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13.01.2006 By the middle of this year, direct-to-home-enabled radio broadcasting will be available at three stations of All India Radio (AIR).

13.01.2006 All India Radio Bangalore, observed the golden jubilee of its founding on Wednesday evening with much nostalgia, though it is not the monarch of all that it surveyed on the news and views scene as was the case in 1955 with the advent of TV channels and also private broadcasters.

12.01.2006 The garden is coming along nicely. Flowers spring into bloom in the herbaceous borders; mature trees are imported to cast their shade across the lawn. If only real life was this simple.

12.01.2006 Malaysian journalists planned to attend a weekend workshop on freedom of information and proposed legal reforms to improve access. The workshop was scheduled for January 14 and 15 at Shah Village Hotel in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

12.01.2006 A JOINT Select Committee of Parliament met yesterday to begin the first review of the two-year-old Access to Information Act.

12.01.2006 On 6 January, Reporters Without Borders issued six concrete proposals aimed at ensuring that Internet-sector companies respect free expression when operating in repressive countries. The organisation calls on bloggers and Internet users to sign an online petition in support of this initiative.

12.01.2006 The number of Internet users surpassed one billion in 2005 — up from only 45 million in 1995 and 420 million in 2000, with India accounting for 50.6 million. While the U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200 million Internet users at the end of 2005, China and India are now in second and fourth place among Internet users.