Google India has launched an Internet Bus, a mobile bus specifically designed to provide an Internet experience to the people across the cities of Tamil Nadu (India).

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) called farmers to adopt Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices to ensure sustainable yield growth and reduce carbon's footprint.

Brookings Institution of Governance Studies has ranked South Korea at the 1st position out of 198 countries. Other highly ranked countries in the study are Taiwan, United States, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Germany and Ireland. Singapore, which was placed 4th, is the top ranking country among Asian nations, dropping down two places from its 2nd position in 2007.

It is critical to initiate radical reforms to build a knowledge-based society within the global arena. Creativity determines the survival and prosperity of nations. Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education is the way forward enabling such educational reforms, said Minister of Education, Susil Premajayantha.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start phase I clinical trials to test a combination of two AIDS vaccine candidates.

According to new report published by Access Markets International Partners (AMI-Partners), IT expenditures by SMBs in the Asia-Pacific region will reach US$153 billion in 2009. the report noted that leading IT& T spend in the region are China, Korea and India.

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