In an e-Governance Survey for the year 2008-2009, Haryana has moved up to the 4th position from the 18th position in 2007-08. It has been ranked ahead of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra…
The Haryana Government is planning to have helpline services for those seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) Act…
Bahrain’s online portal www.bahrain.bh has won Arab GoldenChip Award for its achievement in e- Governance in a ceremony at the MENA ICT Week held in Lebanon under the aegis of Michel Suleiman, President of Lebanon…
Internet users are not satisfied with government websites in China. So there is a rising demand for a more ‘interactive’ and ‘helpful’ government website according to an online survey. The survey was jointly conducted by China Youth Daily and news portal Sina.com…
Lucknow formally launched internet protocol television (IPTV) recently. With this service in place, a person can talk on the landline phone, surf internet and watch television at the same time using the same connection. The technology IPTV is the one where channels are encoded in the Internet protocol (IP) format and delivered to TV using a smart electronic device. The technology is different from the 3-G technology which is wireless…
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) with the Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha, a Gulbarga based NGO…
The Government has proposal to provide computer facility with internet to all the Police Stations in the country, including Delhi. All the Police Stations would be extended such facility before March, 2010. Planning Commission has provided an outlay of INR 2,000 crores for utilization in 11th Five Year Plan…
Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras have been installed in Tihar jail to monitor prisoners and help the prison authorities to keep a better check on untoward incidents and enhance vigilance…
Data center capabilities are posed to rise in India, with Sify Technologies all ready to invest INR 300 Crore in the next eighteen months. Sify Technologies is also looking towards setting up data centers worldwide, starting from the Asian countries…
Prime agency for the implementation of Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), is itself violating the Act by publishing misleading information on its website, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has claimed…
