Full Coverage: Knowledge

24.07.2006 The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is holding a specially-designed short training programme - Managing information resources in the digital age from August 22-25, 2006. The training will focus on how to manage all aspects and types of information at an institutional level.

18.07.2006 The “Societas Civilis” Institute for Democracy from Skopje demanded apologies from all persons and institutions that accused the institute for bias and partisanship and suspected their professionalism and capacities.

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 - Ahmedabad’s Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, who, after years of struggle, is finally getting a chance to take his ideas forward.

10.07.2006 The Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) encompasses information on natural resources related to land, water, forests, minerals, soils etc. and socio-economic information such as demographic data, amenities, infrastructure etc. The integration of these sets of data would aid the decision making process for systematic resource utilisation and also aid sustainable development goals.

05.07.2006 The next time you find some strange weed in your field, run to your computer for a solution. As India steps up the use of IT to solve domestic problems, a new solution to identify weeds is taking seed in Pondicherry.

04.07.2006 Sarah Shannon first used the village healthcare handbook Where There Is No Doctor with Salvadoran refugees over twenty years ago.