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Communication in healthcare

Communication is a means of exchange of information, as also a method of sharing ideas. However, in health care, poor communication is a bane. Let's see how.

ht insight

Updated on Mar 19, 2023 01:44 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Uneven access to technology can undermine quality education

The article has been authored by Mehdi Hussain, assistant professor, department of political science, Kirori Mal College, New Delhi

Equitable access to education technology determines access to electronic devices and Internet connectivity, irrespective of students’ social backgrounds like ethnicity, socio-economic conditions, age, physical ability, or any other social aspects. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

ht insight

Published on Aug 29, 2022 06:00 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

Panjab University V-C nominated to UGC sub-committee for mapping Swayam courses

Swayam is an integrated platform for online courses, using information and communication technology (ICT) which covers school (Classes 9 to 12) to postgraduate level.

Panjab University vice-chancellor Raj Kumar(HT FILE)

cities

Published on May 03, 2020 07:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

‘Watch dirty films and do nothing’: Niti Aayog member backs J-K Internet ban

Saraswat’s response came on a question on why internet services had been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir when he thought telecom was vital for India’s growth.

Internet has been suspended since August 5 last year when the Centre scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that had conferred special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union territories. (ANI photo)

india news

Updated on Aug 28, 2020 01:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

To govern smart cities, data is no more than a tool | Opinion

Data helps. But to pin all hopes on technological solutions, as the smart city project is doing, is not wise

India’s Smart Cities Mission has now refocused itself on data collection(Subhankar Chakraborty/HT PHOTO)

analysis

Updated on Dec 11, 2019 07:45 PM IST

ByUttara Purandare

Can artificial intelligence help reform Indian courts? | Opinion

AI can aid judicial reform. But do remain cautious about abuse of big data sets, and biases in technology

Adopt AI incrementally; be open to user feedback; base its use on research; and ensure adequate training(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

analysis

Updated on Nov 28, 2019 07:51 PM IST

ByAmeen Jauhar

IIT-Delhi wows with innovations on Open House Day

From security system that detects changes in pressure to ring an alarm, to a device that could help the paralysed to move again, the IIT-Delhi showcased around 60 innovations by its students and faculty on Saturday. Naga Jayant, an M Tech student and a co-inventor of the security system, said users can activate the system using their mobile phones.

Among the other innovations put up on display during the event, its 15th Open House Day attended by 5,000 students from 100 schools of Delhi-NCR, was a technology to “remote-control” the nervous system.(Hindustan Times)

india news

Updated on Apr 21, 2019 06:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByFareeha Iftikhar

Technology can’t replace teachers in classrooms

To improve learning levels in schools, develop and enable quality teachers to perform their professional roles.

Of the six million teaching positions in government schools nationwide, approximately one million positions were vacant in 2016.(Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

analysis

Updated on Feb 01, 2019 07:35 AM IST

ByShireen Vakil

Government to bring Data Protection Law, says Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

While applauding the role of innovations in communication technology, Union minister for law and justice and electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad informed that digital payments have surged to eight folds in the last five years to ₹2,070 crore.

Union minister for law and justice and electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said that government has planned to bring Data Protection Law to protect personal and professional sensitive data of the individuals of the country so that it cannot be misused in foreign countries by Google.(PTI File Photo)

india news

Updated on Jan 06, 2019 03:47 PM IST

Jalandhar | ByAsian News International

The e-way out of heavy school bags

Can digital learning help reduce the weight of schools bags? Some schools tried it and failed, while a few succeeded. HT tries to find out if technology can ease the burden on children and the challenges in implementing it

A class at Delhi Public School, Faridabad. The school has successfully implemented tablet-based learning and says it has been able to reduce the weight of bags by 70%.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Dec 09, 2018 04:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManoj Sharma and Fareeha Iftikhar

HRD to start skill courses to make graduates job ready

The Union human resource development ministry will introduce three new professional programmes imparting over 1,000 hours of industry-linked training for students from this academic year onwards.

education

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 10:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAmandeep Shukla, New Delhi

Your mobile phone decides how you travel: IIT-B Survey

Out of 1,123 Mumbaiites surveyed by the two-member team at IIT-B, 48.7% owned a smartphone and 32.1% had internet pack of more than 1GB

Use of mobile phone either supplements or complements travel behaviour, which has an impact on the reduction of travel demand.(Pic for representation/REUTERS)

cities

Published on Jun 09, 2018 12:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySnehal Fernandes, Mumbai

Samuel Morse, are you listening?

The first successful long distance electronic telegraph message was sent 174 years ago on May 24, 1844

From that first long distance message to video chats across the diameter of the earth seems a hop, a skip, and a jump away.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

editorials

Updated on May 25, 2018 06:12 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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Communication is a means of exchange of information, as also a method of sharing ideas. However, in health care, poor communication is a bane. Let's see how.

The article has been authored by Mehdi Hussain, assistant professor, department of political science, Kirori Mal College, New Delhi

Swayam is an integrated platform for online courses, using information and communication technology (ICT) which covers school (Classes 9 to 12) to postgraduate level.

Saraswat’s response came on a question on why internet services had been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir when he thought telecom was vital for India’s growth.

Data helps. But to pin all hopes on technological solutions, as the smart city project is doing, is not wise

AI can aid judicial reform. But do remain cautious about abuse of big data sets, and biases in technology

To improve learning levels in schools, develop and enable quality teachers to perform their professional roles.

While applauding the role of innovations in communication technology, Union minister for law and justice and electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad informed that digital payments have surged to eight folds in the last five years to ₹2,070 crore.

Can digital learning help reduce the weight of schools bags? Some schools tried it and failed, while a few succeeded. HT tries to find out if technology can ease the burden on children and the challenges in implementing it

The Union human resource development ministry will introduce three new professional programmes imparting over 1,000 hours of industry-linked training for students from this academic year onwards.

Out of 1,123 Mumbaiites surveyed by the two-member team at IIT-B, 48.7% owned a smartphone and 32.1% had internet pack of more than 1GB

The first successful long distance electronic telegraph message was sent 174 years ago on May 24, 1844

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