Full coverage: South Asia

29.03.2005 All district courts in India would be connected by the Supreme Court, informed the Minister for Law while speaking in a conclave on judicial reforms.

28.03.2005 UNESCO releases two documentary films based on the findings of three of its project in India to address the issue of gender divide through innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

28.03.2005 Existing youth organisations affiliated to Nehru Yuva Kendra would be provided with facilities such as computer, internet, photostat and telephone connections in 145 select districts in India.

24.03.2005 "I think that there is a role for ICT, but have we explored the extent to which that can be harnessed in education? I don’t think that there is enough discussion between education and the ICT sector”, tells Erma Manoncourt in an interview with Anupama Ramakrishnan of OneWorld South Asia.

22.03.2005 The department of consumer affairs, government of India is engaged in enabling consumer courts in various parts of the country to exchange information and data easily and quickly. This will also permit one court to refer to the decisions citied by another court in another part of the country.

22.03.2005 The department of consumer affairs, in India is engaged in enabling consumer courts in various parts of the country to exchange information and data easily and quickly. This will also permit one court to refer to the decisions citied by another court in another part of the country.

21.03.2005 There is requirement to conduct concurrent and periodical evaluation of the AIDS Control Programmes throughout the country, so that the real financial achievements could be assessed.

21.03.2005 ICTs are becoming recognised as key elements of the fight against aids in India. The experience of SAATHII, an NGO set up in 2000 to combat HIV/AIDS, has shown that ICTs are vital in disseminating information, and in building grassroots capacity to take measures against the spread of the disease.

21.03.2005 India accounts for 68% of the South Asian HIV epidemic and ranks second only to South Africa in the total number of people living with HIV according to the recent estimates.The crisis has spawned initiatives from a variety of sectors including the central government, state agencies, non-profit organisations, local, regional and national networks of HIV positive people, international agencies and corporations.

21.03.2005 Bellanet Asia is going to hold a two-day event on ICTs for building partnerships in Kathmandu from March 28 to 29, 2005. E-governance, open content and online networking will be the thrust areas of discussion in this meet.

21.03.2005 Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in practice- A toolkit with a collection of resources, checklists and examples on CD Rom

21.03.2005 Combating HIV/AIDS by strategic communication through information technology tools is one fundamental untapped area. It is hoped that efficient and effective use of ICT would be implemented in near future.

20.03.2005 There is a need to develop content, updating the information constantly, deliver it to the people in a language they can understand, and make it easily accessible.....ICT can well provide the needed solution.

18.03.2005 India International Centre, New Delhi and UNESCO are going to hold the Transmissions and transformations: Learning through the Arts in Asia Symposium to discuss how arts can be integrated in education.

18.03.2005 The state-level e-governance projects covering land records, property registration, agriculture and municipalities are expected to get a massive thrust, with a whopping 50-75 per cent of the World Bank's proposed $500-million assistance for the National e-Governance Plan (NEGP) likely to flow into state initiatives.

18.03.2005 Multimedia software to help school dropouts in acquiring basic reading, writing and mathematics skills fast are being developed by a multi-stakeholder partnership in Andhra Pradesh. The training modules developed in Telugu aim to impart knowledge on health and sanitation to the young people aged 10 – 22.

17.03.2005 Byataranapura Higher Primary School in Bangalore has installed a single PC with three monitors with separate mouse and keyboards for each, as part of the Computer Aided Learning Centre (CALC) programme. Supported by the Azim Premzi Foundation, the initiative is testing this model to help schools in reducing the cost of computer assisted e-learning.

17.03.2005 Innovative use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for wider outreach, networking, advocacy and bridging the digital devide in HIV/AIDS has been an integral part of the UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme.

17.03.2005 The problem of HIV/AIDS and its percolation into the social fabric is no more solely a problem of therapy or clinic.It has been recognised as a predicament where ethical, political and humanitarian issues meet.

16.03.2005 Mobile phone subscribers in Dhaka recently organised a protest against the mobile phone companies. The protest rally organised by the Citizen Rights Movement demanded to slash the call rates.