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5 Mar 2014
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India: Privacy Bill will likely reflect EU DirectiveThe Indian Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) called for comments - on 25 February 2014 - on a draft Privacy Protection Bill ('the Bill'). The draft Bill comes after a series of roundtable discussions in 2013. The last CIS roundtable on …
5 Mar 2014
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“The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario”Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham will chair and moderate the session.
5 Mar 2014
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‘Mobile’ voters may sway pollsBABALAL Patel’s tiny tea stall in Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
4 Mar 2014
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RightsCon 2014RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and Malavika Jayaram were speakers at this event organized by RightsCon at San Francisco on …
4 Mar 2014
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Internet Governance Round-table at British High CommissionA Internet Governance Round-table was hosted at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Delhi on March 4, 2014. Geeta Hariharan participated in the round-table.
3 Mar 2014
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijayavani)Vijayavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop held in Sagara.
28 Feb 2014
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Zero Project Conference on Accessibility: Innovative Policies and Practices for Persons with DisabilitiesEssl Foundation, the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre convened an international conference at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria on February 27 and 28, 2014. Pranesh Prakash participated in the conference as …
27 Feb 2014
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India ‘tea parties’ enable politicians to woo urban youth with technologyBabalal Patel’s tiny tea stall in southern Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
26 Feb 2014
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National Conference on Use of Technology in Higher EducationThe Ministry of Human Resource and Development and Planning Commission in partnership with Microsoft Research and British Council organized a conference at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay on February 25, 2014.
25 Feb 2014
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Questions to Nishant ShahDr. Nishant Shah had a text interview with the Hybrid Publishing Lab around questions on Digital Humanities.
25 Feb 2014
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Pranesh Prakash: Influencing India's IP LawsPranesh Prakash believes intellectual property laws need to evolve and change with time.
21 Feb 2014
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The Forbes India 30 Under 30 ListShowcasing an enterprising new generation that dreams big and refuses to say die.
21 Feb 2014
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Consultation on Institutional Arrangements for IP managment under MHRDPlanning Commission and MHRD jointly are having consultations to design institutional arrangements for IP management under the MHRD between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on February 21, 2014 at IIC (Annexe), New Delhi 9 Lecture Hall No. 1).
17 Feb 2014
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Dark days for the creative class in India: SiddiquiAs India’s literacy rate improves, governments, courts, media, publishers and big business are all stifling free speech.
17 Feb 2014
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Broadband Internet needs attention: Sunil AbrahamTelecom regulation is mostly a success, but wired and wireless broadband needs attention, says Centre for Internet and Society executive director.
14 Feb 2014
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Workshop on Media Law & Policy Curriculum DevelopmentCentre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi and University of Oxford in support with the International Higher Education-Knowledge Economy Partnerships Programme of the British Council is organizing this workshop on …
14 Feb 2014
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Nishant Shah: “We will develop new textual and visual practices to facilitate the transfer of knowledge worldwide”Today we are starting with a new format for the blog of the Hybrid Publishing Lab. There will be an interview series with our International Tandem Partners giving an insight on their current work, interest and cooperation with HP.
12 Feb 2014
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National Consultation on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Development ProcessOn February 12, 2014, CBM India in collaboration with United Nations Solution Exchange (UNSE) for Gender Community organized a 'National Consultation on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Development Processes' at the World Health …
12 Feb 2014
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Internet Intermediary Liability: Towards Evidence-based Policy and Regulatory Reform to Secure Human Rights on the internetElonnai Hickok participated as a speaker at this event organized by Association for Progressive Communications at the Wedgwood, 75A 2nd Ave. Melville, Johannesburg, February 10-11, 2014.
11 Feb 2014
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A tale of two Internet campaignsTechies supported anti-surveillance campaign, companies backed internet safety.
10 Feb 2014
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Towards an Equitable and Just InternetIT for Change is organizing an international meeting to formulate a progressive response to issues of global governance of the Internet. Bhairav Acharya will be participating in this event to be held in New Delhi on February 14 and 15.
9 Feb 2014
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୧୦ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ୱିକିପିଡିଆThis is a feature about Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary and the story of a dead volunteer community reviving after 8 years. This has been published in Rabibara Sambad (Sunday supplement of Odia newspaper The Sambad) on February 9, 2014.
8 Feb 2014
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Combating SLAPP suits in Indiai-Probono is organizing this conference at WWF India on February 10, 2014. Bhairav Acharya is participating in the event as one of the speakers in the session on Freedom of Speech and the Internet.
6 Feb 2014
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Father-son duo promote Punjabi onlineA father-son duo has been working to include more information about Punjab and Punjabi on Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia.
4 Feb 2014
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The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and ChallengesKIIT School of Management, KIIT Univeristy is holding the 7th National Management Convention 2014 at its campus in Bhubaneswar on February 21 and 22, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi have been invited to address the students …
4 Feb 2014
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The Dangers Of BirdsongInstant gratification? Social media can quickly turn the game into checkmate if you don’t keep your emotions in check.
4 Feb 2014
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The Changing Role of the Media in India: Constitutional PerspectivesThe School of Law, Christ University is conducting National Conference on The Changing Role of the Media in India: Constitutional Perspectives from 28 February – 1 March 2014. Snehashish Ghosh will be moderating a session at this …
4 Feb 2014
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First Meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group for India Internet Governance ForumThe Department of Electronics and Information Technology organized a meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) for India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) at Electronics Niketan in New Delhi on February 10, 2014. Sunil Abraham …
3 Feb 2014
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CIS joins the the Global Commission on Internet Governance Research Advisory NetworkThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the Research Advisory Committee for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
31 Jan 2014
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Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT fieldStudents from any academic background, but having computer knowledge and common sense, can land a job in the IT sector, said U B Pavanaja, programme officer (Indian languages) at Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore).