Full Coverage: India

28.04.2006 NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Nearly 2,000 people marched Friday under Delhi's blazing summer sun to protest government policies that are causing people to lose their homes and land across India in the name of economic development.

28.04.2006 The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has run into a roadblock with the Centre deciding to cut down the minimum wages.A few days ago, after analysing the average payments to workers employed under the EGA, the Centre decided to fix a uniform wage rate of Rs 60.

28.04.2006 Nearly 2,000 people marched on Friday in the heart of Delhi to protest against government policies causing displacement of people all over India. They later submitted a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam seeking stoppage of construction work on the Narmada dam till people are rehabilitated and making a national law that prevents displacement of people without rehabilitation.

28.04.2006 Today, the demand for wireless access outside the corporate office is satisfied by an unwieldy patchwork of technologies—GPRS, CDMA and Wi-Fi hotspots. There's no easy way to access your corporate network or even the Internet on the move.

28.04.2006 The concept of e-governance is now a reality for Indian citizens. We are graduating from pilot e-governance projects to bigger Mission Mode projects. In this, the core strategy is to move ahead in a systematic manner, and the approach is to achieve success step by step.

28.04.2006 Radio Frequency Identification, billed to improve communication, productivity and information, can deliver better results when supported by development of computer networks and wireless data networks, says Rajesh Cheerla.

28.04.2006 The current debate about 27% OBC reservation and sufficient access to educational institutions poses various questions to the stakeholders. In terms of access in the higher education till date only 10% of the people in the age group of 18-24 are in the higher education system.

28.04.2006 A few days ago, after analysing the average payments to workers employed under the EGA, the Centre decided to fix a uniform wage rate of Rs 60. The earlier directive allowed states to fix their own wage rates. If the new decision is implemented, the states would be forced to bring down the wages too.

27.04.2006 More than a dozen civil society organisations gave a call on Thursday to support the ongoing Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) agitation and ensure that millions of Indians getting uprooted due to development – construction of dams, digging of mines and setting up of industries – are given their rights by the government.

27.04.2006 Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh emphasised the role of women teachers in the learning process at the valedictory function of the "Education For All" programme organised at National Bal Bhavan.

27.04.2006 The state government has issued a preliminary notification making it mandatory for all autorickshaws plying within Huda limits to have digital meters installed in them.

27.04.2006 It's a paradox all right. Thanks to the boom in the IT and electronics sectors, engineering colleges offering these subjects have hordes of students queuing up at their door and companies awaiting graduates with plump paychecks.

27.04.2006 The booming Indian BPO business is providing a whole new set of opportunities for a community often ignored — the physically challenged.

27.04.2006 TRAI released a Consultation Paper on Issues relating to Commercial Tariff. This Consultation Paper by TRAI deals with the issue of commercial tariff for broadcasting and cable television services.

27.04.2006 The Software Division of Computer Society of India in association with CICC, Singapore, National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software of CDAC Chennai and RMK Engineering College is organizing a five days southern regional training programme from 22nd May to 26th May 2006 at Chennai on Open Source Software.

26.04.2006 The surface of the Ladakh is covered with a thin gray layer of democratic fabric. Ladakh being a part of India is also having a democratic form of government at the local level (Ladakh Autonomous Hill development Council Leh and Kargil respectively). In order for Ladakh to achieve its full economic, social and political potential, all of its citizens must have an equal opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

26.04.2006 With stress levels among people on the rise and tempers flaring up easily, it is time for 'peace education' in schools and the NCERT is all set to train teachers in conflict resolution techniques and ways to undermine violence and aggression.

26.04.2006 Even as the number of out-of-school children has been brought down to 13.5m over the last four years from a high of 25m, the issue of quality of education still remains to be tackled in its entirety.

26.04.2006 Leading figures from the renewable energy industry have met in India to discuss the development of wind energy, as the Indian government aims to adopt more sustainable power sources.

26.04.2006 Faced with a new crisis in the rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating legislation to punish erring MFIs and asking banks to enforce a code of conduct on them.