08.06.2007
Red Hat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government of Kerala, India, under which it will support Kerala's deployment of open source software that will hasten the efforts of e-governance and e-literacy in the state.
07.06.2007
The third World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF3) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10-11 December 2007. The meeting is expected to attract broadcast executives, policy makers, academics, journalists, visionaries and decision makers from around the world. The agenda will include the safety of journalists and preserving the world's audiovisual archives. Read on...
06.06.2007
On 6 June Amnesty International UK and UK newspaper The Observer host a unique global event, featuring films, podcasts as well as virtual and live links to activists around the world. The debate which you are free to join at
www.amnesty.org.uk/webcast will focus on the global struggle against internet repression.
06.06.2007
Even as the world's richest eight countries meet at Heiligendamm in Germany for the 33rd G8 meet, civil society organisations from across the world have gathered to lobby with the leaders to do more to eradicate poverty. Oxfam International and the United Nations Millennium Campaign have both launched blogs that bring interesting news, insights and opinions from a NGO perspective.
01.06.2007
The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, Karnataka, has launched the first community radio for Indian farmers with the financial assistance of the Union Government. The catchline of the channel, which deals with agricultural issues is ' by the farmers, for the farmers'.
29.05.2007
The Indian government will invest INR 23,000 million to promote e-Governance in rural areas. The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) will cyber link even the remotest villages through one lakh Internet Common Service Centres (CSCs) spread across the country.
28.05.2007
Orissa has initiated e-Pragati, a project that would connect even the remotest Anganwadi workers in the state and publish information on their work profiles and children under their care. The venture will complement the existing e-Shishu plan that cyber connects lakhs of children in state.
