Full Coverage: Knowledge

31.08.2007 Professor at IIT Delhi's computer science and engineering department is designing an information sharing model to integrate the verification process of government departments.

31.08.2007

31.08.2007 According a new study done by UNAIDS and the Asian Development Bank, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Asia is being fuelled by the sexual behaviour of wealthy men and not by poverty as is widely believed.

30.08.2007

29.08.2007 UNESCO has launched a book titled, ‘Building National Information Policies: Experiences in Latin America’ in Kingston. The book emphasizes the importance for Latin American and Caribbean countries to adopt National Information Policies (NIP) to preserve their people’s right to access information.

23.08.2007 An Indian organisation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is inviting members of university, college or other organisations to participate in ‘Agenda for survival: A certificate course on the policies and practices of environmental management in India’ Starts from 23 October to 14 December 2007, in New Delhi.

21.08.2007 American technology expert Larry Smarr says Australia needs to invest more in its universities and offer high-speed Internet in order to stay away from the risks of being left far behind its international competitors in business, education and the arts.

20.08.2007 According to reports by the World Bank, a number of countries in Africa have a low research and the trend was attributable to the minimal number of scientists and engineers. The reports recommended the attention on the development of scientific and industrial research base in the continent for significant progress in developing high-tech products export industry.

20.08.2007 Maoist labour union in Nepal has prevented two privately-owned national dailies, "The Himalayan Times" and "Annapurna Post", from being printed and distributed. Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about a growing threat to press freedom in Nepal.

17.08.2007 Samia Melhem, Sr. Operations Officer, Policy Division (CITPO), The World Bank Group shares her views on the participation of women in information and communication technology (ICT).

16.08.2007 According to findings published in the latest e-skills Bulletin, UK provides considerably more training for IT professionals than most other European countries. The data is drawn from Eurostat research covering the original group of 15 EU member states.

14.08.2007 The Budget allocation for higher and technical education in the country is set to treble in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012) with the Planning Commission expected to allocate over Rs 26,000 crore, compared to Rs 8,876 crore in the 10th Five-Year Plan.

14.08.2007 CRY---Child Rights and You is inviting applications for research fellowships investigating the best interest principle within the broad framework of justice for children. The potential fellows will be Indians residing in India and the last date for receipt of application is till 10 September, 2007.

13.08.2007 UNESCO’s programme for Creative Content is aimed at boosting the production and dissemination of local content in both the traditional and new media in the most disadvantaged communities of the developing world.

13.08.2007 The Abel T Motshoane School in Mabopane, North of Pretoria in South Africa has become the first in the country to have a wireless network technology by implementing mobile e-Learning infrastructure and teaching skills in the school.

13.08.2007 National Foundation for India under its Media Fellowship Programme for journalists, allows them to conduct research and publish photo essays on the less privileged. Five fellowships will be awarded this year which will support field research, impacting the public policy and the domain of social consciousness.

10.08.2007 Open Space, Pune, is holding a national competition on Public Service Advertising (PSA). The aim of the competition is to make people, especially youth aware about social issues through a creative activity and also reward them for their efforts.

09.08.2007 As part of the new “Knowledge Communities” project, UNESCO Bangkok launched an online ICT-in-Education community: an interactive forum which welcomes educators, teachers, administrators and policy makers and others to share their ideas and opinions on topics relating to the use of ICT in education.

09.08.2007 Intel Corp. ties up with three Indian PC vendors, including HCL Infosystems Ltd., Wipro Ltd., and Zenith Computers Ltd to assemble the Classmate PC. The company will start shipping the product to Indian schools in September, 2007 which will be sold only to schools and not through retail channels to consumers.

08.08.2007 OneWorld South Asia celebrates the 100th episode of its community radio programme - Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz - that has been spreading awareness on social issues every Wednesday through 102.6 AIR FM Rainbow India radio channel. The programmes have been made by grassroots communities and relate to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).