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Analyzing the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 25, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2013 09:56 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society invites you to a workshop on analyzing the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill on March 1, 2013 in its Bangalore office, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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MeshWorm: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2013 06:57 AM
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Humming bird drone: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2013 06:51 AM
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Open: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2013 04:30 AM
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Foreign Funding of NGOs: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 02, 2013 — last modified Mar 04, 2013 11:52 PM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance
Should FDI in India’s thinktank sector worry us? It is a debate long overdue.
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Foreign Funding: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2013 02:11 AM
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Unique Identity Number (UID), National Population Register (NPR), and Governance: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 24, 2013 — last modified Mar 01, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign invite you to a workshop to discuss and learn about the present state of the UID and the NPR schemes. The event will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at TERI, Bangalore, from 10.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
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In Memoriam of Rahul Cherian: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2013 01:51 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society is organising a memorial function for Rahul Cherian who passed away recently while on a family visit to Goa. He had succumbed to an infection. The function will be held on February 28, 2013, from 5 p.m. To 7.00 p.m. at TERI, Bangalore. Dinner will be served right after the event. Lawrence Liang, Reuben Jacob and Gautam John will be speaking at the event.
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Why was the Gwalior court in such a hurry to block IIPM URLs?: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 19, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Is it really that easy to get courts to block online content as it appears from the latest case of the blocking of 73 URLs related to IIPM? Legally speaking, yes.
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Indian Users’ Perspective On WIPO Negotiations On Treaty For Visually Impaired: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 18, 2013 — filed under: Accessibility
South-East Asia is host to one-third of the world’s 39 million blind people. Over 20 million live in India alone. This week’s special session of the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to clean up the text of an international treaty to facilitate access to books for the blind and visually impaired community. It is thus of prime importance for India, and some there worry that issues such as commercial availability could undermine the treaty’s effectiveness.
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