01.03.2006
Even as the country's software and biotechnology sectors have expressed "disappointment" over the 2006 budget announced by India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday, many in the IT industry are elated over the attention this budget has showered on the country's IT manufacturing sector.
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[India]
[policy initiatives in ICT]
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28.02.2006
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka - ICTA - is seeking interns for the period June - September 2006 to participate in a research effort geared at facilitating the capturing of knowledge as part of its management information program and to provide research material to the support the programs and projects of ICTA .
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[Sri Lanka]
[civil society & ICT]
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28.02.2006
A pregnant woman at home alone in her remote village in Sierra Leone unexpectedly went into a difficult labor and, with no access to a doctor or medical facilities, a minor medical emergency could have taken a tragic turn.
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[civil society & ICT]
[communications]
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28.02.2006
Bangalore University Library in the Southern State of Karnataka in India, on Monday gained the distinction of becaming the first university e-library in the State digitising details of its collection of over 3.6 lakh books and providing e-access to general reference material.
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[South Asia]
[India]
[education & ICT]
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28.02.2006
HARARE City Council has launched a $200 billion computerisation project to replace the current system that had become derelict and unreliable.
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[Africa]
[Zimbabwe]
[e-governance]
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