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    India Has 834.29 Million Internet Subscribers

    Under the PM-WANI framework, entities are neither required to take any license nor pay any fee to the government. PM-WANI will enable the provision...
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    PM’s Digital Village Education Programme Bridging Digital Gap, Says Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    There seems to be a good demand for acquiring digital literacy in the rural areas as can be seen by the number of enrolments...
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    Air

    Europe Is On Fire

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    Climate change

    UnPuzzled: How Do Some Himalayan Glaciers Resist Global Warming?

    The Himalayas are fast receding under the impacts of global warming. In contrast, the glaciers of central Karakoram have remained unchanged or even increased...
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    Accountability

    Bangladesh’s NHRC to Probe Attack on Hindus; Administration Negligence

    The Bangladesh NHRC investigation into the riots in Lohagara, where Hindu homes and shops were attacked, will also explore negligence on the part of...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Can The Plastic Problem Get More Elephantine Than This?

    A new study has documented the extent of plastic ingestion as an emerging threat to endangered Asian Elephants in Uttarakhand. The researchers say that...
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    Children

    WHO, UNICEF Say Largest Fall in Vaccinations in Three Decades Accelerated by Pandemic

    It was hoped that 2021 would be a year of recovery during which strained immunization programmes would rebuild and the cohort of children missed...
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    Child Rights

    Governments Recommended Unsafe EdTech Products During Pandemic

    Online learning or EdTech products endorsed by many governments across the world enabled surveillance of children. The products monitored or had the capacity to...
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