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21.04.2006 A career in information technology involves rigorous training and hard work, and if one is committed to this, the rewards are plenty, S. Ramadorai, CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services, has said.

21.04.2006 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that Kerala had the potential to emerge as the `knowledge hub' of the nation if the people of the State were to give the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) another term in office to continue the development initiatives it had undertaken during the last five years.

19.04.2006 Indonesia is undertaking two major projects to improve its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, an Indonesian official said here Tuesday.

19.04.2006 Sarawak will look at alternative means to provide telecommunication facilities to the 280 rural schools in the state, which are yet to have access to the information and communication technology (ICT).

18.04.2006 Change Initiatives organized a workshop on the scope for ICT-based Enterprises for Women on 2nd and 3rd March 2006 in Kolkata. Dr G.D. Gautam, Special Secretary, Department of IT, Government of West Bengal inaugurated this workshop. Also present at the occasion were President of Change Initiatives Mr Sibaji Roy, Vice President Dr Mukul Mukherjee & Workshop Convener Ms. Alokananda Rao. The entire session was presided by Director of Change Initiatives, Ms Jhumpa Ghosh Ray.

18.04.2006 Participants from various African countries, who gathered here, 11-12 April 2006, formed a NEPAD e-Africa Youth Programme, whose main objective is to build a cadre of young people who will raise awareness on issues of the Information Society and serve as active participants in building an inclusive Information Society in their countries and on the African continent.

18.04.2006 On the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura designated Lebanese journalist May Chidiac, winner of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2006.