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Express News Service DEHRADUN: Rekha Devi, a resident of Chakrata in Uttarakhand did not get hopes high when officials from Uttarakhand State Sheep Goat Farmers Co-operative Federation, an initiative by Uttarakhand state government approached for empanelment in a scheme which aimed to provide market to goat and sheep rearers.  Devi reluctantly signed up which now she believes was the best decision. She now supplies goats to the board under the 'BAKRAW' initiative which took shape last year as home delivery of mutton to the doorstep of customers.  Brainchild of secretary, animal husbandry M...

New Delhi: Dhiru, an Indian teenager who entered 10th grade this year, hasn’t attended even one day of class since the academic year began in April. The school was closed for months amid the pandemic, but even since it reopened Dhiru’s mother Rekha Devi is afraid to send her son to class. Unlike some schools, Dhiru’s doesn’t offer online instruction - and even if it did, the family doesn’t own a computer or a smartphone to access the internet. “The school is now saying, ‘Come and attend class,’ but we don’t want to take the risk,” said Rekha Devi, a domestic helper near Ne...

Covid risks a lost generation amid India's digital divide Vrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail A young student attends an online Thunkable Inc. coding class at her home in Mumbai on Oct. 24, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Dhiraj Singh. Dhiru, an Indian teenager who entered 10th grade this year, hasn't attended even one day of class since the academic year began in April. The school was closed for months amid the pandemic, but even since it reopened Dhiru's mother Rekha Devi is afraid to send her son to class. Unlike some schools, Dhiru's doesn't offer online instruction -- and even if it...

COVID-19 pandemic gives India reality check on digitization The coronavirus pandemic has shown how the lack of nationwide digitization has deprived a massive population of basic needs such as education. PM Narendra Modi reviewed the development of COVID-19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D in Ahmedabad. The coronavirus pandemic has cornered the world into unknown territory and no country is spared from its wrath. Even as the world is grasping to overcome what is proving to be one of the biggest health crisis in the history, after claiming more than 1.65 million lives and infecting many more, this pan...

Showing up digital's big divide Plenty of Indians are facing a similar predicament: As many as 80 per cent of Indian students couldn't access online schooling during the lockdown, and many might not return to classrooms when they reopen, according to a study by Oxfam. That's just one example of how the pandemic has exacerbated the country's digital divide - the gap between those with the means and knowledge to benefit from the internet, and those without - worsening already stark levels of inequality and weighing on economic growth. While the divide isn't unique to India, it's especially acu...