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18.10.2005 With a view to provide basic computer knowledge to all middle school students, the state government of Mizoram in collaboration with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has launched Information Technology (IT) drive by setting up computer training centres in the north-east region of India.

18.10.2005 A Legal Information Centre opened on 7 October at the Association of Indigenous People of the North of the Russian Federation in Moscow, under the aegis of the National Committee of Russia of UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).

18.10.2005 Armed with the new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) advanced system, Sharjah Municipality inspectors are all set to conduct their examinations of various outlets selling food including supermarkets, restaurants and groceries to safeguard the health of consumers.

18.10.2005 The district science projects exhibition of schools began in Kateel, Karnataka,with a call to improve facilities to teach science subjects in rural areas.

18.10.2005 The Government expenditure on e-governance is expected to rise by a whopping 37 per cent by the yearend while 86 per cent citizens across the country report reduction in corruption wherever there is e-governance, according to the second Skoch report.

18.10.2005 Bill Gates is giving millions to preserve a history of the digital age.The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $15m (£8.54m) to the Computer History Museum in California.

17.10.2005 Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has opened a `virtual classroom' in Visakhapatnam for its one-year post-graduate certificate programme in business management (PGCPBM).