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Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - II by Gautam Bhatia — last modified Apr 29, 2014 07:42 AM
In this 3 part series, Gautam Bhatia explores the concept of net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
Report on the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified May 06, 2014 07:22 AM
Puneeth Nagraj reports about the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) that he attended.
Wikipedia Session for Trainee Journos of Prajavani by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2014 07:50 AM
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja took a session for the trainee journalists of Prajavani Kannada daily on Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia for the media persons.
Central Government Schemes by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified May 07, 2014 01:20 AM
The various central government schemes are compiled in this blog post. This research was done by the Centre for Law and Policy Research and Anandhi Viswanathan.
14 Odia books re-released under Creative Commons license by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 06, 2014 06:26 AM
This blog entry by Subhashish Panigrahi (originally published in Wikimedia Foundation's Blog) was edited and re-published by Rohini Lakshane in DNA on April 26, 2014.
Facebook launches FB Newswire for journalists; loses part of its immunity under IT Act 2000 by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2014 05:41 AM
A bus accident in California, a fire in New Jersey and another in Vasant Kunj, NASA's successful test flight of its vertical take-off and landing craft, a ceremony to honour the sherpas who died during an avalanche at the Everest last week, and, Israel's suspension of talks with Palestinian authorities. These were some of the news that were disseminated on the first day of Facebook's newest social tool: a newswire to aid journalists and newsrooms.
Delhi meet focuses on Bhagabat Tungi revival by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2014 05:47 AM
The Intellects, a Delhi based organisation of Odia intellectuals, and Shree Jagannath Mandir and Odisha Art and Cultural Center held a seminar on “Relevance of Bhagabat Tungi in the evolution of Odia language from Buddha era to digital age” on the occasion of one year celebration its mission ‘Asa Sikhiba Amari Bhasa’. The initiative is to spread and promote Odia language and literature in New Delhi.
Signing and Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 06, 2014 08:32 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development on March 14, 2014.
India for inclusive internet governance by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 05, 2014 10:36 AM
India wants "core internet infrastructure" to be part of an international legal system that would accommodate governments, civil society and other stakeholders. In typical Indian diplomatic style, its position can be interpreted to mean everything and nothing.
Digital Humanities and the Problem of Definition by Sneha PP — last modified Mar 30, 2015 12:47 PM
The Digital Humanities as a field that still eludes definition has been the subject of much discourse and writing. This blog post looks at this issue as one of trying to approach the field from a disciplinary lens, and the challenges that this may pose to the attempts at a definition.
NETmundial Day 2 by Achal Prabhala — last modified Apr 25, 2014 04:58 AM
Fadi Chehade, the ICANN boss, closed NETmundial 2014 with these words "In Africa we say if you want to go first, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together." He should have added: And if you want to go nowhere, go multi-stakeholder.
Round-table on User Safety on the Internet by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2014 09:55 AM
Elonnai Hickok participated in this round-table meeting organized by Consumer Voice in collaboration with Google at Infantry Road, Bangalore on April 24, 2014.
'India wants core internet infrastructure' by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 05, 2014 10:29 AM
India wants "core internet infrastructure" to be part of an international legal system that would accommodate governments, civil society and other stakeholders. In typical Indian diplomatic style, its position can be interpreted to mean everything and nothing.
NETmundial: Tracking *Multistakeholder* across Contributions by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:53 AM
This set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to enable productive discussions of the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere.
Seminar on Odia Language in New Delhi by the Intellects by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 06, 2014 03:04 PM
Recently the Odia Language has been accorded classical status by the Government of India. It has increased the responsibility of all Odias to protect, promote and propagate the Odia literature at this digital age while the next gen Odias are moving away from their mother tongue.
Brazil passes Marco Civil; the US-FCC Alters its Stance on Net Neutrality by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Apr 24, 2014 10:05 AM
Hopes for the Internet rise and fall rapidly. Yesterday, on April 23, 2014, Marco Civil da Internet, the Brazilian Bill of Internet rights, was passed by the Brazilian Senate into law.
NETmundial Day 1 by Achal Prabhala — last modified Apr 24, 2014 09:02 AM
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's speech at the opening of NETmundial in São Paulo was refreshingly free of the UN-speak that characterised virtually every single other presentation this morning. The experience of sitting for five hours in a room where the word "multi-stakeholder" is repeated at the rate of five mentions per minute is not for the faint-hearted; it almost makes you wish for more of the straight-talking tough-love of people like Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
World Book Day by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 05, 2014 09:33 AM
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was one of the speakers on the program arranged on account of World Book Day by Karnataka Publishers’ Association at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.
NETmundial Transcript Archive by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 23, 2014 02:31 PM
We are archiving the live transcript from the NETmundial meeting (April 23-24, 2014).
NETmundial Roadmap: Defining the Roles of Stakeholders in Multistakeholderism by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 28, 2014 12:51 PM
NETmundial, one of the most anticipated events in the Internet governance calendar, will see the global community convening at Sao Paolo, with an aim to establish 'strategic guidelines related to the use and development of the Internet in the world.' This post analyses the submissions at NETmundial that focused on Roadmap, towards an understanding of stakeholder roles in relation to specific governance functions and highlighting the political, technical and architectural possibilities that lie ahead.

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