Government of Thailand to crack down on 1900 chat lines
The Government of Thailand is threatening to crack down on 1900 chat lines that claim to offer love and friendship but are increasingly being used to provide sexual services.
E governance
United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006 published
Madar Research Group has published United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006, the first complete assessment of the United Arab Emirates’ progress towards a knowledge-based economy.
Software developers to join e-Government project in Thailand
The Office of Computer Cluster Promotion (CCP) has been working with Thailand Science Park, the Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) and Software Park Thailand to establish a project called the Open Development of e-Government Collaboration to allow local software-developers to participate in electronic-government development projects.
DoT orders ISPs to block few bloggings
In India, millions of domestic Internet users cannot access some of the world
EU to prepare standardisation policy on ICT
The European Commission has launched a study to prepare recommendations for the EU’s standardisation policy in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in order to establish objective findings reflecting the market needs.
e-Service tax for users of e-Governance
The Government of India will spend a whopping Rs 23,000 crore on various e-Governance initiatives and a part of the funds invested would be recovered through an innovative e-Service tax to be paid by the users of the electronic governance.
Indian states to host International IT conclave
The states of Punjab and Haryana, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh are hosting an International IT Conclave named
GOI to set up rural business hubs
The Government of India will shortly sign 22 agreements with private companies such as the Tatas, Reliance and Microsoft to set up rural business hubs in the country.
Legal act for cyber crime in India
The Minister of Communications and IT, India, Mr Dayanidhi Maran told that an act has been amended with a view to provide legal framework relating to theft of data, transmission of images and video voyeurism in a seminar on
Singapore to dispense advice on efficient public service areas
The Singapore government has set up a company to give advice to emerging countries that are eager to learn from the wealthy city-state’s development model, including how to build world-class airports and create Singapore-style townships.
