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05.12.2005 By enacting the much-awaited Right to Information Act 2005, on October 12, 2005, India is set to end excessive bureaucracy and secrecy prevailing within the Indian governance system.

02.12.2005 This session provided an opportunity to have a dialogue around
how the youth paragraph in the WSIS Phase 1 Declaration
translates into action.

02.12.2005 12 young television producers from Francophone Africa met on 22-27 November 2005 in Bordeaux, France to edit and finalise their short TV documentaries depicting views and opinion about HIV and AIDS from their respective countries of origin.

02.12.2005 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recently instructed the Department of Personnel and Training to exempt file notings on identifiable individuals, groups of individuals, organisations, appointments, matters relating to inquiries and departmental proceedings from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

02.12.2005 John G. Schmitz, University of Illinois in the article “Agricultural Extension on the Web” lists 18 points of do’s and don’t’s while providing web-based information services to the farmers.

28.11.2005 Uganda has become the first country in the world to benefit from a healthcare information system that manages, measures and monitors the distribution of Anti retroviral drugs (ARVs).

28.11.2005 Two-week training for 26 students of the National University of Rwanda on radio journalism ended in Butare on 18 November 2005 with a graduation ceremony in the presence of the Rwandan Minister of Information.