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Social media undermining journalistic credibility?: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 06, 2013 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
The line separating journalists and bloggers is being increasingly blurred due to the growth of social media, said Nelson Moses, who was a panelist at a discussion on the credibility of social media as a journalistic tool.
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Rahul Cherian, founder of NGO Inclusive Planet, passes away: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2013 — last modified Mar 09, 2013 06:57 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Rahul Cherian, who worked extensively on disability law and rights in India, and other issues like intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday while on on a family holiday in Goa according to this report in the Hindu.
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Wikipedia at Avenir: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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Chidambaram to Talk Budget on Google+ Hangout: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 04, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 04:14 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Indian politicians are slowly warming up to social media.
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February 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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People should resist enforcement of UID scheme, say experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 03, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 06:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Internationally recognized expert on law and poverty Dr. Usha Ramanathan Saturday urged citizens of the country to question the enforcement of the UID scheme that has no legitimacy.
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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 11, 2013 11:40 AM
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Rethinking the Internet: The Way Forward: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Telecom Italia and Financial Times are organizing this event at Telecom Italia Future Centre in Italy on March 21 and 22, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event.
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Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 was held on March 8, 2013 at Servelots Infotech, Jayanagar in Bangalore. It was organized by Wikimedia India. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. The news was covered by Kannada Prabha on March 9, 2013.
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Information about Schemes for Disabled Persons in Haryana: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — last modified Mar 14, 2013 05:47 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Find below copies of the notifications received from the Government of Haryana regarding schemes and policies for persons with disabilities.
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