Full Coverage: ICT

31.07.2006 AMARC Asia-Pacific – http://asiapacific.amarc.org/ – is part of an international non-governmental organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries.

31.07.2006 Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the projectÂ’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

28.07.2006 The Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar informed the Lok Sabha today that his Ministry is preparing a mission mode project for e-governance at the Gram Panchayat level under the National e-Governance Plan.

28.07.2006 In a bid to establish a communication channel to support all its e-governance initiatives, the State Government of Haryana is planning to deploy a statewide area network that will connect the state head quarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels.

28.07.2006 The UN theme for this year's International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3 - Improving access to new information technology for persons with disabilities - will help open up opportunities for the disabled and also integrate them better into the society.

25.07.2006 An important meeting is being organized at the United Nations in its New York City Secretariat on 29 August on the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in United Nations' programmes and at the UN itself. About 50-100 attendees are expected this important meeting.

25.07.2006 With these words from Constantine CavafyÂ’s poem Ithaca, she set out on what she hoped would be the beginning of some wonderful friendships on the Net. Instead, she is now living out a nightmare on the Net.

25.07.2006 The government is publishing guidelines to help schools, parents and pupils tackle the issue of "cyber-bullying".

24.07.2006 Can information technology be used to prevent and counter acts of terrorism? The question has gained utmost significance against the backdrop of the serial bomb blasts across MumbaiÂ’s rail network.

24.07.2006 The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has vastly underestimated forest loss from degradation, according to scientists who used software instead of human eyes to interpret satellite images of forest cover.

22.07.2006 NEW YORK, July 22 (OneWorld) - A prominent rights advocacy group has launched a worldwide campaign this week against "big brothers" trying to block information on the Internet.

19.07.2006 Hello. IÂ’m sorry I canÂ’t be with you today, but IÂ’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about growth in Africa and the role of Information and Communication Technology.

18.07.2006 Last week, on July 12, the Government of Croatia adopted an official document titled Directions for Development and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions of State Administration. In the document, the Government accepts the responsibility to develop, prepare and procure open-source software solutions in the development of information systems of state administration bodies.

18.07.2006 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published a book on - Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications.Drawing upon a series of case studies exploring the relationship between telecommunications and development in Bangladesh, China, India, Ghana, Laos, Peru, and East Africa, editors Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero seek to answer critical questions that can help guide policymakers on how information technology affects the development of low-income countries.

17.07.2006 Radio content must be made more relevant to its audience to preserve the mediumÂ’s market share, told a Pacific media executive an international broadcasting conference in Singapore recently.

17.07.2006 The government will allocate RM3 million to help visually impaired students, mainly to provide access to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) facilities, Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Sunday.

17.07.2006 The strong trend in the number of new telephone subscribers continued in the month of June with a net addition of about 4.97 million phones - an average daily addition of 1.66 lakh lines.

14.07.2006 Can music videos on television herald a revolution in literacy? Yes, says Dr Brij Kothari, associate professor at the Indian Institute of Management - AhmedabadÂ’s Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, who, after years of struggle, is finally getting a chance to take his ideas forward.

14.07.2006 As of July 2006, WiMAX service had been trialed in more than 50 countries worldwide. At least twelve countries already have commercially deployed WiMAX service. Many more markets had WiMAX service in early deployment or planning stages.