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    Asia Pacific

    Bridging the Digital Divide

    The digital divide between and within countries has not only persisted but is arguably widening. Nearly 40 per cent of the population in the Asia...
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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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    Asia Pacific

    New Internet Laws Threaten Free Expression, Privacy Even Beyond India’s Borders, Say Civil Society Groups

    Amendments to the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules 2021 proposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology set up a...
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    Accountability

    The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption – The G20 Needs to Take Action

    Despite the earnest anti-corruption commitments made by G20 countries annually, follow-up and delivery on these commitments is a challenge. The group needs to strengthen...
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    Accountability

    Rs 2,516 Crore to Computerise Last Point Farm Cooperative Credit System

    Presently, PACS account for 41 per cent or over 3 crore farmers of the kisan credit card loans given by all entities in the...
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    Agri-technology

    Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation

    Pakistan agriculture landscape has gone digital. The use of online tools during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated in every domain — from finances to health,...
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    E-governance

    G7’s ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment’ is a Repackaged Form of ‘Build Back Better World’

    The plan is to wean countries and governments away from China's Belt and Road Initiative that provides financing for infrastructure like ports, roads and...
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    Agri-technology

    Leveraging Digital Technologies

    Digitalization of rural communities is leading the way to a better future across Asia and the Pacific. But, it must be remembered that the...
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