The new report '2008 Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/Inform-
ation and Communication Technology (ICT) Indicators Report'realises the importance of broadband in developing countries attempting to increase their economic production

The University of Colombo, Sri Lanka is starting an online agro-technology programme for rural farmers. The university has started a pilot programme in the village of Weligatte in Hambantota in the deep south of the island teaching farmers tissue culture, agro technology, farm management techniques and marketing.

In order to give voice to people who are living with HIV/AIDS, the State AIDS Control Society of Orissa is planning to set up a community radio centres in urban areas of the state.

Soon, the courts of Rwanda will be facilitated with digital recording to reduce the cost of doing business in the country and act as a catalyst to increase both local and foreign investments.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences here has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telecommunication Consultant of India Limited, which is implementing tele-medicine network and the pan-African e-network being implemented by the Centre.

Lethal nano-sized 'torpedos,' deftly evading the body's defence network, will discharge anti-cancer drugs into the heart of tumours and destroy them ruthlessly.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state owned telecom operator has begun the work on the second phase of installing public telephones in the remaining 50,000 villages after getting the green signal from Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

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