Monday, June 25, 2001		Lens on IT

Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister ,Mr.S.Y.QurashiI, who is also Chairman of the Society for IT Initiative Fund and the Centre for E-governance, inaugurating first state-level conference of district informatics officers at Chandigarh.

Softbank Corp President Masayoshi Son (L) and Yahoo! Japan President Masahiro Inoue speak during a news conference in Tokyo . Softbank and Yahoo! Japan, a subsidiary that is Japan's dominant Internet portal, said they would team up to launch the world's fastest ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) service in Japan.

The chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI), Janki Ballabh, speaks at the official inauguration of the bank's intercity Automated Teller Machine network (ATM) in Kolkata. SBI, India's largest commercial bank, plans to have 600 ATMs in over 15 cities connected by end of August. 

Buyers check out computer mouses and other products at a booth for Switzerland's Logitech International at Taipei's Computex 2001, the world's third largest computer trade show. The one-week trade show came as companies waited for consumers to resume buying after sales of computers and mobile phones slumped last year. 

— Reuters photos