
ICTpost Radiology Bureau In India more than 400 million people have stress, which is one of the major reasons of all health problems, and change in lifestyles is a major reason causing cardio-vascular diseases. The health profile of the country’s people is becoming more vulnerable to heart diseases, and around 12-14% of the country?s population […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Tablets were supposed to be a simple alternative to the bloated personal computer market. And when “tablet” was synonymous with “iPad,” that was true. The India market — set to touch 7.3 million tablet units– remains a nascent but steadily growing market. The bulk of Indian tablet PC market, estimate experts, tilts […]
