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21 May 2013
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NGO invites public to peruse its accountsDomlur-based The Centre for Internet and Society opens its books for anyone to see and track every rupee of the Rs 13.13 crore it received from donors.
20 May 2013
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A lifetime of five years on the internetCentre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
18 May 2013
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Sex on-the-goAfter a freak fire in 2011 reduced the cubbyholes trading in electronic goods inside a Crawford Market shopping plaza to ashes, Junaid has gone alfresco.
15 May 2013
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WORLD WIDE PLAYGROUNDThe Delhi High Court recently asked the central government to explain why minors are allowed to create online accounts on social networking sites such as Facebook or Orkut. The High Court’s question stems from a petition filed by former …
13 May 2013
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Is India's government becoming Big Brother?India's new Central Monitoring System will give officials unprecedented access to calls, texts, and online activity.
10 May 2013
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India's Rs 400-crore Central Monitoring System to snoop on all communicationLatest reports confirm that the government's longstanding aim of initiating the Central Monitoring System in the country is materialising now.
9 May 2013
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Central Monitoring System to make government privy to phone calls, text messages and social media conversationsThe government last month quietly began rolling out a project that gives it access to everything that happens over India's telecommunications network—online activities, phone calls, text messages and even social media conversations. Called …
8 May 2013
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Messaging apps find another foe in India’s market regulatorParanoid governments and mobile operators aren’t the only one that dislike messaging apps. Regulatory bodies aren’t crazy about them either. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is worried that attempts to pass on confidential …
7 May 2013
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ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ/೧೦This was organised by the Wikipedia community on May 7, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in this.
6 May 2013
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CIS anniversaryThe Centre for Internet and Society will celebrate five years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its works and accomplishments.
30 Apr 2013
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Is free speech an Indian value?Is freedom of speech and expression deeply accepted in Indian society? Or is it merely a European cultural import that made its way along with the English language and appeared in the Constitution because of the founding fathers' genius? …
27 Apr 2013
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When Netas NetworkIn September 2009, a freshly re-elected Congress took exception to a light-hearted tweet by its newly inducted minister Shashi Tharoor, chastising him not only for causing offence but also for being too quick to air his views on social …
25 Apr 2013
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Mixed Reactions Among Participants In WIPO Talks On Treaty For The BlindAt the close of this week’s negotiating session for an international treaty on copyright exceptions for blind and visually impaired persons, some governments, including upcoming host Morocco, expressed disappointment in the outcome of a …
25 Apr 2013
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CIS in GNI Annual ReportThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) joined the Global Network Intiative (GNI) in March 2012. Recently, GNI brought out its Annual Report. Sunil Abraham is quoted in it.
17 Apr 2013
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Kolkata Wiki Community MeetupRecently Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge Programme members T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi met wikipedians in Kolkata. The event was co-organized by the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet …
16 Apr 2013
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Wikipedia Workshop in Mangalore — Report in Kannada PrabhaA workshop was conducted for students of Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja on April 9, 2013. Kannada Prabha published a report about this on the following day, April 10, 2013.
16 Apr 2013
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Untangling the web of India's 'ungovernable' NetIndia sells itself as a tech hub, outsourcing IT experts to the world. At home, it dreams of "equity on the Net." But millions remain unconnected and digital surveillance is on the rise.
16 Apr 2013
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KP Rao fetedKP Rao who had designed fonts for Indian languages including Kannada and devised the first phonetic keyboard driver for Indian languages, was felicitated at a programme organised at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management on Tuesday, …
15 Apr 2013
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Vote: Will Social Media Impact the Election?As India enters election mode, social media has become one of many platforms where possible prime ministerial candidates are being scrutinized.
15 Apr 2013
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Social media may influence 160 LS seats in 2014Social media is likely to influence politics and elections in 160 of India’s 543 Parliament constituencies, making Facebook and Twitter users the nation’s newest voting bloc, a new study suggests.
15 Apr 2013
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Report of Wiki Workshop in MangaloreA wikipedia workshop was organized in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore on April 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the workshop. Prajavani's Mangalore edition published a report about the felicitation to …
15 Apr 2013
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Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?The Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju calls for regulating social media, saying it will prevent offensive material coming into the public domain. But is it really necessary to regulate the social media? If yes, is …
15 Apr 2013
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India takes its first serious step toward privacy regulation – but it may be misguidedThe world’s second-most populous nation may be on the cusp of embracing privacy legislation. After several false starts the Indian government appears ready to accept the need for some form of regulation.
11 Apr 2013
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Need to develop vernacular languages stressedUniversity of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ramakrishna Rama Swamy said on Wednesday that everyone has a duty to contribute to the development of vernacular languages.
8 Apr 2013
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The Fifth Elephant 2013HasGeek is organizing the Fifth Elephant from July 11 to 13, 2013 at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore. Workshops on open source technologies and enterprise solutions will be held on July 11, 2013. You can participate in workshops …
2 Apr 2013
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Review of Guidelines for Indian Government Websites-meeting noticeThe Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension has called for a meeting for review of guidelines for Indian Government websites. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Shri Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Addl. Secretary, …
1 Apr 2013
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Clarify and define terms in IT rules, panel tells govt.In the wake of concerns that the government is increasingly using ambiguously-phrased terms in legal codes to crack down on online speech, the Parliament’s Committee on Subordinate Legislation has asked for greater clarity and definition on …
1 Apr 2013
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2nd Odia Wikipedia Edit-a-thonThe event is being organized today, April 1, 2013 online by the Odia Wikipedia Community, from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
30 Mar 2013
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What if the Net shut down for a few daysWhen spammers attacked Spamhaus, a European spam-fighting group in what was billed as the "biggest cyber attack in history", they managed to temporarily slow down the internet. But what if dedicated attackers succeeded in shutting down the …
28 Mar 2013
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Parliament panel blasts govt over ambiguous internet lawsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation has come out with a report in which it has lambasted the government and asked it to make changes to IT rules that govern internet-related cases in India.