Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. in partnership with Huawei Technologies has launched its wireless broadband services in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The tariff set for the broadband is Rs.140 per month and will be associated with the e-Government projects started by the state government’s “Common Service Centers”. “This technology offers broadband speed of 7 Mbps at a distance [...]

Oneworld South Asia highlights that India’s strategy to combat Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) might be failing to stop the spread of the disease. There are 2.2 million new cases of TB every year. The CGAP Microfinance Technology Blog picked up a story from Business Standard on Andhra Pradesh government’s plan to provide rural pensions [...]