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Slow internet driving you nuts? Here is how your service provider is fleecing you
June 20 was World Wifi Day — an occasion to celebrate speedy, reliable internet connections. India, although a major internet market and the fastest growing now, is a very odd place for such celebration. Average internet speed in India is lower than all other countries in BRICs and lower than most other emerging economies.
Indian experts doubt government ban on porn sites will be effective
The Indian government directed service providers to block 240 websites but doubts have surfaced over the legality of such an order.
शंभर वर्षापूर्वीचे ग्रंथ मराठी विकिपीडियावर
୧୧ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ, ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇଛି ଲକ୍ଷେରୁ ଅଧିକ ଶବ୍ଦ
News coverage in Odia daily Prameya about Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary on June 15. In this news article, the project's administrator Shitikantha Dash shares about a 10-day long campaign that encourages every single Odia Wikimedians to add at least one entry each. Mrutyunjaya Kar, administrator of Odia Wikipedia and Wikisource elaborates how everyone can contribute entries and correct mistakes in existing entries.
Under Modi government, foreign funding of NGOs has come down
Information obtained under RTI from the Home Ministry suggests NGOs have had to take a serious hit in the last 2 years.
Online space for Odia
From a few hundred articles in 2002 to over 10,600 articles on various aspects of Odisha today, Odia Wikipedia has certainly made a mark as far as promotion of the language is concerned. Wikipedia, the volunteer driven web-based multilingual encyclopedia project, is an important reference source on the Internet for all kinds of information.
NGOs tell PM not to succumb to pressure from US on IPR
May 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to the May 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
NGOs urge PM to ‘resist pressure’ from U.S. on IPRs
Govt. to ensure transparency on engagements with the U.S. on IPR
Internet L@w
Vanya Rakesh will attend the Internet law course organized by the University of Geneva from 20 June 2016 to 1 July 2016 as part of the Geneva Summer School.
CPRsouth 2016 – Young Scholars Programme
Rohini Lakshané, Amber Sinha and Vidushi Marda have been selected to attend the two-day Young Scholars' Programme to be held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in early September this year. The programme is a part of the CPRSouth conference.
National Conference on Competition & IPR in ICT, Telecom & Mobile Sets
Rohini Lakshané and Anubha Sinha attended this conference held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on May 18, 2016. The event was organized by CMAI.
India's Proposed Map Law Prompts Outcry
In India, proposed legislation to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government has led to an outcry and triggered an online campaign called “Save The Map.”
Honorable CJI please answer some easy questions
Living in democracy has been blessing to all of us born post 1947 but certain questions keep surfacing. Since you are the highest seat in the hierarchy of judicial system therefore the onus lies with you to clear the haze and allow the citizens respite from their doubts.
Suckfly Attacks National Stock Exchange Tech Vendor, Among Others
A cyber espionage group attacked an Indian IT firm that provides support to India’s largest stock exchange. It’s one of many attacks in the recent past.
How tech brings self-reliance to students with disabilities
Rakshit Malik, 18, has every reason to be pleased with himself. He just scored 96.4% in his Class 12 exam -the third-highest score in CBSE's disabled category.
India Seeks to Limit Use of Maps and Satellite Images
Indians are discussing a plan to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government.
International Copyright Law
Anubha Sinha will be attending the 2016 IViR Summer Course on International Copyright Law as a beneficiary of the OSF Civil Society Scholarship in Amsterdam from July 4 to 8, 2016. The event is being organized by the University of Amsterdam.
The Nehru you don’t know
Even as India's first PM is scrubbed out from textbooks, his reputation is being savaged on the internet.
Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect Women
Recently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
