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, […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau According to ICTpost Energy Tracker, renewable power installations (excluding large hydro projects) held a 24.2% share of the India’s overall power mix and stood at about 90.6 GW as of September 30, 2020. This was a marginal increase from last quarter’s 89.5 GW. In the same period the previous year, the country […]
New Delhi: Feb 10, 2021 It is no secret that there is a swarm of health IT in the marketplace, all vying for a larger user base. However, at what point does technology become more of a hindrance than a help Doctors and nurses who are burdened with clunky or inefficient systems run the risk […]
Dr. Shakila Shamsu, Former OSD (NEP), Ministery of Higher Education, Gov. of India Some Facts: South Asia (SA)has one fifths of the world population.Has the largest number of people living below poverty line Economic and social development cannot be achieved without optimizing human resources for which education is the critical factor. Illiteracy is one of […]
New Delhi: 10 February, 2021 A report by ICTpost says that Internet and mobile usage in India is all set to cross the 900-million mark by 2023, with nearly two-thirds of the population estimated to have internet access and a mobile device. India will have 2.2 billion connected devices by 2023, increasing from 1.5 billion […]
By Dr. Mohammad Y. Mhawish and Dr. Manjari Gupta, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University Predicting Code Smells and Analysis of Predictions: Using Machine Learning Techniques and Software Metrics Code smell detection is essential to improve software quality, enhance software maintainability, and decrease the risk of faults and failures in the software system. In this […]
New Delhi: February 4, 2021 Every generation of Indians has overcome challenges to secure our nation’s role as the world’s economic leader. Solving the health care puzzle is this generation’s challenge. It will require change. True healthcare reform requires both moving toward universal insurance coverage and restructuring the care delivery system. These two components are […]
Dr. Mahesh Uppal, Director – Com First As we increasingly rely on mobile connectivity, demand for wireless spectrum capacity is growing daily. With limited spectrum in use to expand wireless capacity, policymakers must move quickly and responsibly to make more spectrum available to keep pace with the demands of consumers and our economy and enable […]
New Delhi: February 04, 2021 The information technologyenabled services (IT-ITeS) industry has become one of the significant growth catalysts for India. India continues to maintain a leadership position in global sourcing, accounting for above 58 per cent of the total global sourcing market (excluding engineering services and R&D) in 2021. The IT business process management […]
