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05.05.2006 Confederation of Indian Industry is organizing the prize distributution ceremony for National Essay Competition titled Leveraging ICT for Inclusive and Sustained Economic Growth and the release of Delhi Declaration on Innovation on 12 May 2006.

05.05.2006 Centre for Civil Society, an NGO based in New Delhi, invites applications from the college students to attend its "i, Society & Public Policy" programme from June 8-19, 2006.

05.05.2006 In the ADB 39th Annual Meeting in Hyderabad (India), the importance of knowledge in social and economic development was highlighted.

05.05.2006 A UNDP economic adviser - based in Gambia - says that information technology is central to the success of the Millennium Development Goals.

04.05.2006 Earlier this year, the Indian government launched a bold, multi-million dollar scheme to tackle rural poverty. It guarantees 100 days work a year for every rural household. It's manual work at the minimum wage. Writes Jill McGivering, BBC.

04.05.2006 Researchers at Smithsonian's National Zoo have developed a new training course tailored to the needs of senior staff working in leading positions in local, state, and national government or in environmental organizations.

04.05.2006 Universal access to information and knowledge can yield positive spin-offs to help governments of the world meet the Millennium Development Goals to halve poverty and unemployment by 2015.