The Delhi government was working towards encouraging use of m-governance and e-governance to eliminate corruption and red-tapism from the system, stated Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi, while addressing an interactive session on ‘Delhi 2020 – A Smart Place to Live, Work and Do Business’. Manish Sisodia today assured the industry…
Bangladesh must ramp up efforts to tackle its “epidemic” of child marriage — a problem fuelled by the country’s repeated natural disasters, rights campaigners said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also called on the government to ditch a proposal to lower the legal marriage age for girls from 18 to 16, which it said…
The Bangladesh government is yet to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, in spite of promises to do so, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released on Monday. Instead, it steps in the wrong direction. After her July 2014 pledge to end child marriage by 2041, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attempted…
Facing flak for illegal bank accounts, non-governmental environmental organisation Greenpeace on Monday again came up in news after one of its international staff member Aaron Gray-Block was refused entry into India. The incident happened despite Block having a valid business visa. Protesting against the incident, Greenpeace claimed that no formal reason was given by the…
All panchayats in Odisha will have broadband internet services by 2017-18 while major cities of the state, including Bhubaneswar, will have Wi-Fi services in the next one year, the state government decided today. The decision was taken at a review meeting on the yearly performance of the department of Information Technology (IT) presided over by chief minister…
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani, while launching KV Shaala Darpan programme of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan here today, said the programme will write a new definition of e-governance, good governance, and digital India. Elaborating upon the details, Irani said this programme will be a step forward in the direction of fulfilling the vision of…
Aksh Optifibre Limited [BSE: 532351 | NSE: AKSHOPTFBR], the New Delhi based leading manufacturer of optical fibre, optical fibre cables and FRP rods, has announced its results for Q4 and FY 2014-15. The company’s net profits before exceptional items and tax increased 67% to Rs.31.67 crores for the period under review. The board has approved…
The Modi government, which completed one year at the Centre, is preparing for a big-ticket launch of Digital India, taking technology to the villages and block levels, through merchandise, hackathons and gamesspread over a week-long initiative across the country. The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), has empanelled…