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                                      Jamillah Knowles, who is an online and radio journalist for the BBC, gave a public talk at CIS on the 26th of September on User generated content , citizen jounalism and news.
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                                      Exploring Research Questions, Frameworks, and Methods - A presentation was given by Minna Aslama, at CIS, on Nov 23rd @ 4.30pm , Bangalore. The Videos for the talk are given here. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side
                                    
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                                      Prof. Pradoshnath from NISTADS was at CIS, Bangalore on Nov 25th, 2009 and gave a presentation on ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side. His bio and the abstract of the talk are given in this blog. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      ‘Right to Read’ campaign launched - Fighting against copyright regulations
                                    
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                                      To highlight the issues faced by persons with print disability – those deprived of Indian books due to unfriendly copyright regulations – a group of organisations launched the Right To Read (R2R) campaign on September 26 - an article by L Subramani, Sep 28th, Bangalore, Deccan Herald. 
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                                      Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged
                                    
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                                      An article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009 Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      ‘Right to read’ campaign launched (The Hindu)
                                    
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                                      An article in The Hindu, 29th September, on the 'Right to Read' campaign, launched on 26th Sept, in Loyola College, Chennai  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      A fight for the Right to Read
                                    
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                                      The copyright Law remains blind to the rights of the Visually Impaired - An article by N T Balanarayan, DNA Bangalore - 24th September, 2009
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                                      Amendment to Copyright Act opposed
                                    
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                                      A report on the press conference held on 15th April, at the Press Club, Bangalore : The Hindu Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
                                    
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                                      The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and in partnerships with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict), the National Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NTC), the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australian Government, and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) Thailand are organising the  "Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities" to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 25 to 27 August 2009. The Forum is hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Thailand, Government of Kingdom of Thailand.
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                                      Asia Source 3 Meeting
                                    
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                                      The Asia Source 3 Meeting Reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software Movement -
More than 150 Asian Open Source activists met in the Philippines from 07th November to 12th November to discuss the latest IT-tools for NGOs and SMEs and this time the Main Theme of Asia Source 3 was: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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