500 Judges get computing skill in Rwanda

A total of five hundred provincial judges and court clerks from different provinces of Rwanda recently concluded a two-month basic computing skills course from their respective provincial centres.

Railways to set up call centres in India

Railways would set up 22 call centres with a common telephone number – 139 across India, besides launching a National Train Enquiry System (NITES) and management information system.

Initiate Caring Them (ICT!!)

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

At the dawn of this year, we promised our readers to examine the scope of ICT in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

HIV/AIDS Reporting Workshop

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Reuters Foundation (www.foundation.reuters.com), the training, education and humanitarian trust owned by Reuters the global news and information group, brought 22 journalists from around the world to meet face-to-face with renowned health experts in a five-day workshop from November 7th to 11th, held in New York.

Story telling for knowledge sharing

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Presenting a series of locally written articles with southern perspectives on the impact and the use of ICTs for Development. Following is the third series of articles focusing on ICT and Governance in 6 African countries.

Government sites in Europe unusable by disabled people

A report by the UK Cabinet Office found that 97% of official websites were unusable by disabled people, largely because they ignored well-known techniques for making data accessible.

Bangalore continues to top IT destinations

The results of a recent study of information technology and IT enabled services companies by Trammell Crow Meghraj, international property consultants, says Bangalore was numero uno destination for IT/ITES companies in the country, followed by Mumbai. Hyderabad and Pune steamed ahead of Delhi with Chennai and Kolkata bringing up the rear.

Kerala bags national honour in e-Governance

Kerala has been selected the second best state in India in the implementation of e-Governance.

Nepal’s first e-Governance office computerising citizenship record

District Administration Office (DAO) at Kavre district in Nepal has developed itself as a model e-Governance office, setting-up computerised system for official records and works.

Infocomm’s e-Governance projects to end by March 2006

Of the several e-Governance projects that Reliance Infocomm has undertaken with various state governments, three are expected to be over by next March.