29.11.2006
Greenpeace has criticised the Indian government over its e-waste - waste from electronic and electrical equipment - policies for ignoring international laws and for putting the burden of handling e-waste on consumers and not producers. The organisation has said that the policy will "open the floodgates for dumping e-wastes in the country."
29.11.2006
Radio Sagarmatha, the pioneering Kathmandu-based community radio broadcaster, has been awarded the AMARC International Solidarity Prize 2006 in recognition of its outstanding work in defence of human rights and democracy in Nepal.
29.11.2006Nirantar, a New Delhi-based NGO that works on gender and education, has announced its Annual Course on Participatory Material Production, to be held in two phases in November 2006, at Chitrakoot in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and March 2007 in Indian capital New Delhi.
29.11.2006
India-based Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) is organising the Asian Telecentre Forum 2007 conference from 6-8 February 2007 at the Palace of the Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The last date for submission of abstracts is 15th December 2006.
28.11.2006
Sri Lanka's first outdoor wireless computer network is now up and running. Surprisingly, it is not in Colombo. It is not even in any of the other key places. It was installed in Mahavilachchiya, a little known village, 40 km from the nearest town Anuradhapura, and surrounded three sides by the Vilpattu jungle.
21.11.2006
Intian maaseutua ajatellessa mieleen tulee helposti äärimmäinen köyhyys. Nykyisin kuulemme kuitenkin aina vain enenevissä määrin maan IT-buumista ja käsitys todellisuudesta suurien kaupunkien ulkopuolella saattaa hämärtyä. Tehelkan järjestämässä keskustelutilaisuudessa puhuttiin näiden kahden eri maailman kohtaamisesta ja pyrittiin niiden yhdistämiseen.
In response to the growing worrisome incidents of atrocities on dalits, the Stop-Atrocity IT Unit, Pune has come forward with an idea of establishing a Helpline to prevent all atrocities and safeguarding the basic rights of dalits in India.
10.11.2006
BT, Cisco and OneWorld announced the launch of Lifelines India, a phone-based information service, which provides vital information to rural communities in India. The collaboration between BT, Cisco, and OneWorld charity is in support of the UN Millennium Development Goal on digital inclusion.
