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E-governance hopes rise as India crosses 1 billion transactions: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2013 — filed under: E-Governance, Internet Governance
Government agencies and departments, regarded as bywords for inefficiency and red tape, have recorded over a billion e-governance transactions so far this year, watershed for the world's largest democracy that is betting on technology to cure its ills.
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Your private data may be online, courtesy govt: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Some depts have posted bank account & income details on net for transparency; experts cry privacy breach.
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Religious pluralism and freedom of expression in India, Europe and other countries: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 09, 2013 — last modified Nov 08, 2013 05:54 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
The Venice-Delhi Seminars are Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations project, in cooperation with the Jamia Millia Islamia, Seminar and the India Habitat Centre is organizing this event from October 10 to 12, 2013. Chinmayi Arun will be speaking at this event.
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Human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information on the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 09, 2013
This session will offer a multistakeholder overview of the current status of human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information on the Internet. Pranesh Prakash was a speaker at this event.
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eAccessibility Workshop 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 12, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:47 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), in association with Mahaonline Limited (MoL) and NIXI has organized a workshop on eAccessibility on November 19-20, 2013 at Mumbai and Pune. The Centre for Internet and Society is one of the trainer organisations for the event.
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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 14, 2013 — last modified Nov 14, 2013 10:17 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia, Event
Kannada Wikipedia has completed 10 years. The Kannada Wikipedia community will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikpedia on Nov 17, 2013 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. CIS-A2K is a co-sponsor for the program.
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Manmohan Singh: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2013 09:41 AM
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NSA leaks helping India become 'Big Brother' state?: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2013 — last modified Nov 19, 2013 09:45 AM
While the US and Britain fend off accusations of Big Brother-style spying, other countries are learning lessons from fugitive ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's leaks and, critics say, developing the same kind of mass-surveillance.
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Spy agencies, IB and RAW, put spanner in proposed privacy law: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The country’s intelligence agencies are out to scuttle a law that’s being drafted to protect your privacy.
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Proxy Wars on Internet: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 19, 2013 10:08 AM
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