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- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from University of Madras — by Karan Tripathi — last modified Feb 19, 2016 03:34 PM
- 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.
- World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 17, 2016 05:03 PM
- 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.
- Free Speech and Public Order — by Gautam Bhatia — last modified Feb 18, 2016 06:23 AM
- In this post, Gautam Bhatia has explained the law on public order as a reasonable restriction to freedom of expression under Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India.
- Free Speech and the Law on Sedition — by Siddharth Narrain — last modified Feb 17, 2016 09:13 AM
- Siddharth Narrain explains how the law in India has addressed sedition.
- What does Sri Lanka’s ratification of the Disability Convention mean? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:15 PM
- The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the United Nations in 2006 according to the universal declaration of Human Rights and international conventions on human rights. Sri Lanka has signed the convention in 2007 and the proposal made by S.B. Dissanayake, Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare, to ratify the convention for the benefit of Sri Lankan disabled persons, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
- Internet Freedom — by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:51 AM
- 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.
- Facebook’s Free Basics hits snag in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:33 AM
- Indian regulators have dealt a major blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics online access plan by forbidding so-called differential pricing by internet companies, in effect banning the programme in the country.
- Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:18 AM
- Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
- Trai upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s Free Basics — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 02:01 AM
- Trai says Internet service providers will not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
- Now trending: Regional Indian language social media networks — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 15, 2016 01:44 AM
- How many languages did you speak today? Chances are there was a lot of English at work and at home, but at least a sprinkling of Hindi (or Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil or Kannada) when you were chatting, gossiping or joking with friends and family.
- Linking Facebook use to free top-up data — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 12:33 PM
- Just before the Trai notification, the Ambani brothers signed a spectrum sharing pact and they have been sharing optic fibre since 2013.
- A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism? — by Amber Sinha — last modified Feb 20, 2016 07:28 AM
- This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
- There is No Such Thing as Free Basics — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:37 AM
- India would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning the differential pricing without discriminating services.
- Net neutrality advocates hail Trai verdict — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:16 AM
- Facebook 'disappointed' with the ruling on differential pricing.
- Why aren’t Indians using Wikipedia to hold the government to account? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:07 AM
- Despite its popularity, the site's benefits are going unutilised.
- UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2016 11:01 AM
- Jyoti Panday attended UNICEF & Nasscom Foundation Workshop on Child Online Protection (COP) held on 8 February 2016 at Hotel Claridges in New Delhi.
- The Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of Mass Education in Contemporary India (Excerpt) — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Feb 14, 2016 10:11 AM
- In a recently published paper, Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in independent India. Here is an edited excerpt from the paper that traces the recent history of technological solutions for mass education and unpacking the narrative of ‘failure’ that is associated with the Aakash experiment.
- India Electronics Week 2016 & the IoT Show — by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Feb 12, 2016 03:12 AM
- The India Electronics Week 2016 was held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre from 11th-13th January 2016, along with Bangalore's biggest IoT Exhibition and Conference, bringing the global electronics industry together. The event also had the EFY Expo 2016, supported by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology & the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
- Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards — by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:49 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
- India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 11, 2016 01:53 AM
- In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
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