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- Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Edit-a-thon — by Sailesh Patnaik & Jnanaranjan Sahu — last modified Aug 01, 2017 05:23 AM
- Odia Wikipedians, in conjunction with Indian Athletics Federation and Sports and Youth Services collaborated to document the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Hundreds of photos were uploaded and new Wikipedia content added to inform the event’s fans.
- Freedom of Expression on the Internet : Possibilities and Challenges — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2017 02:30 AM
- Sharat Chandra Ram was a speaker at an international seminar organized by Bolivar Technological University, Cartagena in Colombia on June 29, 2017. The theme of the seminar was ‘Freedom of Expression on the Internet : Possibilities and Challenges”.
- Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 22, 2017 01:48 PM
- Prof. Jorge L. Contreras gave a talk on a forthcoming paper "Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System" at the "2nd International Conference on Standardisation, Patents and Competition Issues" held on June 10 and 11, 2017 in New Delhi. The conference was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University.
- GoldenEye ransomware attack hit operations at Pipavav Port, JNPT — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 06, 2017 10:53 PM
- Shipping ministry says the GoldenEye ransomware attack at JNPT and Pipavav port may result in bunching of inbound and outbound cargo.
- Wikidata workshop (South India) conducted in Bangalore — by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:48 AM
- Wikidata workshop (South India) has been conducted in Bangalore on 10 and 11 June 2017. 11 Wikimedians from 6 Indic Wikimedia communities participated in the workshop. Here is a report.
- Second India China Think-Tank Forum — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2017 02:43 AM
- The second India-China Think-Tank Forum was held in Beijing from June 22 to 27, 2017. The Forum was jointly organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Indian Council of World Affairs, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Saikat Dutta represented an Indian think tank.
- Digital Native: On mute, the Voice of the People — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 05, 2017 05:04 PM
- We are at the mercy of trigger-happy governments and profit-hungry corporations that hold our digital lives ransom. They have the capacity to censor, contain, control and eradicate all our digital data without our consent and without repercussions.
- GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 25, 2017 02:15 PM
- The Centre of Internet & Society made a submission on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which will be coming into play from July 2017 onwards. In this blog post Nirmita Narasimhan assesses the impact of GST on persons with disabilities.
- DSCI Best Practices Meet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:39 AM
- Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS on a Panel titled "Reposing Trust in Citizen Identity Systems" at the DSCI Best Practices Meet held at the ITC Gardenia on June 22 and 23, 2017 in Bangalore.
- BIS LITD 17 Privacy Panel meeting — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:31 AM
- Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by National Law School of India University in Bangalore on June 21, 2017.
- Dalit History Month 2017 edit-a-thon in Delhi, India — by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 21, 2017 06:09 AM
- Dalit History Month edit-a-thon was conducted in Delhi on 20 May 2017. Here is a report.
- 2nd India Think Tank Forum — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:16 AM
- Udbhav Tiwari participated in a panel titled "The New Cold War: Information and Cyber Wars" at the Second India Think Tank Forum organized by ORF, the Think Tank Programme at UPenn and the McKinsey Institute between 19 to 21 June 2017 at Claridges in New Delhi.
- Cybersecurity Compilation: Indian Context — by Leilah Elmokadem and edited by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jun 18, 2017 01:16 PM
- This document intends to serve as a comprehensive source compiling all the cyber-security related regulations, policies, guidelines, notifications, executive orders, court rulings, etc.
- Digital Accessibility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2017 01:44 AM
- On June 17, 2017, Rakesh Paladugula, a web accessibility trainer and Nirmita Narasimhan made a presentation to scientists of the National Informatics Centre in their office in Bengaluru.
- Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017 — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 19, 2017 03:07 PM
- Aditya Tejas attended the Global Accessibility Awareness Day event organized at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bengaluru. The event had multiple panels and presentations, including a talk on coding for accessibility, a panel on why accessibility is necessary and how India is lagging behind in implementing it, and a presentation on how accessibility principles are integrated into the product life cycle at Cisco.
- International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2017) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:49 AM
- Sharat Chandra Ram was part of a 90 minute academic panel at ISEA 2017 organized by the University of Caldas, Manizales in Columbia. The event was held from June 11 to 16, 2017.
- WSIS Forum 2017 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 18, 2017 02:00 AM
- WSIS Forum 2017 was held 12-16 June in Geneva, and included the participation of more than 85 high-level government and civil society representatives, as well as 500 remote interventions and thousands following the webcast. The forum was chaired by Mr Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Government of Rwanda, and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP, in close collaboration with all UN agencies. Nirmita Narasimhan participated in the forum.
- Are biometrics hack-proof? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 12, 2017 01:39 AM
- There are growing concerns over biometric security in India. We ask the experts if biometrics can really be hacked.
- Why did Nandan Nilekani praise a Twitter troll? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 12, 2017 01:34 AM
- As the Supreme Court upholds the linking of ‘Aadhar’ with PAN, questions around ex-UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani praising iSPIRT head Sharad Sharma Twitter troll and ‘Aadhar’s privacy properties will continue to be asked.
- Placements at NUJS: Class of 2017 Scores 100% — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 12, 2017 01:23 AM
- The Campus Recruitment Committee of the Class of 2017, NUJS is proud to confirm that NUJS has once again topped the placement tally among the premier national law schools, in terms of number of jobs, for the year 2016-17 with the graduating class having secured offers for all its 78 members who partook in the recruitment process.
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