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- Climate change will be a priority in talks with Modi: U.S. — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 05:08 AM
- Mr. Modi will have a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday and address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
- NGOs tell PM not to succumb to pressure from US on IPR — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 05:04 AM
- A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
- Why Geospatial Bill is draconian and how it will hurt startups — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 04:57 AM
- Last week, the Indian government rejected Google’s plans to map Indian cities, tourist spots and mountain ranges, using the 360-degree panoramic Google Street View feature.
- Here is the entire list of 'escorts service' websites that the government has banned — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 04:51 AM
- Another day and another opaque order asking Indian service providers to block websites that allegedly offer or advertise escort services in India. In total, the government has ordered ban on 237 websites. But as it happens whenever the Indian government bans website, there has been no public communication about the same.
- ISPs start blocking escort websites following govt order — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2016 04:17 AM
- DoT on Monday ordered blocking of 240 URLs; blocking of websites takes place under Section 69A of the IT Act, and Information Technology Rules.
- Call drops: Dealing with the menace or just shifting goal posts? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2016 04:45 PM
- It is nothing short of an irony that the world’s second largest mobile user market that boasts of being the world’s fastest growing economy is plagued by poor infrastructure and overloaded networks to an extent that many callers are cut off even before they can finish a sentence. The fault in India’s much-acclaimed telecom revolution is a questioning, frequent phenomenon called “call drops”. There have been several signature campaigns and media pressure demanding that the government and telecom companies get their heads together to fix this raging demon of a problem. However, all they have been treated with is lip service and nothing more.
- Mapping & Mobility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 03, 2016 03:23 PM
- Carnegie India invited Anubha Sinha for an interaction with Brian McClendon, Vice-President of Technology at Uber on June 28, 2016 at Taj Palace Hotel, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi.
- Behind the scenes of Escort Economy 2.0 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2016 03:43 PM
- With the government banning over 200 escort sites last week, Sunday Times speaks to the owner of an agency to find out how tech is driving the world's oldest profession.
- Slow internet driving you nuts? Here is how your service provider is fleecing you — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2016 03:32 PM
- June 20 was World Wifi Day — an occasion to celebrate speedy, reliable internet connections. India, although a major internet market and the fastest growing now, is a very odd place for such celebration. Average internet speed in India is lower than all other countries in BRICs and lower than most other emerging economies.
- Indian experts doubt government ban on porn sites will be effective — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2016 03:00 PM
- The Indian government directed service providers to block 240 websites but doubts have surfaced over the legality of such an order.
- Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Recommendations by NASSCOM, 2006-2012 — by Pavishka Mittal — last modified Jul 04, 2016 08:11 AM
- This is the first of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This posts focuses on the policy activities of NASSCOM in 2006-2012 with specific reference to Special Economic Zones, E-Commerce Industry and Transfer Pricing, along with a few other miscellaneous important recommendations.
- CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 01, 2016 04:04 PM
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data, for which CIS sent in the following comments.
- Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' Announced — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:41 AM
- The first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs earlier this week. Comments are invited from general public and stakeholders. These are to be submitted via the MyGov portal by July 25, 2016. CIS was a member of the committee constituted to develop the license concerned, and we contributed substantially to the drafting process.
- Digital Humanities in India – Concluding Thoughts — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Jun 30, 2016 04:48 AM
- An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' itself, as a 'found' name for which one needs to excavate some meaning, context, and location in India at the present moment. Instead of importing this term to describe practices taking place in this country - especially when the term itself is relatively unstable and undefined even in the Anglo-American context - what I chose to do was to take a few steps back, and outline a few questions/conflicts that the digital practitioners in arts and humanities disciplines are grappling with. The final report of this study will be published serially. This is the final section.
- Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior — by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM
- Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham.
- Jurisdiction: The Taboo Topic at ICANN — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 29, 2016 07:51 AM
- The "IANA Transition" that is currently underway is a sham since it doesn't address the most important question: that of jurisdiction. This article explores why the issue of jurisdiction is the most important question, and why it remains unaddressed.
- शंभर वर्षापूर्वीचे ग्रंथ मराठी विकिपीडियावर — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 22, 2016 02:53 PM
- ୧୧ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ, ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇଛି ଲକ୍ଷେରୁ ଅଧିକ ଶବ୍ଦ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 20, 2016 02:49 AM
- News coverage in Odia daily Prameya about Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary on June 15. In this news article, the project's administrator Shitikantha Dash shares about a 10-day long campaign that encourages every single Odia Wikimedians to add at least one entry each. Mrutyunjaya Kar, administrator of Odia Wikipedia and Wikisource elaborates how everyone can contribute entries and correct mistakes in existing entries.
- Airtel Open Network — by Harsh Gupta and Aditya Tejas — last modified Jun 17, 2016 11:58 AM
- Today, Airtel launched its Open Network platform. The web page displays visualization data on network coverage and signal strength across the country, as well as a detailed breakdown of cell tower placement, including towers that are shutdown or still being planned.
- Creativity, Politics, and Internet Censorship — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Jun 17, 2016 07:07 AM
- In collaboration with Karnataka for Kashmir, we organised a discussion on 'Creativity, Politics and Internet Censorship' on May 25, 2016. Mahum Shabir, a legal activist and artist, Mir Suhail, political cartoonist with Kashmir Reader and Rising Kashmir, and Habeel Iqbal, a lawyer who has worked with several justice groups in Kashmir, shared some of their work and experiences. This discussion was organised as part of Port of Kashmir 2016, a series of events bringing together a small collective of people using different modes of art and activism to address crucial challenges to free speech and democracy in the state.
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