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In India, 220 languages have died in past 50 years and 197 are endangered, says Unesco

Digital Empowerment Foundation seeks to identify and train women entrepreneurs who can eventually set up rural information enterprise units

Jammu and Kashmir has seen Internet shutdowns 28 times in the last five years, but a targeted approach to curbing social media is a first

There is a huge market in rural India for refurbished digital devices

Using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds in clusters that are typically based on traditional skills has tremendous possibilities

Digital Empowerment Foundation founder Osama Manzar on what he would do with a billion dollars

The report, titled Limited Access Restricting Expression also makes a case for expansion of quality Internet access and last mile connectivity in both urban and rural India

Internet, cellphones and ICT are changing the entertainment,business, education and health domains in rural areas

Billions of dollars have flown into India's e-commerce firms in the last few years. Can the explosive growth improve the lives of traditional skilled workers as well?

There is tremendous potential to turn around public libraries with some value-addition as community information, knowledge, resource, service centres