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17 Dec 2016
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7th Emerging Markets Finance ConferenceAnubha Sinha participated as a panelist in the "Intellectual Property, Copyright and Patent Finance" session in Mumbai on December 15, 2016. The event was organized by Finance Research Group in association with Vanderbilt Law School.
15 Dec 2016
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Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editingPavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh …
1 Dec 2016
21 Nov 2016
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CIIPC-NLUD Workshop on Wikipedia Editing and Open Source Knowledge SourcesCentre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition (CIIPC), National Law university, Delhi as part of its Open Science Project, had organised WikiEdit2016 a two day workshop regarding orientation on editing Wikipedia and …
1 Nov 2016
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Using Kannada in technology made easier with smartphonesWith the IT revolution, many believed that the younger generation would prefer to type and communicate in English than Kannada.
25 Oct 2016
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‘Entrepreneurship will become a common, respectable profession’ – 25 quotes from Indian startup journeysFrom success to status, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the …
21 Oct 2016
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Workshop on Competition Law and PolicyNational School of Law India University and the Delegation of European Union to India jointly organized a workshop at Competition Commission of India in New Delhi from October 19 - 21, 2016. Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané participated and …
4 Oct 2016
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Changing Wikipedia’s (and society’s) male bias is work in progressShyamal Lakshminarayanan was on the trail of Maude Lina West Cleghorn, a little-known amateur British entomologist who lived in Calcutta in the early 1900s.
3 Oct 2016
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Indian language localization community meets in New DelhiLocalization is one of the less glamorous aspects of computing. Despite the fact that less than 6% of the world speaks English, a majority of projects don't feel inclined to accommodate the rest of the population. One of the primary reasons …
28 Sep 2016
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Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and ChinaAnubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané presented at the SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on “Innovation, Economic Development, and IP in India and China,” co-organised by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin …
23 Sep 2016
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To embed a tweet or not?Experts say it would amount to copyright infringement if the fair use clause is exploited.
22 Sep 2016
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Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on IncubatorEight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
22 Sep 2016
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Law and Economy Policy Conference 2016 (LEPC - 2016)The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in collaboration with the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) is organising India’s first “Law Economics Policy Conference (LEPC-2016)”. The aim is to bring together legal, …
22 Sep 2016
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“Made in India” Innovation PolicyIn this post they emphasize upon the need for data-driven IP policy making in India.
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 …
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.
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 & …
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
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.
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.
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.
8 Aug 2016
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In Tulu, India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Goes LiveIn a major boost to ancient Indian languages, Tulu wikipedia has finally gone live.
7 Aug 2016
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WikiConference India 2016WikiConference India 2016 is an event to provide a common platform for all Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information. The Conference is open for …