Full coverage: South Asia

26.06.2006 The Unesco has expressed willingness to support Akshaya, the State's IT dissemination project, in the field of women empowerment.

26.06.2006 Technology bellwether, IBM has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Government to give impetus to e-governance by providing quality training to IT students under an ambitious programme titled Project INVITE.

23.06.2006 ADB today signed an agreement to establish a knowledge hub on clean energy at India's Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

22.06.2006 Eight people with disabilities have an opportunity to voice their issues using the Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) in Nepal after a recent training workshop on audio production and new technologies. Of the eight participants, five were visually impaired and the remaining three were physically challenged. Read more about this innovative project by UNESCO.

21.06.2006 In 1991, the Government of India and the World Bank expanded their collaboration on infectious disease control programs and by 1992 the first National AIDS Control Project was launched with a World Bank credit of US$84 million.

21.06.2006 Speakers at a workshop on "SMB revolution and the new roadmap for technology" stressed the need for the small and medium businesses to invest in Information Technology.

19.06.2006 E-governance enhances the efficacy of citizen and government interaction. This has been made possible by public-private sector partnerships leading to the availability of more affordable and rugged PCs to suit operating conditions in the hinterland and deepening Internet penetration. With the realisation of e-governance projects in India, the time has come to review the role of the public sector as well as private sector to speed up the process of implementation of different projects related to e-governance.

19.06.2006 The World Bank has approved a US$111.5 million credit to strengthen the country's network of about 4,500 Union Parishads to respond to community needs and deliver services through a transparent fiscal transfer system.

15.06.2006 The trial transmission of programmes for Radio Alakal, the first community radio for fisherfolk, commenced in 15 coastal villages on Monday, through a network of radio kiosks.

15.06.2006 Orissa today unveiled two e-governance roadmaps here to ascertain the present capacity and potential for improvements through information communication technology (ICT) intervention.

15.06.2006 In the first step towards e-Governance, the State government has launched its own indigenous special software called 'Office Procedure Automation Software', developed by the State’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cell.

14.06.2006 Fouad Riaz Bajwa, the Head of the FOSS Foundation of Pakistan, sent and open letter to all concerned global FOSS Bodies, ICT stakeholders & UN-GAID, protesting the selection of members of UN-GAID Council and Committees. During the process, the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Movement was completely ignored.

13.06.2006 The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information System (MENRIS), also recognised as UNEP GRID-Kathmandu, is promoting the use of geospatial science, technology and applications for sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region.

13.06.2006 India hopes to complete digital mapping of around 70 percent of the country in a year, leading to leveraging data assets for multi-functions like traffic management and infrastructure development.

12.06.2006 The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality is hosting an eight-week electronic discussion forum on ‘Sexual Concerns – Approaches and Management’.

12.06.2006 A large volume of rainfall data from various locations and an Australian Rainman software package enabled scientists at the Department of Agricultural Meteorology at the Directorate of Soil and Crop Management Studies at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to put together the seasonal rainfall forecast for the South West Monsoon.

12.06.2006 Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), at a meeting under the chairmanship of its President M. A Momen held in the DCCI Auditorium on yesterday to review the Proposed National Budget, 2006-2007 welcomed the budget as a positive one to achieve the targets of SME development and poverty reduction as enshrined in the PRSP.

09.06.2006 The Government of Australia has established a grant facility at Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) to undertake project activities in South Asia with an initial contribution of A$11 million (US$8.5 million).

08.06.2006 Tejus Crisis and Trauma Foundation, a non-governmental organisation of Bangalore, has launched "Prerana," a disaster management initiative.

08.06.2006 Malaysia today called for more collaborative cooperation between it and India, particularly in construction sector, to further bilateral trade ties.