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‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 25, 2016
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
India distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
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Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 23, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
India would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT, Bombay
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by
Karan Tripathi
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published
Feb 22, 2016
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Bombay.
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Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part I)
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by
Kiran AB
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published
Feb 22, 2016
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last modified
Jan 02, 2017 02:12 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Revolution,
Openness,
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of evaluation. In this and the next blog post, Kiran AB is documenting the availability and openness of data sets in India that are relevant for monitoring the targets under the SDGs. This post offers the findings for the first 7 Goals, while the next post will cover the last 10.
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Openness
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT, Delhi
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by
Karan Tripathi
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published
Feb 22, 2016
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Delhi.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from Cochin University of Science and Technology
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by
Karan Tripathi
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published
Feb 21, 2016
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in Cochin University of Science and Technology.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from University of Madras
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by
Karan Tripathi
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published
Feb 19, 2016
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in University of Madras. The author has analysed all the data received under various heads such as income, grants from MHRD, planned and non planned expenditure, nature and frequency of programmes organised and the allocation of funds for the same. Throughout the course of observation and presentation of the analysed data, the author seeks to trace the presence of unjustified underutilisation of funds by the aforementioned university as provided by the MHRD during the period of 2001-2014.
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 17, 2016
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last modified
Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had published a book in 2014 that examines free speech, expression and media development. The chapter contains a Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO. Pranesh Prakash contributed to Independence: Introduction - Global Media Chapter. The book was edited by Courtney C. Radsch.
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 17, 2016
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last modified
Feb 17, 2016 04:41 PM
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Internet Freedom
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
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