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Week Indian Government focuses on higher and technical education To promote the education in the country, the Union Government of India has cleared that the government will focus on higher and technical education in its 11th plan. Read More... |
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AGRICULTURE Indian Govt announces scheme to boost Agri production The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and the Agricultural Ministry of India has launched a Centrally sponsored scheme on National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in order to increase production of rice, wheat and pulses by the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan period. Read More... Palestinian farmers to benefit from UN projects in Gaza, West Bank Infosys empowers Indian farmers UK Government launches a new curriculum drive for agriculture |
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| e-COMMERCE Villagers across 12 states in India to benefit from mobile banking Thousands of villagers across 12 states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the help of mobiles over the coming few months. Read More... RCom, HDFC Bank launch virtual credit card |  |
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| e-GOVERNANCE Dubai eGovernment gears up to showcase its array of e-Services at Cairo ICT 2008 Dubai eGovernment highlighted its electronic government services at the Cairo ICT 2008 forum on 24-27 February 2008. Dubai eGovernment will primarily highlight its eServices such as Ask Dubai, mDubai, ePay and eLearn in the forum. Read More... e-Governance Centres in all Panchayats of Himachal (India ) Romeoville goes online with new e-Services German ID card to allow pseudonyms |
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| EDUCATION UN-backed plan aims to boost access to education, reduce gender gap in Djibouti The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Gulf charity Dubai Cares have launched a new education initiative to help bolster access to education for children and promote gender equality in the small East African nation of Djibouti. Read More... Over 6 million Afghan children to start new school year with UN support UAE Ministry launches new educational portal Chandigarh (India) starts inclusive education programme for disabled |
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| HEALTH Google to store patients' health records Google will soon start storing medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service, which is likely to raise more concerns about healthcare services. Read More... Study: India can be attractive healthcare destination |
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| m-SERVE Spice mobile's phone for the blind Spice Mobile has launched low-cost mobile phone for the blind at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. The 'Phone for the Visually Impaired' is a very simple, voice only phone with a braille keypad. Read More... COAI (India) seeks clarity on 'virtual' operators |
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| Livelihoods Gates Foundation and UN join forces to mechanise women’s work in West Africa The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in an effort to empower rural West African women with diesel engines to boost their incomes. Read More... Women offered free training in computer skills |
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| TELECENTRE Online governance to reach grassroots of West Bengal (India) The West Bengal (India) Government is planning to set up common services centres (CSCs) in each of the 4,562 panchayats in the state by Mach 31, 2008. These CSCs will allow villagers to avail services like registration of certificates, filing commercial taxes among others. Read More... Decoding IT through e-Sampark |
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| INTERVIEW Learning by doing Name: Akhtar Badshah Published Date: 06 January 2008 |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS CWUAAT 4th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology Date: 13-16 April 2008 University of Cambridge, UK |
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| EVENTS National Conference on Emerging Technologies Date: 29-30 March 2008 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Disaster Management 2008 Exhibition & Conference Date: 16-18 April 2008 New Delhi, India |
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