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Nirmita Narasimhan gets NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 17, 2016
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Award
The NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards were given away in the capital on August 14, 2016. Nirmita got the award in the "Persons with Disabilities" category.
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social Change
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 19, 2016
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Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
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Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated team
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 22, 2016
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Aug 22, 2016 04:38 PM
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Tulu Wikipedia
Tulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, allowing it to boast of its own Wikipedia
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 22, 2016
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Tulu Wikipedia
Sitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their views about issues related to India on Wikipedia. While the talks were still in progress, Katherine Maher, executive director, Wikimedia Foun-dation, USA, paused to make an announcement.
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 20, 2016
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Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM
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WikiConference India and its productive hackathon
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Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2016
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IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Information Technology,
Copyright
India puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
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Aug 23, 2016 03:14 PM
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be dropped
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2016
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Aadhaar,
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Privacy
News reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar can be made mandatory. This includes registration of companies and NGOs, insurance, competitive examinations and property and vehicle registration.
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Bridging the Digital Divide
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2016
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Nirmita Narasimhan will be a panelist at an annual event called "All Hands Meet" organized by Wipro on August 25, 2016 in Bangalore.
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