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Ensure uninterrupted internet connectivity

The government must ensure that there is proper, reliable and uninterrupted internet connectivity across the State. Through effective and widespread internet communication, time and money is saved. The major advantage of internet communication is the creation of jobs and economic growth. Unless there is a concerted focus on providing all the required proper infrastructure, e-governance will remain a dream with transparency and accountability in governance evading us. Once the governing process is made transparent, the government is automatically more accountable. An accountable government is capable of demonstrating good governance.

And in this pandemic with a regime of online classes, the students more particularly in the villages are suffering on account of poor or no internet connectivity. This is an unacceptable and unjust state of affairs. The studies of no student should be jeopardized on account of the failure of the authorities to provide proper internet connectivity to the poorest of the poor. This is a must today while we are in the 75th year of our country’s Independence.  


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UAE should allow entry to fully vaccinated Indians

RONNIE D’SOUZA, Chandor
Published Aug 19, 2021, 2:34 AM IST
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It is really sad to see that due to pandemic many people who were working aboard and came for vacation could not go back specially those who are working in Gulf countries like UAE because their SOPs guidelines say that only those who have their visa issued by Dubai, Abu Dhabi have to enter in their respective airports  and should have been vaccinated only in UAE and having final certificate for Covid 19 vaccination can only travel to UAE. Many citizens of India who are…

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