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Unique Identification Scheme (UID) & National Population Register (NPR), and Governance
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Mar 14, 2013
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last modified
Apr 30, 2014 05:03 AM
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filed under:
Video,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This post examines the UID, NPR and Governance as it exists in India. The background note gives a summary of what is the NPR, the legal grounding of NPR, its objectives, and the information which could be collected under the NPR. The post also throws light on the UID, its objectives, process of enrollment in UID, how UID is being adopted by different states in India, and finally the differences and controversies in UID and NPR.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, India
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by
Benson Samuel
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published
Mar 12, 2013
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filed under:
Video,
Internet Governance
An event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this the first Bitcoin event in India that leveraged these mediums of information transfer.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Creative Commons comes to India
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
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Openness
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Blog
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Video Vortex # 9 Re:assemblies of Video
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Mar 04, 2013 03:44 AM
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filed under:
Video,
Digital Natives
Nishant Shah is a speaker at this event organized by the Institute of Network Cultures, Post Media Lab, Moving Image Lab, Leuphana, et.al. The event is being held at Luneberg from February 28, 2013 to March 2, 2013.
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News & Media
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Report of Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight
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by
Zainab Bawa
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published
Feb 06, 2013
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last modified
Mar 02, 2013 01:32 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Video
On 19th and 20th January, HasGeek organized a hacknight to commemorate the life and works of Aaron Swartz. Zainab Bawa from HasGeek shares with us the developments.
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Openness
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Blog
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Aaron Swartz: The First Martyr of the Free Information Movement
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by
Lawrence Liang
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published
Jan 24, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Video,
Open Access
Well known American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist died on January 11, 2013. Lawrence Liang from the Alternative Law Forum discusses with Newsclick the tragic loss. The interview was conducted by Prabir Purkayastha.
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Openness
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Blog
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Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 21, 2013
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last modified
Apr 16, 2013 12:48 PM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Access,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Youth,
Video,
Open Access,
Openness,
Event
Wikipedia Club Pune, a local community based outreach user group in Pune has recently organized Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 to spread words about “Spoken Wikipedia”, a project to add recorded audio for Indic language Wikipedia articles which will help the disabled to access Wikipedia and “Bridging Editor Gender Gap.”
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Openness
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Blog
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Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 07:19 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Interview,
Openness
Recently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three wikipedians — Jayanta Nath, Deepon Saha and Ashwin.
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Openness
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Blog
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First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled Out
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 12:17 PM
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filed under:
Higher Education,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Video,
Openness
Odia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a series of assessments by professors. The local community members from Nalconagar would be supporting the four month program.
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Openness
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Blog
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Interview with Pranesh Prakash
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Video,
Censorship,
Information Technology
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society talks to Mint’s Surabhi Agarwal about the controversial Section 66A of the IT Act and the government’s decision to tweak it.
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News & Media