By S Sriram Parental controls are software and tools that allow parents to set controls on their children’s internet use. They are a great way of helping prevent children from accessing unsuitable content online. Talk of ‘controls’ can sometimes be confusing. In essence, there are three types that parents need to be aware of: Network level controls are set on the hub …
UNESCO has selected six outstanding literacy programmes from Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa as winners of its International Literacy Prizes, awarded on the occasion of International Literacy Day (8 September). The awards will be presented during a virtual International Conference entitled “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide,” which UNESCO will host on 8 and 9 September. The online event …
Plaksha University, being set up by over 60 entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the world with an investment of over Rs 2000 crore in the next ten years, announced that its 50 acre state-of-the-art campus in IT city, Mohali will open on Oct 4, 2021. The project is funded by a collective philanthropy effort involving industry leaders and entrepreneurs from …
A transnational survey conducted in August 2021 by INTO University Partnerships involving over 1,200 Gen Z students (those born 1995-2012) from 93 countries shows that the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on lives and economies has failed to dent the hopes and aspirations of Gen Z as they are more optimistic than ever about their future. India leads the way in …
Shekhar Mehta, business leader and philanthropist who is the Chairman and founder Skyline Group, on June 30 assumed the office of Rotary International President for a period of one year. A member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, he is the 111th president of the 116-year-old service organization with 1.2 million Rotary members globally and for record is also the …
A collaborative initiative of IIT Roorkee, IISc Bangalore, and C-DAC, the Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) toolkit was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It will serve as an important educational / research tool that would attract students/researchers to the field of Quantum Technology and provide a platform to acquire the skills of ‘programming’ and ‘designing’ real …
