Full Coverage: India

29.06.2005 Sonia Gandhi has launched the latest stage of the Indian government's large-scale open source initiative.

29.06.2005 One of the worldÂ’s largest economies, India has made enormous strides in its economic and social development in the past two decades.

29.06.2005 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has developed DEV INFO INDIA, a database for the collection, compilation and transmission of data on selected social indicators.

28.06.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the sagging farm sector growth, which has deprived the rural poor of substantial benefits, has to be doubled. He also stressed that the country will have to improve its performance in the water and the power sectors.

28.06.2005 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 100 per cent foreign ownership in satellite radio services without any entry and licence fee.

28.06.2005 The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has launched the INSTEP fund(Integrating New and Sustainable Technologies for Elimination of Poverty) which will try to meet all the needs of the poor and the marginalised and will focus on improving the life of the individual.

28.06.2005 E-governance centres in all subdivisions of the Kangra district will soon be made functional

28.06.2005 The Vidharbha region of the west Indian state of Maharashtra, which is a water-starved area, has a growing number of water parks and amusement centres. Compare this with the life of villagers who get water once is 15 days.

28.06.2005 Jarawan tribes people from the Andaman Islands are in danger of being wiped out by Indian invaders while the government fails to act on laws to protect them.

28.06.2005 The Millennium Campaign and Civicus have launched a comprehensive and easy-to-use Campaign toolkit for everyone who wants to put an end to extreme poverty by holding their elected leaders to account for the promises they made in the Millennium Declaration. Find out which skills you need and what tools are available, read helpful tips and learn which campaign resources you can draw on.

27.06.2005 Dowry is the most commonly discussed social issue amongst women in the Nabanna network , a UNESCO supported initiative that has been working with local women in India to identify information needs and appropriate materials

27.06.2005 With some 400 floppies and 300 compact discs prepared by students as part of their project, the Institute of Community Medicine in Madras Medical College has enough data to run its web site, www.icm.tn.gov.in.

27.06.2005 The telephony industry has two major players—GSM and CDMA —who are always ready to take to the field like Mohan Baghan and East Bengal are to the soccer on any issue.

27.06.2005 Madrassas have all along remained the preserve of men but this one has broken new ground.

27.06.2005 India will soon sign an agreement with the European Commission (EC) in
the Galileo satellite Communications project. The EC has started discussion with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to explore possible areas of cooperation.

27.06.2005 Noted Indian scientist Prof. MS Swaminathan in this opinion piece for Chennai-based newspaper The Hindu says that among the serious problems confronting them, farmers see access to water, credit, technology, and market as the most important.

27.06.2005 V. Sankara Narayanan, the Director of Tamil Virtual University, has called for
"localisation" in e-governance and services, and provisioning of information
in local language.

27.06.2005 For the first time, Hindu religious leaders from the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are planning to launch a drive against untouchability and the oppressive caste system. The leaders are motivated because untouchability is leading to conversions and maintenance of temples has gone down.

27.06.2005 Article by researcher and traditional medicine expert Pankaj Oudhia on the therapuetic qualities of the first rain of the season. He points out that traditional healers in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh use the first showers in the monsoon season for curing people.

26.06.2005 The Global Forum event was not only the first event for GeSCI to
co-host but it also signified the next stage in GeSCI's work in two of our priority countries.