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Comments on the Open Licensing Policy Guidelines of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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May 29, 2014
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The Centre for Internet and Society submitted its comments on the Open Licensing Policy Guidelines to the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on May 28, 2014. The comments were prepared by Sunil Abraham and Nehaa Chaudhari.
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Odia Language gets a new Unicode Font Converter
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jun 20, 2014
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Jul 02, 2014 09:59 AM
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Recently, I worked on designing a font encoding converter with a fellow Wikimedian Manoj Sahukar. We worked by taking the code of a converter that was made three years back and made it work for two fonts AkrutiOriSarala99 and AkrutiOriSarala that are used by the media industry for printing and publishing.
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This Twitter Account Puts a Face to the Unsung Volunteer Editors Behind Wikipedia
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jun 18, 2014
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Jul 03, 2014 06:17 AM
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The life of a Wikipedia editor is an interesting one. Globally, about 100,000 editors edit the collaborative online encyclopedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.5 million in the English Wikipedia.
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Ten Telugu Books Re-released Under CC-BY-SA 3.0 License
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Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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Jun 22, 2014
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Jul 08, 2014 05:29 AM
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For the first time in the history of Indian books, 10 Telugu books by a single author were released under Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) on June 22, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Golden Threshold, Abids, Hyderabad.
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Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 07, 2014
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Jul 07, 2014 05:58 AM
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Aircel and Wikimedia Foundation came together to announce Wikipedia Zero. As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja wrote a report on this in Prajavani.
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State of Odia Language in Computing and Future Steps
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jul 07, 2014
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Jul 28, 2014 07:03 AM
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I participated in a "National Level Seminar on, Computer Application and Odia Language" organized by the Institute of Odia Studies and Research in Bhubaneswar on July 6, 2014 as a panelist to discuss about the state of Odia language in computing, work in progress highlighting CIS-A2K's work in the knowledge and education sector and further steps.
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Mozilla brings Indian Communities together Twice in One Month
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jul 23, 2014
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I took part in two major events, Indic FirefoxOS L10n Sprint 2014 and MozCamp Beta – India organized by Mozilla in India as a voluntary contributor. In this blog post I am sharing with you my experience of the events.
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Mozilla Brings Indian Communities Together
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jul 23, 2014
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I took part in two major events, Indic FirefoxOS L10n Sprint 2014 and MozCamp Beta – India organized by Mozilla in India as a voluntary contributor. In this blog post I am sharing with you my experience of the events.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶର ରାସ୍ତା
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jul 23, 2014
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Jul 23, 2014 02:46 PM
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The column was published in Odia newspaper The Sambad's editorial. It shows a comparative analysis of Odia language with other languages — both linguistic and usability in digital platforms. The article also emphasizes on various aspects that need advancements.
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University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 24, 2014
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Jul 24, 2014 07:03 AM
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Kannada Wikipedia
The University of Mysore and the Centre for Internet and Society co-organized the Open Knowledge Day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license.
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