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GI-tagged products to get Wiki pages
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 27, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Ever realised that the famous, red hot Naga Mirchi (a special variety of chilli from Nagaland) doesn’t have a Wikipedia page?
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Kannada Wikipedia not on top of the charts
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 28, 2016 last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:23 PM — filed under: , ,
It occupies the 10th place among Indian languages.
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Blog Entry CIS' submission to Indian Patent Office on Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
by Anubha Sinha published Jan 28, 2016 last modified Feb 22, 2016 09:36 AM — filed under: ,
The Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in the document. In furtherance of the consultative process, a meeting was conducted in Mumbai with various stakeholders, chaired by the Controller General of Patents Design Trademarks (“CGPTDM”). Anubha Sinha participated in the meeting, after which the CGPTDM invited submissions from stakeholders on specific examples on exclusions from patentability under section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, for possible incorporation in the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions.
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Books at a Click
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 29, 2016 last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:52 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The OdiaWikimedia community and Bhubaneswar-based Srujanika have come together to make rare science books available online for readers, students & science educators.
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Blog Entry ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ କିଛି ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jan 14, 2016 last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:24 PM — filed under: , , ,
With more free and open software coming in, more people are coming together and collaborating. The ownership of various projects are coming from bigger corporations to the hands of people. It is essential to learn about the global, collaborative and multilingual projects in our language so that it come out of the four walls of literature and become the language of economy and knowledge. In this piece, I have discussed about three open knowledge projects Odia Wikipedia, Odia Wikisource and Global Voices Odia, how they work and how anyone can contribute in these projects.
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Blog Entry WikipediansSpeak: Odia Wikisourcer Shares her Journey and Goals
by Subhashish Panigrahi and Nasim Ali published Jan 30, 2016 last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:49 PM — filed under: , , ,
The most active editor on the Odia Wikisource is Pankajmala Sarangi, a native of Odisha who now lives in New Delhi, where she works at a non-profit. As a leader in a broad community that is dominated by males—indeed, she is the most active contributor to the Odia-language Wikisource—we asked her to share her journey and her goals to grow the project and community as part of the “WikipediansSpeWell, I think I would work on creating a database of all the Odia speakers living in New Delhi and the city organizations that work in propagating Odia language and culture, and plan Wikisource outreach programs for them.k” interview series.
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Blog Entry କେତେ ମାଗଣା "ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jan 04, 2016 last modified Jan 30, 2016 11:05 AM — filed under: , , ,
This op-ed was published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja" on January 4, 2016. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash were quoted.
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Blog Entry Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael Geist
by Job Michael Mathew published Dec 12, 2015 last modified Jan 31, 2016 05:37 AM — filed under: ,
Continuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist.
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Blog Entry Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Susan K. Sell
by Job Michael Mathew published Dec 12, 2015 last modified Jan 31, 2016 08:36 AM — filed under: ,
After Mr. Zakir Thomas and Dr. Michael Geist, our third discussion is with Prof. Susan K. Sell.
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Blog Entry Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad Basheer
by Job Michael Mathew published Dec 13, 2015 last modified Jan 31, 2016 08:57 AM — filed under: ,
The next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.
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