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Cabinet approves PMGDISHA under Digital India Programme
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) to extend digital literacy to 6 crore rural households today.
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Google India celebrates young minds to drive awareness around Internet saf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): Continuing with its efforts to promote digital literacy and spread awareness around internet safety, Google India announced the winners of the second edition of the Web Rangers, on Tuesday, celebrating 'Safer Internet Day'. Arnav Nagpal (14, Gurgaon
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Over one lakh students volunteered for Digital Financial Literacy Campaign
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 15 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan (Visaka) (Digital Financial Literacy Campaign) launched throughout the country last week is getting good response and more than one lakh stu
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Telangana CM stresses on educating people on Electronic Financial Literacy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec. 6 (ANI): Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday stressed that people should be educated on Electronic Financial Literacy as technology is playing a major role in day-to-day life.
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Personal computing crucial to India's knowledge economy vision: Intel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2 (ANI): Personal Computers (PCs) are instrumental in closing the skill gap, enabling upward socio-economic mobility and achieving universal digital literacy in the country, states an Impact Assessment Report commissioned by Intel India.
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World Bank report: India trumps Pakistan in female literacy, infant mortal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct. 4 (ANI): Fresh statistics released by the World Bank this week show that India has an edge over Pakistan in adult female literacy and life expectancy, however, it also mentions that both the hostile neighbours face the herculean task of eradicating poverty.
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KP Yohannan led Believers Church completes nation-wide activities to mark
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New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI-NewsVoir): Believers Church concluded its literacy drive and finished several activities that it had initiated across India to mark World Literacy Day. Several awareness drives and innovative initiatives were concluded in different parts of the country.
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PM Modi reviews progress of resolving grievances related to education and
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired his fourteenth interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
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Kids with disabilities benefit from Head Start
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 5 (ANI): Kids with multiple disabilities, who are enrolled in Head Start, have better literacy, reading and math scores than children who aren't in the federally funded program, according to a recent study.
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