Full coverage: Asia and the Pacific

26.07.2007 The Community Radio movement in Bangladesh is likely to get a fillip after a high level meeting was organized by the Ministry of
Information to find out ways to launch community radio on a pilot
basis.

26.07.2007 India currently produces 150,000 tons of e-waste a year but has been slow to regulate disposal with no proper guidelines and law. Delhi itself has 10,000 people who search for gold, copper, palladium, or anything else in the e-waste to reap profit from it even though it is a hazardous task.

25.07.2007 Intel Pakistan has introduced the Intel-Powered Classmate PC, which will provide affordable, collaborative learning environments for the students of some government schools in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

24.07.2007 Security agencies in India have shown concern over the threat to major installations in the country, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, air force airfields, army installations and nuclear research centres because of the Wikimapia site which combines high resolution satellite and mapping imagery created by Google Maps.

23.07.2007 Pakistan's Mast FM103 radio station has been asked to stop
broadcasting BBC news bulletins which it had started on June 2007 after obtaining permission from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA). Reporters Without Borders has urged the Sindh High Court to defend the freedom of the radio station.

23.07.2007 The Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) invites written Expressions of Interest (EoI) from consulting firms, consultants and other organisations for the provision of the following services: Baseline Study of Schools supported under the Rajasthan Education Initiative (REI) till July 30th 2007.

20.07.2007 BBC World Service Trust’s new radio station in the Eurasian nation of Georgia broadcasts its programmes through loudspeakers at the city centre. The local ethnic residents are learning how to produce their own programmes and gain computer literacy.

20.07.2007 The Finance Ministry of India is planning to introduce Iris-based biometric PANs for new applicants which will provide accurate, secured access to information. The Biometric PAN cards will enhance security features like fingerprint or retinal scans to income tax payers in the country.

18.07.2007 Centre for Civil Society in association with Youth Parliament is organising Jeevika South Asian Livelihood Documentry Film Festival on July 20-23, 2007 in New Delhi.

18.07.2007 To promote Hindi and the use of the Devanagri script around the world, the eighth World Hindi Conference has announced that the World Hindi Secretariat would be launching a website on 'Hindi on World Stage'.

17.07.2007 Delhi based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is providing an opportunity to participate in a specially-designed short training programme on 'Information Management in the Digital Age' on August 21-24, 2007.

17.07.2007 Nandula Raghuram, a biologist at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) in India, is giving budding biotechnologists a solid foundation for a biotech career by providing them with a teaching laboratory that is low-cost.

15.07.2007 The Indian President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has proposed a judicial e-governance web to connect all district courts to the apex court. The Supreme Court will undertake the project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGEP), linking 15,000 courts.

12.07.2007 Prosessorivalmistaja Intel kehittää Intian maaseutua yhteistyössä viranomaisten kanssa. Kylien tietokonekeskuksissa voi suorittaa tietokoneen ajokortin ja käyttää internetiä ilmaiseksi. Lapsien ja varhaisnuorten kurssi kehittää tietoteknisten taitojen lisäksi itsetuntoa, ongelmanratkaisukykyä ja yhteisvastuullisuutta.

09.07.2007 The Dubai e-Government initiative was launched in 2003 which put more than 2,600 government services online. Vikas Kanungo of m-GovWorld interviews the acting director of e-Services, Dubai e-Government department Ms. Rehab Lootah.

06.07.2007 Kolme Etelä-Thaimaan yhteisöä on saamassa langattoman telelääketieteen laitteistoja tukemaan tiedonvälitystä. Julkinen-yksityinen kumppanuuden avulla tuotetut palvelut yhdistävät syrjäisiä terveydenhuoltokeskuksia sairaaloiden kanssa, mikä mahdollistaa reaaliaikaisen informaation hyödyntämisen.

06.07.2007 The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), India, has opened up online admissions for Indian students from 2007 to facilitate the learners in directly accessing NIOS.

05.07.2007 Aivovuodosta pyritään eroon lisäämällä opiskelijoiden ja tutkijoiden liikkuvuutta EU:n ja välimeren maiden välillä. Informaatio- ja kommunikaatioteknologiat näyttelevät merkittävää osaa alkavassa yhteistyossä. Suunnitteilla on muun muassa Välimeren alueen monikielisen digitaalisen kirjaston perustaminen.

05.07.2007 Leading developer of advanced wireless technologies, QUALCOMM’s Wireless Reach Initiative will fulfill the medical and educational needs of communities in southern Thailand. Plans include wireless connectivity to hospitals and telecentres in public libraries.

03.07.2007 An Indian organisation, Centre for Media Studies (CMS), is organizing a symposium on Communication for Social Development in collaboration with SN School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Communication on November 1-3, 2007 at the University of Hyderabad, India.