Even after technological revolution Institutions for data registration are still weak . Only 75 percent of the births are registered.

More and more defenders of human rights are getting killed.

RAISE : Responsible AI for Social Empowerment

Digits and numerals were known to Babylonian, Egyptian and Indian mathematicians from 7th century, or even earlier. But digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence ( AI), Blockchain, Cloud and Data analysis  are invented nearly 15 centuries later, very recently. Any new technology is  always termed as double edge sword. It could be constructively used for the benefit of society . …

Praised by the world but lesser by Indians

Majority of the people in the world of literature did not  take due note when  Rabindranath Tagore  wrote Geetanjali. But when that poetry was published in London, the world of literature went on to shower praise on the ‘poetic thought of Tagore’.  Then he became the first Indian to get Nobel Prize in the literature. …

The road to fighting climate change is through climate justice

The health of people is closely linked to the health of the planet. And both are linked to sustainability and prosperity. Three are interlinked. People’s health is threatened by COVID19. But the efforts to keep the health of the planet should not be overlooked. The scale of the challenge of people’s health ( SDG3 ) …

Benefitting from Interlinked 17 SDGs to address Climate Crisis

All 17 SDGs are linked to each other. For the first time, a world leader in the G20 meeting not only recognises these interlinkages but also suggests the methods to implement interlinked SDGs. The G20 meeting was held virtually in November 2020, with Saudi Arabia as host, amidst COVID-19.  When world leaders were focussing on …

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana I PM Modi inaugurates 1.75 lakh houses under PMAY-G scheme

Poor family’s minimum  needs are ‘Bread, Shelter and Clothes’ . From there emerges  the energy, productivity and innovations from poor. One of the promises by Prime  Minister Narendra Modi to Indians was “to provide housing for all by 2022’.  Even in COVID19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not only monitoring the status of health …

Digital India

Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India in order to ensure the Government’s services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology. The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks. Digital India consists of three core components: …