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- List of Blocked 'Escort Service' Websites — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 15, 2016 08:33 AM
- Here is the full list of URLs that Indian ISPs were asked to block on Monday, June 13, 2016.
- Under Modi government, foreign funding of NGOs has come down — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 14, 2016 04:37 PM
- Information obtained under RTI from the Home Ministry suggests NGOs have had to take a serious hit in the last 2 years.
- Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia — by Tejaswini Niranjana — last modified Jun 12, 2016 04:00 PM
- Since Wikipedia is considered as the go-to source for different kinds of knowledge by anyone starting off in a particular field of study, and since Indian languages (IL) are often the default languages of the classroom in India, strengthening the quality of the material available on IL Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact.
- Online space for Odia — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 12, 2016 03:39 PM
- From a few hundred articles in 2002 to over 10,600 articles on various aspects of Odisha today, Odia Wikipedia has certainly made a mark as far as promotion of the language is concerned. Wikipedia, the volunteer driven web-based multilingual encyclopedia project, is an important reference source on the Internet for all kinds of information.
- NGOs tell PM not to succumb to pressure from US on IPR — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 10, 2016 02:23 AM
- UN Special Rapporteur Report on Freedom of Expression and the Private Sector: A Significant Step Forward — by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jun 08, 2016 05:27 PM
- On 6 June 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, released a report on the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector and freedom of expression in the digital age. Vidushi Marda and Pranesh Prakash highlight the most important aspects of the report.
- Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities — by Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PM
- This blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ବିଶାଳତମ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ିବାର ଅଭିଯାନ — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 09, 2016 11:58 AM
- ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଆଜି ୧୪ ବର୍ଷ ପୂରିଲା । ଏ ଅବସରରେ ଏହି ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଓ ତାକୁ ଗଢୁଥିବା ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀ ଉଇକିଆଳିଙ୍କ ବାବଦରେ ଏକ ଆଲେଖ ।
- ଅନଲାଇନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ା — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 08, 2016 02:51 AM
- I wrote this article in Samanya Kathan, an Odia-language portal on June 5, 2016. The article is about the journey of the Odia Wikipedia and was published on the day the contributor community was celebrating the 14th anniversary of the project.
- May 2016 Newsletter — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 10, 2016 07:34 PM
- Welcome to the May 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
- CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016 — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:06 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society is alarmed by the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, and has recommended that the proposed law be withdrawn in its entirety. It offered the following detailed comments as its submission.
- Digital native: Control A, Backspace — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2016 02:25 AM
- The rewriting of textbooks should not be compared to the collaborations on Wikipedia, which only goes by evidence.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ବିକାଶ — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:37 AM
- The article on Odia Wikipedia was published in the Samaja on June 2, 2016.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଏକ ଅଭିଯାନ — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:26 AM
- The article which details Odia Wikipedia's 14 year-long journey was published in the Odia newspaper Suryaprava on June 3, 2016.
- NGOs urge PM to ‘resist pressure’ from U.S. on IPRs — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:16 AM
- Govt. to ensure transparency on engagements with the U.S. on IPR
- Tweak the Make in India Recipe — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:02 AM
- As an erstwhile journalist covering electronics technologies and IT a few years ago, I was privy to a litany of manufacturers' woes and their causes: Tangled tax laws and regulations, red tape, corruption, licence raj, unreliable infrastructure such as power and roads, and lack of skilled labour.
- Criminal Defamation and the Supreme Court’s Loss of Reputation — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jun 03, 2016 03:05 AM
- The Supreme Court’s refusal, in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, to strike down the anachronistic colonial offence of criminal defamation is wrong. Criminalising defamation serves no legitimate public purpose; the vehicle of criminalisation – sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – is unconstitutional; and the court’s reasoning is woolly at best.
- Developing Open Educational Resources in Indian Languages — by Sohnee Harshey* — last modified Jun 10, 2016 01:50 AM
- The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), in collaboration with the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), has been involved in organising workshops on developing open educational resources (OER) in Indian languages with undergraduate and postgraduate students across various partner institutions. The objective of these workshops is to introduce students to: a) tools of collaborative knowledge production on the Internet, and b) methods for generating new online content in Indian languages.
- Comments on the RBI's Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jun 01, 2016 08:21 PM
- The Reserve Bank of India published a Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending on April 28, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following response, authored by Elonnai Hickok, Pavishka Mittal, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Vidushi Marda, and Vipul Kharbanda.
- Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016 — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM
- The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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