{"id":8635,"date":"2024-06-14T03:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:43:39","slug":"iit-madras-to-take-basic-digital-literacy-to-rural-children-in-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/iit-madras-to-take-basic-digital-literacy-to-rural-children-in-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT-Madras to take basic digital literacy to rural children in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>IIT-Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation<\/u>in collaboration with the Asha For <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/education\">Education<\/a> on Friday launched two rural technology centres to take digital <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/literacy\">Literacy<\/a> to remote and rural government school students in<u> Nadu<\/u>. 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