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Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Oct 31, 2014
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last modified
Oct 23, 2016 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP arena.
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Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Oct 31, 2014
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last modified
Oct 31, 2014 02:54 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Tulu Wikipedia
A three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised the inauguration programme and a workshop to understand the Wiki markup. The next two days were devoted to the edit-a-thon where participants added articles to Tulu Wikipedia.
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Samskrita Vaibhavam (Sanskrit Wiki Outreach Program)
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by
Shubha and Sayant Mahato
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published
Oct 30, 2014
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last modified
Oct 31, 2014 02:02 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Sanskrit Wikipedia,
Openness
To celebrate the revival of Sanskrit language, the Bangalore chapter of Samskrita Bharati organised a two-day mega event "Samskrita Vaibhavam" at VSR Kalyan Mantapa in Bangalore on August 9 and 10, 2014.
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions: Mapping the Stakeholders' Response
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Oct 29, 2014
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last modified
Jan 05, 2015 05:01 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge
The procedure and tests surrounding software patenting in India have remained ambiguous since the Parliament introduced the term “per se” through the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2002. In 2013, the Indian Patent Office released Draft Guidelines for the Examination of Computer Related Inventions, in an effort to clarify some of the ambiguity. Through this post, CIS intern, Shashank Singh, analyses the various responses by the stakeholders to these Guidelines and highlights the various issues put forth in the responses.
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Odia Wikisource Goes Live!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 26, 2014
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last modified
Nov 07, 2014 01:30 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Odia netizens have more than one reason to celebrate this festive season.
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Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 24, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Tulu Wikipedia
In his predential address after inaugurating the three-day workshop on ‘The use of internet for promotion of Tulu language,’ organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Janki M Brahmavar opined that internet media, especially Wikipedia, can contribute to a large extent towards the promotion of Tulu language. The president said there was a need for the effective use of Unicode for the digital interpretation of Tulu.
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News & Media
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Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 24, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
In February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled languages of India and has a literary heritage of more than 5,000 years. There are documents for more than 3,500 years, and the rest are undocumented oral histories.
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Letter to the Prime Minister on Indo-US Bilateral Relations on Intellectual Property
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Oct 22, 2014
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last modified
Nov 03, 2014 02:58 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This is a letter that many organizations sent to the Prime Minister. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the signatories.
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Odia Littérateur Ramakrushna Nanda's 4 Books Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 22, 2014
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last modified
Nov 06, 2014 01:41 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness,
Odia Wikipedia
Children literature in Odia language went through an ennoblement after the intervention of Ramakrushna Nanda's writings.
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Pushing women scientists
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 21, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Wikipedia edit-a-thon attempts to raise awareness of the contribution of Indian women to science.
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