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Prasad Krishna
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31 Aug 2016
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India has a long road ahead in becoming a disabled-friendly countryIndia is home to 2.7 crore people living with one or the other kind of disability. According to the 2011 Census, 2.21 percent of India’s population is disabled. Unlike the developed world, India’s disabled are made further socially …
30 Aug 2016
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Data Xgen launches paid Hindi email serviceJaipur based Enterprise email provider Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email service in Hindi Devnagari script. This is especially for .bharat domain names, but can also be used for other domains. As of now, the company offers …
27 Aug 2016
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Universal Design & Accessibility ConclaveNirmita Narasimhan is a speaker at this conclave organized by IIMA in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
26 Aug 2016
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Press coverage about Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu Wikipedia successAndhra Jyothi, one of the leading news papers in Telugu covered Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu wikipedia success in national level with the angle of Pranaraj involvement in it.
26 Aug 2016
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Festival scan on social mediaAuthorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious festivals.
25 Aug 2016
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International Conference on Innovation for Shared ProsperityRohini Lakshane attended a conference on IP Rights, Competition and Standard Setting in the IT industry on August 20 and 21, 2016. The conference was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University and Jindal Initiative on Research in IP & …
24 Aug 2016
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be droppedNews reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar …
24 Aug 2016
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Bridging the Digital DivideNirmita Narasimhan will be a panelist at an annual event called "All Hands Meet" organized by Wipro on August 25, 2016 in Bangalore.
23 Aug 2016
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Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fineIndia puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
22 Aug 2016
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Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated teamTulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, …
22 Aug 2016
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is neededSitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their …
20 Aug 2016
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licensesWikiConference India and its productive hackathon
19 Aug 2016
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social ChangeSunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
17 Aug 2016
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestionsTrai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
17 Aug 2016
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Nirmita Narasimhan gets NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design AwardThe NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards were given away in the capital on August 14, 2016. Nirmita got the award in the "Persons with Disabilities" category.
15 Aug 2016
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Using technology to address issuesCan technology help the visually-disabled, who have no access to books and reading resources in their schools?
15 Aug 2016
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Tulu Wikipedia Conference in MangaluruA Tulu Wikipedia conference organized by the Times of Kudla (Tulu name for Mangaluru) newspaper was held at Malki, near Mangaluru on August 13 and 14, 2016. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a presentation on Tulu Wikipedia.
15 Aug 2016
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Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goalsIndia has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws.
12 Aug 2016
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Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu WikipediaTelugu Wikipedians created articles on Punjab in a national level contest. Telugu Wikipedians received a trophy during the closing ceremony of Wiki conference India at Chandigarh.
12 Aug 2016
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And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transferAs reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients. This would also help in the …
10 Aug 2016
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Indian companies need to boost encrpytion adoption rate: expertsMost banks do not follow Reserve bank of India’s standard 64/128-bit encryption policy due to laxity and unavailability of funds.
10 Aug 2016
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Implementing Indian languages in feature phones will be difficultA recent government standard requiring support for inputting text in any one Indian language in mobile phones - along with Hindi and English - has manufacturers worried. The companies argue that the well-intentioned move may be difficult to …
10 Aug 2016
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How India’s top firms fare in employing women and persons with disabilitiesIt is generally believed that the growth of the corporate sector in India has increased employment avenues for historically deprived sections of our society.
10 Aug 2016
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Aadhaar-enabled smartphones will ease money transferWith its plans to make smartphones Aadhaar-enabled, the government hopes to provide users a means to do self-authentication and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients through their smartphones, a move that could …
9 Aug 2016
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Wikipedia now available in TuluIn another boost to yet another Indian language, the Wikipedia in Tulu has gone live.
9 Aug 2016
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Wikipedia launches in Tulu, its 23rd Indic languageWikipedia has launched in Tulu, making it the 23rd Indian language Wiki, reports domain-b. The announcement was made at the Wikiconference India 2016 held in Chandigarh last weekend.
9 Aug 2016
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India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia LaunchesA Tulu version has gone live on Wikipedia, making it the 23rd one in an Indian language to do so.
9 Aug 2016
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India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in TuluThe Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily changing technology.
8 Aug 2016
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ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬಂತು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಪಂಚ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ `ತುಳು' ಸಹ ಇದೀಗ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಎಂಟ್ರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ 23ನೇ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿದೆ.
8 Aug 2016
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ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಮನ್ನಣೆ!ಮಂಗಳೂರು: ಇಂದಲ್ಲ ನಾಳೆ ಸಂವಿಧಾನದ ಎಂಟನೇ ಪರಿಚ್ಛೇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬ ಆಶಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವ ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಮನ್ನಣೆ ನೀಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುತಿಸುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ.