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23.09.2005 The Programme Management Organisation (PMO) wishes, on behalf of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to identify organisations who are interested in applying to pre-qualify for contracts under the Building Knowledge Experience component of DFID’s Challenge Fund for HIV and AIDS in India.

23.09.2005 Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited today announced a strategy aimed at supporting the Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India, in its efforts to address the issue of the digital divide in India.

23.09.2005 Resources to aid news reporting on disasters in the Caribbean have been revised. The “Disaster Information Kit for the Caribbean Media, 6th Edition”, provides background information on natural and man-made hazards to help reporters when covering disasters and hazards in the region.

22.09.2005 The march to a cashless society in Ghana has been boosted by the putting up of a common Automated Teller Machine (ATM) platform for five major banks in the country.

22.09.2005 World Bank creates knowledge sharing platform on planning and implementing sanitation programmes in schools after realising that as much as 83 percent of primary school-aged children attend school, where lack of effective sanitation facilities lessens the learning ambience of the school.

22.09.2005 The first World Congress on Communication for Development is being organised by the Government of Italy, the World Bank's Development Communication Division, in collaboration with FAO and the Communication Initiative in March 2006 in Rome, Italy.

22.09.2005 Elementary education in the country is set to go hi-tech. A pilot
project approved by the HRD Ministry today will link nearly 1,000 schools in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh through EDUSAT.