Arampur – a Virtual Indian Village
Hartmut Buettner @ June 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Virtual Village at the Wesleyan University website, is a free pedagogical tool that allows visitors of the website to interactively explore the social worlds of the pseudonymic ‘Arampur’ village in the northeast Indian state of Bihar through its material culture.
The central feature “Roam†allows visitors to virtually ‘roam’ within this village in the state [...]
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National Portal of India
Hartmut Buettner @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The objective behind the National Portal of the Indian Government is to provide a single point of access to the information and services being provided by the Indian Government and an one stop source of information about India and its various facets. This includes links to other Indian Government Portals/websites.
The portal is divided into [...]
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International Business Web-Portal: globalEDGEâ„¢
Hartmut Buettner @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
globalEDGEâ„¢[1] is a knowledge web-portal for international business professionals from around the world. According to their information the site offers:
Global Resources: more than 5,000 online resources, e.g. Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS), Market Potential Index (MPI) and glossary
Countries: executive memos, statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions on 199 countries around the world
US States: [...]
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South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR)
Hartmut Buettner @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
According to their information, the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) is the largest website on terrorism and low intensity warfare in South Asia. It has been set up to counter the progressive distortions regarding, and the international community’s neglect of, the wide range of terrorist movements within South Asia, and particularly in India.
Among other [...]
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Asia News Network
Hartmut Buettner @ December 12, 2008 # One Comment
The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in Asia by Asian media.
The Asian countries are represented by one English daily newspaper each[1]:
Bangladesh: The Daily Star
Brunei: The Brunei Times
Cambodia: The Cambodia [...]
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