i4d Weekly Newsletter, 15 - 20, September 2007 [You can also view the latest i4d Print Magazine, August, 2007 Vol. V No. 8 Government investments in ICT4D ] This is our regular weekly bulletin that highlights recent developments in ICT sector including the events, happenings and announcements. The documents are available free on subscription. Send your comments and suggestions on newsletter: info@i4donline.net magazine: http://www.i4donline.net/feedback.asp NEWS AGRICULTURE Centre puts e-auction in spices on fast track GRISERV to help Monsanto 'educate' farmers Computerisation of land registration in October, 2007 e-GOVERNANCE Soon Indians will utility bill via online BSNL broadband to connect districts, subordinate courts MP (India) Govt sets up school for good governance EDUCATION Amity to launch educational TV in India NIOS launches online payment system in India MDU's rural B-school goes mobile Nigerian firm Zinox Partners Intel, Microsoft to Empower Students ITAN calls for Computer in School Task Force HEALTH First 'pharmacovigilance' center launched in India Tanzania keen on tie-ups with Bangalore hospitals for telemedicine LIVELIHOODS IFAD fund approves nearly $200 million in grants and loans to help rural poor Top leaders pledge for helping poor economies to reap benefits from global trade m-SERVE BPL Mobile debuts Mobile Tracking solution in India TRAI urges Govt to boost broadband growth Reliance, Airtel among 12 firms for Qatar mobile licence OPEN SOURCE IBM to offer free software in Word, Excel and Power Point SME National IP skill enhancement program launched in India Asian Development Outlook 2007 Update forecasts growth rate of 8.3% during 2007 Seshasayee asks for creation of large clusters for large, knowledge-based organisations TECHNOLOGY New satellite to sharpen Google Earth Sign language in virtual worlds makes life easier for deaf people: IBM TELECENTRE Ericsson launches rural broadband initiative in Tamil Nadu WIRELESS BSNL launches Wi-Fi service in Himachal Pradesh (India) CSDMS NEWS FEEDS Subscribe as a reader CONTENTS AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY RADIO e-COMMERCE e-GOVERNANCE EDUCATION HEALTH LIVELIHOODS OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WIRELESS GENERAL INTERVIEW Name: Dr. Emmanuel C Lallana and Lars H. Bestle Publish Date: 05 September 2007 Designation & Organisation:GIF Project Adviser, UNDP-APDIP and Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP ANNOUNCEMENT Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Forum @ GK3 Location: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia Date: 11-13 December 2007 IFC and FT's Essay Competition Encourages Innovation Organisations: Rural Marketing Agencies Association of India (RMAAI) & NASSCOM Last Date: September 30, 2007 UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication $ 20,000 Location: UNESCO Headquarters, France Date: 26 to 28 March 2008 EVENTS Digital Asia e-Gov Summit (DAEG07) 27-28 November, 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Biomedical Asia 2008 14-17 April 2008 Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore Mobile Content World Asia 2008 25-27 April 2008 Suntec International Exhibition & Convention Centre - Singapore To subscribe/unsubscribe to daily/weekly/monthly i4d newsletter through online other wise you can email to info@i4donline.net http://www.i4donline.net/registration/index.asp You can search all the news by date at http://i4donline.net/news/searchnews.asp Learn more about e-Gov issues www.egovonline.net Learn more about ICT and Education www.digitallearing.in Learn more about eHealth www.ehealthonline.org Learn more about mServe www.mserve.in Now you can subscribe to the i4d print magazine online. www.i4donline.net/subscribe.asp [The first daily news service on ICT4D]