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30.12.2005 The ninth national conference on egovernance will be held at
Le Meridien, Kochi, Keralam from 2 to 4 February 2006.

30.12.2005 US based PeerMe Inc on Thursday launched its Internet voice communication systems in India which the company said would be free and unlimited.

30.12.2005 The Reserve Bank of India is focusing on research and analysis of the productivity trends in India on a continuous basis, Y V Reddy, Reserve Bank of India governor, said.

30.12.2005 Taking the world wide web to the rural masses, the Haryana government is setting up 'e-Chaupals' (cybercafes) in 150 villages of Sirsa district. The e-chaupals would initially be set up in villages with populations of 5,000 under the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY) for the eighth lakh people that reside in 323 villages of Sirsa district.

29.12.2005 The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the city police is all set to announce the guidelines for internet centres in the wake of e-mail threat to Parliament and US consulates recently.

29.12.2005 A two-day National Colloquium on RTI witnessed the identification of the judiciary as being foremost in effectively implementing the Right to Information Act.

29.12.2005 Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited N.R. Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said corruption has become pervasive in institutions in the country and there is a strong incentive for politicians to keep people ignorant and illiterate.

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28.12.2005 An updated website, extension of online tax collection system for collection of underground drainage charges and facility to pay taxes through credit cards are among the major highlights of the initiatives undertaken by the Tiruchi Corporation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to extend e-governance system.

27.12.2005 The Orissa RTI rules will be revised to make them citizen friendly & consistent with the Act, says Nabeen Patnaik, C.M. of Orissa told a delegation of Right to Information Activists led by Mrs. Aruna Roy.

27.12.2005 The 93rd Indian Science Congress being held at APARD, Rajendranagar, in the south Indian city of Hyderabad on January 5, 2006 is hosting a session on
Mission 2007, Every Village a Knowledge Centre.
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26.12.2005 In this paper, the author shows social, cultural, political and economic diversity of rural India and the need for appropriating the ICT interventions according to such diversifications.

26.12.2005 Save the manuscripts with digital preservation techniques for future generation. Manuscripts are the treasure of our old great heritage. We should use the modern information technology to save manuscripts and other rare materials. This is the outcome of seminar on “Digital preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materials” held on 24th Dec. 2005 at Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, India.

26.12.2005 The Indian bureaucracy is on the brink of a revolution with the Right to Information (RTI) Act ready to usher in transparent governance, says the country's first Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah.

26.12.2005 For just 4 cents, the services and information of 15 departments of the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh, India, can be at the service of the people. As per the Jan Sampark Project, which the UT Administration plans to launch in April, 2006, 70 kiosks will be set up in the city’s sectors and villages to provide services and information of 15 UT departments, central government departments and private establishments.

26.12.2005 OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) launches open archive initiative to make available development literature and thoughts to everyone using open archiving software customised to suit the need.

26.12.2005 he All India Cable Operators Association plans to move the Bombay high court challenging the same court's order banning telecast of films rated 'A' and 'UA' on television channels.

26.12.2005 An examination that gives results immediately and also evaluates the mistakes committed is going to be a reality with the introduction of online examination system by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), the first one to do so in the country.

26.12.2005 An ingenious electronic gadget that allows the owner to transfer the entire entertainment content available at home — all the television channels, as well as movies on CD or DVD — to a desktop or laptop computer screen anywhere in the world has become one of the biggest sellers in the U.S. during the Christmas season.

26.12.2005 This may sound strange in a State which boasts of supremacy in information technology and where public sector unit Bharat Electronics manufactures electronic voting machines: the use of machines in panchayat elections is barred by law.