e-governance

25.11.2005 This report provides guidelines and case studies to developing countries on legislation for data privacy, e-applications and prevention of cyber crime; with practical examples on how some countries have addressed legislation on the prevention of cyber crime.

23.11.2005 Quwait's Council of Ministers (COM) have signed a contract to establish a portal to promote transparency and involve citizens in the governance process.

23.11.2005 Villagers in Kundagol taluk,Dubli district of Karnataka,need not go to the taluk headquarters to get a copy of their "Record of Rights" (Pahani) pertaining to their lands. They can get it at their village or from a nearby village.

23.11.2005 The UK government has launched its first Wiki website offering an electronic channel to further discussions on innovation in local government.

22.11.2005 Zimbabwe's president commissions ICT's initiatives that would bridge the digital divide between urban centres and rural settings.

22.11.2005 The real power of the Right to Information Act rests with the people, Information and Public Relations director K.C. Venu has said.

21.11.2005 Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, has invited Huawei Technologies Co. to help Thailand modernize its government.

21.11.2005 The Delhi Government is all set to empower computer illiterates by setting up a web portal for information dissemination and online interaction coupled with a call centre to take care of the ‘digital divide’.

21.11.2005 Much of the debate about the digital divide centres on getting computers into the hands of budding digital citizens in developing countries.

18.11.2005 STOCK exchange market in Kampala is to end issuing of paper certificates to investors in the capital market late this year by introducing electronic accounts.

18.11.2005 To control crime, Madhya Pradesh Council for Science and Technology (MAPCOST) will develop a scientific system using satellite technology for the Madhya Pradesh Police.

18.11.2005 The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, José Antonio Ocampo, launched the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, an alliance of national and regional assemblies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, international organisations, media, corporations and civil society.

18.11.2005 Now that water has been poured over the 'burning issue' of who controls the internet - with yesterday's agreement to set up a new Internet Governance Forum, the focus in Tunis has switched to tackling poverty.

18.11.2005 CII and Indian Healthcare Foundation's 3rd India Health Summit to be held here in the Capital from November 21. Titled `Universal Healthcare: India Challenges', it will discuss among other issues role of IT in enhancing healthcare research, the need and challenges in healthcare industry, initiative on rural healthcare -- the way forward, cost and viability of healthcare delivery systems, challenges of public health and Indian challenges in health.

17.11.2005 The Government is implementing `e-panchayat' project in 450 gram panchayats in the State and 14 major panchayats in Kadapa district, said Deputy Director-General of National Informatics Centre C.S.R. Prabhu.

17.11.2005 The Right to Information Act, 2005, has created a new sense of empowerment to residents of Mahalakshmi Nagar in the city corporation's 27th ward coming under Tiruverumbur Assembly constituency.

16.11.2005 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited which now handles about four to five lakh bills every month from 12 lakh subscribers, is falling back on technology.

16.11.2005 UAE nationals will be issued electronic passports beginning early next year, Minister of Interior Lieutenant-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan has announced .

16.11.2005 E-governance has been successfully implemented in a gram panchayat near Bangalore, said former faculty of Institute of Socio-Economic Change (ISEC) B.S. Bhargava at the State-level Political Science Teachers' Conference in Moodbidri, Karnataka.

14.11.2005 Anticipating a manifold increase in the number of visitors to the National Zoological Park (NZP) during the India International Trade Fair (IITF), an automatic ticketing machine will be installed at the zoo entrance.