AICTE- Adobe Partnership on Digital Skilling

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recently signed a partnership agreement with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country. Key Points Under this agreement, Adobe will provide curriculum and expertise with the creative and digital literacy ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme

Government announced on August 7, 2021 that approximately five crore beneficiaries have been enrolled and four crores have been trained under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme as of August 2, 2021. Key Points According to Union Minister for ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021

NSO’s Report on Digital Divide

National Statistical Organisation (NSO) recently published the report on ‘household social consumption’ in its 75th round of the survey which was conducted between 2017-2018. The report shows that how digital divide have increased across States, cities and villages, and income groups. ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Kerala to launch digital literacy campaign

The state of Kerala is set to launch a huge digital literacy campaign called ‘I am also digital’ which aims at making the benefits of the state reach the common citizens. This campaign is initiated by the Kerala Literacy Mission ..

‘We Think Digital’ program launched in UP

We Think Digital is a global digital literacy program of the technology major Facebook. The program was launched in 2019 with an aim to overcome gender imbalance on the internet space. Recently, Facebook launched ‘We Think Digital’ program in Uttar ..

Data security after Capital One data breach

In what could be a major deterrent for governments looking to promote digital transactions and attempting to store data online, a data breach in a financial firm has led to the loss of personal information of 106 million people in ..