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Comments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014
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Nirmita Narasimhan and Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Oct 30, 2014
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filed under:
Accessibility
On behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”), the following are the comments and recommendations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 (“RPD Bill”). It was submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in October 2014.
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Odia Wikisource Goes Live!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 26, 2014
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last modified
Nov 07, 2014 01:30 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Odia netizens have more than one reason to celebrate this festive season.
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Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 24, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
In February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled languages of India and has a literary heritage of more than 5,000 years. There are documents for more than 3,500 years, and the rest are undocumented oral histories.
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If MNCs make early inroads, they will keep market share: Sunil Abraham, CIS
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 24, 2014
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The recent visits of the high-profile CEOs of internet/technology companies have made it clear that India, with its 200-million internet users, is increasingly becoming important for the multinational corporations (MNCs).
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News & Media
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Subbiah Arunachalam
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 23, 2014
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Second Draft of Open Access Policy of the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science released
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Oct 19, 2014
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last modified
Oct 30, 2014 12:33 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India drafted an Open Access Policy (“Policy”) in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. The second draft of the Policy released last week and is open for comments till 17th November, 2014.
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More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 19, 2014
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last modified
Nov 04, 2014 01:58 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Speakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make accessible many rare books that have entered the public domain.
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Rethinking Conditions of Access
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by
Sneha PP
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published
Oct 15, 2014
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:35 AM
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filed under:
Digital Knowledge,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Research,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work
P. P. Sneha explores the possibilities of redefining the idea of access through the channels of education and learning.
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The Legal Framework for Enforcement of Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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CLPR
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Oct 14, 2014
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last modified
Nov 06, 2014 03:56 PM
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filed under:
Accessibility
In order to get a complete understanding of the legal framework governing the rights of persons with disabilities, we need to understand the several legislations that cover the field. The Constitution of India is the founding legal document guaranteeing fundamental rights to all persons which includes persons with disabilities. The main legislation on disability rights is the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 ("PWD Act") which this chapter will be providing a detailed overview of.
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Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 14, 2014
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last modified
Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness,
Odia Wikipedia
Before the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
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