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28.02.2005 Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2005-06, largely guided by the framework set by the UPA government agenda. Building of an enabling infrastructure particularly for the rural areas and urban slums is priority in this Budget.

25.02.2005 In his address to the joint session of Parliament today, Indian President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam once again reiterated the needs to leverage the benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for achieving universal education and pro-poor growth, particularly in the rural areas.

25.02.2005 In an effort to make its software products available in local languages, Mircosoft has signed a pact today with the West Bengal government. The Bengali version of Windows operating sustem and Office package have been demonstrated during this signing ceremony.

25.02.2005 The Jordan Pilot Expansion Program, launched in cooperation with the Jordonian Ministry of Education, will train 1,000 teachers in using technology in providing quality learning in classrooms. Through this Project, World Link will integrate ICTs into the school curriculum.

23.02.2005 Registration for ‘.in’ domain is growing steadily, as the latest figure from the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) shows. With the opening of unrestricted real time domain registration facility on February 16, 60,000 domain names have been registered.

18.02.2005 The Arkhangelsk Environmental Information Center (EIC), the second one in the network of Northwest Russian EICs, has started its operation recently.

18.02.2005 UK’s Department for Education and Skills (DfeS) Minister Stephen Twigg has opened consultation on the future of school funding for the next five years. The consultation document also seeks comments on the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) plan to make the learning place more ICT friendly.