World Bank to spend more on agricultural sector in poor countries
The World Bank has announced an ambitious plan to expand lending and investment in the agricultural sectors of developing countries.
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Four South Asian countries to cooperate for ICT connectivity
Senior officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to collaborate on a subregional ICT project to improve connectivity among the four countries.
Tsunami early warning system launched in India
The Indian Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences has launched the National Tsunami Early Warning System that has been set up at the Indian National Centre for Ocean lnformation Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad (India).
IBM Partners with Grameen Foundation to expand its open source Microfinance Banking Platform
IBM has partnered with Grameen Foundation to launch a collaborative project to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) to better serve poor communities around the world by expanding Mifos, Grameen Foundation
Indian Telecom sector to get dedicated satellite for telecom services
The Telecom Commission (TC) has approved the department of telecom (DoT) proposal to have an independent, dedicated satellite for telecom services. The project, which is estimated, to cost about $500 million is likely to the awarded to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
e-commerce is INR 9,200 crore market in India
It is expected that e-Commerce market in India will reach INR 9,210 crore by the end of the financial year, 2007-08. e-Commerce had an estimated market of INR 7,080 crore at the end of 2006-07.
Taking e-Government Government from ‘Information Access Phase’ to ‘Intelligent Interaction Phase’
“Business Intelligence is emerging to be a strategic area of investment with in the government organisation as it allows them to transform citizen data into meaningful intelligence to manage citizen expectation and thereby strengthen service delivery to them.
Germany shows keen interest in Indian SMEs market
The German Federal Ministry of Economics & Technology has shown its keen interest in Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, especially cluster development programme.
