09.01.2006
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday ordered complete restructuring and revamping of Capital Development Authority geared to transform Islamabad into a model city as well as modern metropolis with people friendly, transparent, processes and procedures.
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09.01.2006
The impressive growth rate notched up by the Indian mobile telephony sector continues unabated with the telecom sector in general and mobile telephony in particular being the clear leader in 2005 in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and deals in the Indian market.
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09.01.2006
The top-level domain, .museum ("dot-museum"), was created by and for the global museum community. It enables museums, museums associations and museum professionals to register .museum Web site and e-mail addresses. This, in turn, makes it easy for users to recognize genuine museum activity on the Internet.
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09.01.2006
The International Federation of Journalists today protested to the Tunisian government over the banning of the Federation?s web site. In recent weeks, following the World Summit on the Information Society in November when the IFJ sharply criticised restrictions on Internet use and harassment of human rights activists, the IFJ web site has been unobtainable.
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09.01.2006
The Addis Ababa University Signed On Saturday Agreements With Two Business Consortiums for the Third Phase Aau Net expansion.
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09.01.2006
Thanks to the sustained grassroots campaign and political will on the part of the Government, the long awaited Right to Information Act, 2005 that got the ratification of both the Houses of Parliament on May 12, has become effective from October 12 this year.
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09.01.2006
The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital has computerised registration of in-patients and out-patients in five of its wings. The State Government's assistance of Rs.2.12 lakhs for computerisation will ensure the maintaining of clear records as well as filing of details of patients which can be accessed at the click of a button.
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