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April 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 03:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The newsletter for the month of April can be accessed below:
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Summary of Judgements on Disability Rights: by CLPR — published May 15, 2014 — last modified May 23, 2014 09:23 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The following are some of the landmark judgments given by the Supreme Court and some of the high courts in India on disability rights.
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The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2013 and the Lack of Access to Accessibility Rights: by Amba Salelkar — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 02:21 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2013 (The RPD Bill) went through three avatars since its commissioning in 2009 under the Sudha Kaul Committee. This blog post brings you a summary of the three stages since it was initially commissioned.
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October 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.
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Copyright Amendments – Empowering the Print Disabled: by Rahul Cherian — published May 29, 2012 — last modified Sep 07, 2012 11:11 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Copyright
The much anticipated Copyright Amendment Bill, 2012 was passed with a few changes in the Rajya Sabha on 17th May 2012 after a very spirited debate and passed by the Lok Sabha on the 22nd May 2012 with unanimous consensus.
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March 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
In this month we announced the new clusters from Researchers at Work: Locating the Mobile, Interface Intimacies and Habits of Living.
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April 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
In this issue of our newsletter, we bring you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, news and media coverage during the month of April 2012:
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May 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Welcome to the newsletter issue of May 2012! In the current issue, we bring to you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, and media coverage:
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Smartphones and the Return to Dependency: by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Aug 30, 2014 — last modified Sep 07, 2014 06:32 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The new age smartphones that operate by touch mean much more than exciting new technology to persons with visual impairment, they signify the return to the world of dependency, a situation that the group had successfully steered out of some years ago with the support provided by accessible devices and assistive technology.
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Dot Bharat domain to roll out on August 21: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 07:08 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
Web addresses are set to get multilingual in India. Soon you will be able to type in addresses in a web browser in the Devnagri script – with “dot bharat” standing in for the currently common “dot in” domain to begin with. The roll-out of the same begins on August 21.
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