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Published: Sunday 15 February 2009

>> The US state of Hawai has introduced a web service that puts patients face-to-face with doctors. Doctors hold 10-minute appointments, which can be extended for a fee. They can also file prescriptions and view patients' medical histories through the system

>> Earthen Dams, a film commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, with UNDP won the best film ward at the 25th International Agrofilm Festival in Slovakia in the last week of December. The film on watershed development is directed by Pinky B Choudhury

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