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30.03.2006 The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) has approved a US$10mn grant to support an information and communication technology (ICT) program for e-business and small and medium-sized enterprise development in Latin America, MIF parent organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, said in a statement.

30.03.2006 The Andhra Pradesh speaker has launched a rural e-governance initiative, Softrack.net, which allows the monitoring of rural issues and flow of funds. The Speaker mooted a proposal to introduce e-Petitions wherein the people in rural areas could directly send their grievances to the authorities using this software. This software has been developed by a city-based enterprise solutions developer, Vortex Technologies Ltd.

29.03.2006 Despite all the hullabaloo about India's prowess in IT and sky-rocketing telecom subscriptions, the country still figured at the bottom rung (rank 40) in the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006.

29.03.2006 Healthcare is an information intensive industry. Being an information-based industry, it can benefit from IT more than perhaps any other industry.

29.03.2006 VSNL and Sify will run the RailTel express cybercafes to be set up at 82 railway stations in the current year.

29.03.2006 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to move the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) order reducing its share of access deficit charges (ADC) by 33% this fiscal.

29.03.2006 The U.S. has regained the lead in exploiting information and communication technology. This it has done by overtaking Singapore, said a study released on Tuesday.