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                                      Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Solapur University
                                     
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15 September
                                      
                                          
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                                      Discussion on Creation of Social Media Guidelines & Strategy for Telugu Wikimedia 
                                     
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                                              Manasa Rao
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Between 1 to 16 September, an online discussion took place on the creation of social media guidelines and strategy for Telugu Wikimedia handles online.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Indian Women Bureaucrats: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
                                    
 
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                                              Nov 08, 2017
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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We are all aware of the large reach and popularity of Wikipedia. However, what most people don’t know is that, according to a study conducted in 2011, globally only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia were women. And the percentage for India is even lower, just 3%.
                                      
                                          
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                                       35th SCCR: CIS Statement on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
                                     
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                                              Anubha Sinha
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 15, 2017
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Anubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, made this statement on the agenda for Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives on behalf of CIS on Day 3, 15 November, 2017. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      35th SCCR: CIS Statement on GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright in the Digital Environment 
                                     
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                                              Anubha Sinha
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 17, 2017
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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Anubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, made this statement on the agenda 'Other Matters' on behalf of CIS on Day 5, 17 November, 2017. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      Helping Institutions Embrace Open Access
                                    
 
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World over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it?
                                      
                                          
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                                      6th Annual International Conference on Law & Policy issues "68th Constitution Day"
                                    
 
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Anubha Sinha attended the 68th Constitution Day on November 25, 2017 at Shangri-La's Eros. Indian National Bar Association in association with “Make in India” organized this event.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Between 25 January and 31 January 2016, CIS-A2K is organizing an edit-a-thon to celebrate India's republic day. The goal of this edit-a-thon is to create and improve Geographical Indications articles.
                                      
                                          
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                                      ବ୍ୟବହାରୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ନିରାପତ୍ତା ଓ ଗୋପନୀୟତାର କୋକୁଆ ଆଣିବ ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ 
                                     
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This opinion piece in Odia on Facebook's Free Basics App was published in Your Story. The post highlights several user security and privacy that Free Basics is violating apart from violating net neutrality. It also brings the parallel of Airtel Zero and Free Basics with the Grameenphone project by Mozilla in Bangladesh and the worldwide Wikipedia Zero projects.
                                      
                                          
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                                      This Multilingual Edit-a-thon wants to Improve Indian Content on Wikipedia
                                     
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Ever wondered how many articles the Kannada Wikipedia or the Hindi Wikipedia have relating to India, its social history, literary and cultural heritage and the journey of over 1600 languages? 
                                      
                                          
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