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As reported by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), India had 719 million internet subscribers by end 2019. The number seems large and is a definite growth from earlier years, but with India’s population, this translates to only about 50% of people connected to the net. Compare that to an...

When schools reopened recently in Afghanistan, only boys in grades 7 through 12 went back to class. Taliban leaders told girls that they must wait. "The explanation that we got from the Taliban is that this is just a slight delay, as they are working on operating procedures for girls," said...

The Taliban-appointed mayor of Kabul is telling most of the city government's female employees to stay home. In a new ruling passed down by the Taliban, Kabul interim mayor Hamdullah Namony said that women working for the city's government are to stay home pending a further decision, according to...

UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), with support of the India, Nepal and Pakistan Country Offices, organized the event ' Undertaking rapid assessments and real time monitoring in the COVID-19 context: Lessons from UNICEF South Asia' Thursday, 3 June, 17:00 IST. The event was part of the...

I would like to invite you to a webinar on Social and Behavioural Data in Action: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia that is taking place on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Included is a flyer with Zoom access details and also at the end of this message is a URL to join the Zoom. This webinar...