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22 November 2009
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India's UID project to track identity via cellphone
Unique Identity Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani announced last week that an online authentication through mobile phones would soon be initiated in ...
Film institute starts community radio
Launched by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute based in eastern India, a new community radio station caters to a mixed audience that includes residents ...
Development net cast
Netbetar.com, the first Bangladeshi net cast radio channel hopes to reach all corners of the country through thousands of telecentres sprinkled across rural ...
Community radio in India set to go global
Given its tremendous creative potential, the community radio movement in India will create an international impact, says Steve Buckley, president of the ...
Bangladesh CR handbook to guide development governance
A handbook educating stakeholders about various aspects of community radio will soon be brought out in Bangla by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and ...
National Awards on e-Governance
The 12th National Conference on e-Governance is scheduled to be held in Goa, India. As part of the conference the Department of Administrative Reforms and ...
Safe sex message now on your mobile phone
BBC World Service Trust’s ongoing AIDS campaign in India has now turned to mobile phone ring tones to take forward the message of safe sex practices. Known as ...
Manthan Awards recognise technology for the greater good
In its annual event Digital Empowerment Foundation facilitated innovation in the field of ICT. The Manthan Awards 2008, celebrated recently in the Indian ...
India's health information now on a portal
India's health ministry has launched a portal that has all the information on health management in the country. The new system will enhance the information ...
Health smart cards for India's poor
The Indian government will bear the treatment costs of the poor under a new health insurance scheme. Using a smart card embedded with 11 types of software, ...
Workshop on local content development
Panos South Asia invites applications from South Asian media and civil society organisations for a training workshop on Multimedia Local Content ...
A guide to mobile banking
Banking on Mobiles: Why, How, for Whom?, a paper published by Consultative Group to Assist the Poor discusses the strategic value of mobile ...
Online community to StopXploitation
StopX.org, launched by UNICEF at the recent third World Congress on sexual exploitation of children and adolescents is a new tool to fight child exploitation, ...
Videos help foster communal harmony
A community-made video showcasing examples of Hindu-Muslim unity in a riot-affected city is ushering change in western India. Distributed online, such short ...
People’s Technology Congress
Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists is organising its seventh All India People’s Technology Congress from February 6-7, 2009 in the ...
Breaking news from rural India
Disenchanted by the blinkered approach of mainstream media in India, some organisations came together to help rural people set up their own community video ...
eAsia 2008
Organised by Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies and Elets Technomedia eAsia 2008 will have experts and practitioners sharing ...
Certificate course in medical informatics
Delhi based e-Health-Care Foundation is inviting applications for three-month certificate course in medical informatics, which will enable general ...
In the world of many voices
OneWorld South Asia's new audio content bank helps grassroots communities to share and access community media content from across the region. With its current ...
Sri Lanka's new telecentres to take ICT to masses
The Sri Lankan government has set up 64 'Nenasalas' or ICT service delivery centres in three districts of the country's eastern province. Providing content in ...
ICT for thwart Atrocity: initiative of an atrocity helpline backed by Call centre
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 ...
Emergency healthcare only an SMS away
Kerala's Kozhikode district in southern India has pioneered effective healthcare relief via SMS. Under a government project named 'Dr. SMS', citizens can get ...
Web on voice for rural India
A Delhi based team of IBM has tested an alternative to the internet for India's rural population. Based on the cell phone, the new style technology is a ...
India Water Portal launched in Hindi
India Water Portal, a comprehensive information repository on all topics related to water, gets a new avatar in its Hindi launch in India’s national capital ...
Negotiating peace through 'jirgah of the air'
Despite numerous attempts by NATO-led forces to win the hearts and minds of Afghans, the distrust and fear among local populations is only growing. Gordon ...
Cisco-SIDBI to promote ICT entrepreneurship
As part of its global commitment to promote microfinance and ICT-related businesses, the networking major Cisco has now joined hands with Small Industries ...
One laptop per child benefits Nepal
With their little green laptops, students in Nepal now find their English and Math lessons more interactive. Facilitated by Open Learning Nepal with support ...
'Open Source can make India a knowledge superpower'
Open source software is the ideal vehicle for quickly bringing the benefits of mass computerisation at a reduced cost feel Sandeep Sehgal and ...
ZMQ bags UNDP award
At UNDP's World Business and Development Awards 2008 at New York, Indian company ZMQ Software Systems won the award for its innovative ICT solutions to combat ...
Banking at the doorsteps of poor
Micro deposit machines will soon make banking easy for the poor in India. To be launched by FINO, a technology solutions firm and leading financial ...
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