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The Supreme Court Delivers

Posted by Shyam Ponappa at Oct 22, 2012 06:25 AM |
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Now, the spectrum and licence issues need resolution. On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of India delivered the opinion of a bench comprising five Judges on the Presidential Reference regarding the auction of 2G spectrum.

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Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad

Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Oct 19, 2012 11:10 AM |

The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society was approached by Gaurav Prashar, Assistant Dean at Inmantec College, Ghaziabad to organize a Wikipedia workshop. Accordingly, a workshop was organized on October 17, 2012.

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Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!

Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!

Posted by Subhashish Panigrahi at Oct 16, 2012 05:30 AM |

Kannada Wikipedia is one of those Indic language wikipedias which has seen many readers coming up every month. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the experiences of some of the very active Kannada wikipedians from the recent Kannada Wikipedia meetup held in Bengaluru on October 7, 2012.

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WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired

Posted by Rahul Cherian at Oct 11, 2012 10:34 AM |
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In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Closing Remarks

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 08:00 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Namita A Malhotra on Amateur Pornography

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 07:30 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Wendy Chun on Friends

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 07:00 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Finding and Funding the Masses

Posted by Alok Vaid-Menon at Sep 30, 2012 02:30 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Eivind Rossaak on Archives in Motion

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 02:00 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Sep 30, 2012 01:25 PM |

Pursuant to the announcement made on July 30, 2012 and as reflected in the FAQ accompanying the announcement, the India Program will become a project of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) an established non-profit organisation working in India whose own goals and objectives are in close alignment with that of the Wikimedia movement.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Rijuta Mehta on Militant Hindu Nationalist Networks

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 01:00 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Joshua Neves on Media Archipelagos

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 12:50 PM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!

Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!

Posted by Noopur Raval at Sep 30, 2012 10:00 AM |

This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.

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Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar

Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar

Posted by Shiju Alex at Sep 30, 2012 09:35 AM |

After Ludhiana and Patiala we came to Amritsar, which we all know is home to the Golden Temple and the spiritual centre of Sikh religion, to introduce Punjabi Wikipedia. The workshop was held at the Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar on August 17, 2012.

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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Akansha Rastogi's Performance on Exhibition Space

Posted by Jadine Lannon at Sep 30, 2012 07:10 AM |

The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.

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Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telugu Wikipedia

Posted by Nitika Tandon at Sep 29, 2012 12:13 PM |

Nitika Tandon tells us about the Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telegu Wikipedia, how it will run, its necessity and the future steps.

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A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi

Posted by Elonnai Hickok at Sep 29, 2012 12:00 PM |

On September 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a public talk at the Indian International Centre focused on the draft DNA Profiling Bill. Presenting at the meeting were international experts Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK and Jeremy Gruber, president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics US, and Dr. Anupuma Raina, senior scientist at AIIMs.

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Feedback to Draft Copyright Rules, 2012

Posted by Pranesh Prakash at Sep 29, 2012 11:30 AM |

The Centre for Internet & Society submitted its written comments on the Draft Copyright Rules, 2012 to Mr. G.R. Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights & Director (BP&CR), Ministry of Human Resource Development.

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Creating a National Resource Kit for Persons with Disabilities: An Introduction

Posted by Anandhi Viswanathan at Sep 28, 2012 12:45 PM |
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The Centre for Internet & Society is engaged in a two-and-a-half year project starting from August 2012 to create a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. This project is supported by the Hans Foundation. The Resource Kit will be brought out in both English and Hindi and disseminated to policy makers from panchayat to ministry levels throughout India.

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Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala

Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala

Posted by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi at Sep 28, 2012 11:10 AM |

Patiala is the home to the famous Punjabi University. A Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Punjabi University's Punjabi Department on August 16, 2012.

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