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Live Chat: Aadhaar: An identity crisis?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2015
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 06:54 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Aadhaar card is not compulsory for citizens and "no person should be denied any benefits or ‘suffer’ for not having the Aadhaar cards issued by Unique Identification Authority of India," the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 13, 2015
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last modified
Apr 05, 2015 03:20 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation said in the Rajya Sabha this week. He added that the National Archives of India (NAI) is set to digitise another 1,100,000 historic records. The government has spent over Rs 25 lakhs on digitisation as of January 2015 as compared to ~ Rs 36 lakhs in 2012-13.
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Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 12, 2015
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last modified
May 27, 2015 02:00 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia
The Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and Research Centre in association with ICSSR (WRC) organized a National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of Our Languages at Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan from March 9 to 11, 2015. Tanveer Hasan was a speaker.
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Right to Information (RTI) Requests to BSNL and MTNL Regarding Security Equipment
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Feb 25, 2015
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filed under:
RTI Application,
Internet Governance
As part of research, on July 2, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent Right to Information (RTI) requests to two of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in India: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) requesting answers to some questions.
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Reply to RTI Applications filed with respect to Foreign Contractors and Vendors of IT and Telecommunication Enterprises
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by
Lovisha Aggarwal
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published
Feb 25, 2015
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filed under:
RTI Application,
Internet Governance
An RTI application was filed by the Sh. Matthew Thomas on August 06, 2014 enquiring about the details of the foreign contractors and vendors of certain Information Technology and Telecommunication enterprises. Mr. Mathews in his application asked some specific questions.
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Developing Open Knowledge Digital Resources in Indian Languages
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by
Tejaswini Niranjana
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published
Feb 20, 2015
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last modified
Apr 22, 2015 06:09 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K), in collaboration with the Centre for Indian Languages (CILHE) at TISS Mumbai, conducted a two-day workshop at English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) at Hyderabad on January 28-29, 2015. Titled ‘Developing Open Knowledge Digital Resources in Indian Languages’, the workshop was the third in this series during 2014-15.
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more open
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 20, 2015
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last modified
Mar 12, 2015 04:41 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Subhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language researchers, and GLAM organizations.
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Academia and Civil Society submit critical comments to DIPP on draft National IPR Policy
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Feb 16, 2015
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 11:27 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
As our readers may be aware, the DIPP had initiated public consultation on the drafting of India’s first National IPR policy in November 2014.
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[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 12, 2015
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last modified
May 27, 2015 02:08 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
It's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
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Preliminary Submission on "Internet Governance Issues" to the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Feb 12, 2015
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last modified
Feb 12, 2015 02:52 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance
On January 30, 2015, Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) held a consultation on Internet governance. A committee was set up to draft a report on Internet governance, with a focus on issues relevant to India. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is represented on the committee, and has provided its preliminary comments to ASSOCHAM.
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