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23.01.2007 Indian public sector majors BSNL and MTNL have promised to deliver a New Year gift to those subscribing to their internet services. Bandwidth on entry level ADSL broadband connections provided through telephone lines are to be raised from 256 kbps to 2 Mbps at no extra cost to the customer.

19.01.2007 A five days training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the filed functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on 13 – 17 January 2007 at Jehangirabad in Barabanki district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

15.01.2007 Admitting that the higher education system needs comprehensive reforms, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh said that the National Knowledge Commission should travel across the country with useful ideas to build a consensus.

15.01.2007 A day after the Report to the Nation 2006 was presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the National Knowledge Commission chairperson Sam Pitroda said that the public sector telecom major BSNL could be sold and the proceeds invested in education.

11.01.2007 Kerala Education Minister M.A. Baby has said the Government will constitute a higher education council as part of efforts to address the problems facing the higher education sector.

08.01.2007 OneWorld South Asia held a five-day training programme for young people on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at the rural level. The capacity building programme was held for the field functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), which is a body of Indian youth, at New Delhi from 18 – 22 December 2006.

04.01.2007 tsunamiindia.org is a knowledge center providing information services to those working to reconstruct the communities of South India that have been devastated by the tsunami.

03.01.2007 from Worldchanging:
'I'd like us each to imagine, with as much plausibility and detail as we can muster, what our lives will be like in just one year, at the beginning of 2008', asks Jamais Cascio.