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Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works
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Prasad Krishna
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Jul 28, 2014
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Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
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Indian Intermediary Liability Regime
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by
Admin
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published
May 20, 2018
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Files
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Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 03, 2016
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge
Localization is one of the less glamorous aspects of computing. Despite the fact that less than 6% of the world speaks English, a majority of projects don't feel inclined to accommodate the rest of the population. One of the primary reasons for sticking to English is the steep learning curve and the lack of standardization in various aspects of the localization process.
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News & Media
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Indian Privacy Code
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Admin
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Jul 20, 2018
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Indian super-cops now patrol the www highway
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 09, 2011
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last modified
Aug 19, 2011 06:48 AM
There's discontent brewing in the Indian cyberspace. And it has to do with the government blocking content that it deems "objectionable". What has raised hackles of Internet freedom activists is a new set of rules that allow Internet service providers (ISPs) and blogging sites to remove "objectionable" content from the Web.
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Indian surveillance laws & practices far worse than US
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 13, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 11:09 AM
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Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
SAFEGUARDS
Explosive would be just the word to describe the revelations by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Blog
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Indian Wikimedian Communities and the Gender Gap - A Space of Change, Negotiation, and Growth
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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Mar 09, 2020
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last modified
Mar 09, 2020 12:15 PM
This blog post covers key findings of the Wikipedia Gender Gap research completed by Ting-Yi Chang in April 2018. The paper was titled “Examining Female Editors’ Identity and Agency Negotiation Process within Indian Wikimedia Projects and Communities”. Here Ting-Yi brings us several observations on how the contributions by women editors' impacts Indian Wikimedia. This research focuses on participation of the women in Wikimedia activities with an emphasis on creating safe spaces and encouraging skill development.
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Blogs
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Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012
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by
Shiju Alex
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Jan 21, 2013
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last modified
Feb 03, 2013 02:40 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias.
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Blog
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Indic Language Wikipedias as Open Educational Resources
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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May 27, 2014
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last modified
Jun 04, 2014 03:32 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The Open Education Working Group sees supporting multilingual activities such as translation to and from languages which are not often used as one of its key future roles. Subhashish Panigrahi’s post while dwelling upon the growth of Indic Wikimedia communities critically examines Wikipedia as an educational resource.
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Blog
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Indic Scripts and the Internet
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by
Dibyajyoti Ghosh
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Jun 30, 2015
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last modified
Jul 10, 2015 04:23 AM
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filed under:
Language,
RAW Blog,
Indic Computing,
Researchers at Work,
Indic Scripts
This post by Dibyajyoti Ghosh is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Dibyajyoti is a PhD student in the Department of English, Jadavpur University. He has four years of full-time work experience in projects which dealt with digital humanities and specially with digitisation of material in Indic scripts. In this essay, Dibyajyoti explores the effects the English language has on the Internet population of India.
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