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03.02.2005 With much fanfare, the national ICT internship programme was launched under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in April last year. But since then not a single graduate has been trained through this programme.

03.02.2005 EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding recently announced the 'i2010' strategy plan, EU’s new ICT plan at Microsoft's Government Leaders Forum in Prague. 'i2010' is set to replace the earlier 'e-Europe 2005' action plan.

03.02.2005 Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of the United States are trying to decipher the hidden communications in private online discussion groups. Detection of hidden communications can help public authorities to curb terrorism.

02.02.2005 The first Steering Committee Meeting of the National Alliance for Mission 2007 was convened at the National Academy Of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi yesterday. The purpose of meeting was to take stock of the work done and the progress achieved by the Task Force Conveners since the National Policy Makers Workshop held in July 2004 in which the Blue print of Mission 2007 was drawn.

02.02.2005 Most of the inhabitants of Bangalore, over six million of them, are facing the perils of waste disposed in the hi-tech capital of India. More than 1,200 foreign and domestic technology companies operate from the city.

31.01.2005 UNESCO Director General Koïchiro Matsuura recently announced the process of developing an interim tsunami alert system in the Indian Ocean. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. This is announced by the IOC chief in the ongoing Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in Phuket, Thailand.

31.01.2005 To explore the roles of information and communication technology (ICT) for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and for building knowledge societies, the UNESCO and the Club of Rome are co-organizing a three-day ”World Conference on Harnessing the Potential of ICT for Capacity Building”.