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    <title>CI Global Meeting on A2K</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;CIS is a co-sponsor of the Consumers International Meeting on A2K&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;The Consumers International Global Meeting on A2K 2010 is to be held at the Holiday Villa hotel in Subang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 21 and 22 April 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meeting will bring together CI members and other NGOs from around the world to discuss and collaborate on issues of access to knowledge (A2K) and communications rights. Highlights will include the launch of the &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://a2knetwork.org/watchlist"&gt;Consumers International IP Watch List&lt;/a&gt; for 2010, the launch of CI's new film on A2K, and a preview of the results of our &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://a2knetwork.org/survey"&gt;access barrier survey&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don't miss the most important day on the A2K calendar for the global consumer movement!&lt;/p&gt;
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   <dc:date>2011-04-05T04:08:06Z</dc:date>
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        &lt;b&gt;Christopher&lt;/b&gt;
        
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        &lt;b&gt;Chris&lt;/b&gt;
        
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    <title>Chinmayi Arun</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
        
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   <dc:date>2012-06-18T03:45:25Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/villages-suntimes-may-21-2017-ellis-neal-chinese-state-media-says-us-should-take-some-blame-for-cyber-attack">
    <title>Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack</title>
    <link>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/villages-suntimes-may-21-2017-ellis-neal-chinese-state-media-says-us-should-take-some-blame-for-cyber-attack</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be infected, particularly in Asia as the work day began on Monday. "We've seen that the slowdown of the infection rate over Friday night, after a temporary fix around it, has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released".&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The article by Ellis Neal was published in the &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2017/05/21/chinese-state-media-says-u-s-should-take-some-blame-for/"&gt;Villages Suntimes&lt;/a&gt; on May 21, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Microsoft called the incident a "wake-up" call for governments and customers to take security seriously, but in a letter to the Times Sir David Omand, GCHQ director from 1996 to 1997, pins the blame squarely on the technology firm for failing to maintain support for its ageing Windows XP platform. If they wanted their files decrypted, the program said all they had to do was pay $300 worth of Bitcoin to the specified address.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;However, a cyber security expert working with the Centre for Internet  and Society, Udbhav Tiwari working on vulnerabilities such as these,  said as most ATMs in the country especially of the public-sector banks  run on outdated operating systems, or are not updated regularly, they  can be easily compromised.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;When Microsoft sells its operating  system software it does so through a licence agreement that states the  company is not liable for any security breaches, thus shielding it from  any legal complaints, &lt;a href="https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/78351/wannacry-ransomware-used-in-widespread-attacks-all-over-the-world/" target="_blank"&gt;points out&lt;/a&gt; Michael Scott, a professor at Southwestern Law School.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Microsoft  has blamed the U.S. government for creating the software code that was  used by hackers to launch the cyber-attacks. USA and European officials  did not rule out North Korea as a possible suspect in the cyberattack.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/"&gt;In a blog post&lt;/a&gt;,  Microsoft admonished governments around the world for keeping software  vulnerabilities to themselves, instead of reporting them to the  developers. EternalBlue and DoublePulsar, two tools the NSA used to  infiltrate computer networks, were stolen from the agency and &lt;a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/14/the-shadow-brokers-april-exploits-swift-windows/"&gt;leaked online in April as part of a massive data dump by the Shadow Brokers hacker group&lt;/a&gt;. An investigation is on-going regarding how the codes got out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The  cyber experts have warned of a huge risk in near future as most  institutions and individuals in Bangladesh use pirated software. We can  not expect criminal hackers to be held accountable for their actions,  but we should hold our government agencies accountable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Since  China and Russian Federation are two of the countries where a major  share of computers are running pirated Windows, these are also the  countries with the biggest rate of &lt;b&gt;WannaCry&lt;/b&gt; infections, as stated by F-Secure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Malware  cases have been spreading in recent years as the malicious software  trend has been gaining ground, with new forms of ransomware hitting the  scene.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/villages-suntimes-may-21-2017-ellis-neal-chinese-state-media-says-us-should-take-some-blame-for-cyber-attack'&gt;http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/villages-suntimes-may-21-2017-ellis-neal-chinese-state-media-says-us-should-take-some-blame-for-cyber-attack&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Internet Governance</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Privacy</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-06-07T01:12:27Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="http://editors.cis-india.org/news/livemint-august-9-2013-moulishree-srivastava-anirban-sen-chinese-hackers-baiting-indian-govt-corporate-employees">
    <title>Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: report</title>
    <link>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/livemint-august-9-2013-moulishree-srivastava-anirban-sen-chinese-hackers-baiting-indian-govt-corporate-employees</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Hackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;This article by Moulishree Srivastava and Anirban Sen was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.livemint.com/Politics/NILcUWKLyogvHPit5kIrgP/Chinese-hackers-baiting-Indian-govt-corporate-employees-re.html"&gt;published in Livemint on August 9, 2013&lt;/a&gt;. Sunil Abraham is quoted.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Using faked subject headings as diverse as Gujarat chief minister &lt;span class="person"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Narendra%20Modi"&gt;Narendra Modi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Chinese hackers have been baiting  Indian government officials and corporate employees to open virus-laden  emailed attachments and expose themselves to the risk of cyber attacks, a  new report says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The report on “advanced persistent cyber attacks” is based on an investigation conducted by security research firm &lt;span class="brand"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Research%20Bundle"&gt;Research Bundle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in collaboration with CERT-ISAC. ISAC is a certification body for  information technology (IT) security professionals that handles India’s  National Security Database (NSD). CERT (Computer Emergency Response  Team)-ISAC deals with mobile and electronic security.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Some time back, there were a couple of high-profile  cyber attacks that came to our notice when we were approached by  corporates as well as government entities to look into them,” said  Rajshekhar Murthy, director at CERT-ISAC, NSD, at the report’s release  on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“First we thought it might be just these few incidents,  but as we went deeper into it, it came to light that these threats were  far more (widely) spread than we had initially perceived. During the  course of our research, we got proof that the threats originated from  China,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;NSD, managed by ISAC and the government, is a programme  that provides certification to IT professionals who have capability to  protect critical infrastructure and the economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Chinese hackers have been persistent in their attacks.  According to our analysis, they have also made a separate wing for these  operations,” Murthy said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The report says, “It’s also a known fact the Indian  government and other important sectors from India were heavily targeted  during this campaign...focused on stealing confidential documents and  sensitive information.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The threat came in the form of emails with attached  documents targeting government and corporate entities. “These documents  exploited previously known vulnerabilities to drop ‘Travnet’ malware on  to the systems,” said the report, prepared by 20 Internet security  professionals over a period of six months.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“These emails showed that China has been gathering  information about India and keeping up with current issues, and using  those to entice people to open the attachments,” Murthy said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Some of the attachments had names such as Army Cyber  Security Policy 2013.doc, Jallianwala bagh massacre - a deeply shameful  act.doc, Report - Asia Defense Spending Boom.doc, His Holiness the Dalai  Lama’s visit to Switzerland day 3.doc, and BJP won’t dump Modi for  Nitish NDA headed for split.doc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The malware Travnet was specifically designed to search  for “doc, docx, xls, xlsx, txt, rtf and pdf” files on the hacked  computer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“This provides enough hints that this malware was  designed to steal confidential information, unlike the usual botnet  variants that focus primarily on providing remote access to the system,”  the report said. “The malware initially collects system information, a  list of files on the victim machine among others, then sends this data  to the remote Command &amp;amp; Control server...”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;According to industry estimates, losses due to cyber theft from reported attacks alone amount to $8-10 billion (&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="WebRupee"&gt;Rs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;48,800-61,000 crore). But experts say the figure could be much higher as many threats go unreported.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Worryingly, the security infrastructure of Indian  government websites has reportedly failed to keep pace with cyber  attackers, who are becoming more focused on stealing information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Many of the servers that host ‘gov.in’ sites are running  outdated software versions, with poorly managed Web servers that do not  follow even the most basic Web application security guidelines,” said  the report. “Even important government sites, access to which can lead  to much deeper intrusion, seem to be managed with little care. While  defacements are usually carried out by hackers just for fun or fame,  serious hackers can cause much more damage and remain unnoticed for a  very long time...”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Slowly but steadily, serious APT (advanced, persistent  attacks) campaigns are on the rise,” the report added. “It’s very  important for the nation to start upgrading its IT infrastructure to  keep up with the latest security guidelines and practices.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Cyber security has become one of the crucial areas for  us and we are focusing on putting capacity and capability in place to  strengthen the cyber security infrastructure,” said Alok Vijayant,  director of the National Technical Research Organisation. “We want to  bring IT security professionals under one entity to enhance our existing  capability instead of just focusing on putting in additional security  infrastructure.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“India has one of the largest talent pools of IT  professionals, but our biggest concern remains the young talent in IT,  as most professionals prefer to go abroad to work,” he added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Additionally, the use of proprietary rather than  open-source software increases the vulnerability of Indian entities,  according to &lt;span class="person"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Sunil%20Abraham"&gt;Sunil Abraham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, executive director of Bangalore-based research organization Centre for Internet and Society. “There’s a lack of use of &lt;span class="brand"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Linux"&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and other kinds of free software at both the desktop level and also the front end... They’re using &lt;span class="brand"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Microsoft"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; both at the server end and on the client end. Most of these attacks  take advantage of that operating system dependency. If one were to look  at it at a macro level, we’re vulnerable across the board—vulnerable to  the US, we’re vulnerable to attackers from Europe, Pakistan, etc.,”  Abraham said.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/livemint-august-9-2013-moulishree-srivastava-anirban-sen-chinese-hackers-baiting-indian-govt-corporate-employees'&gt;http://editors.cis-india.org/news/livemint-august-9-2013-moulishree-srivastava-anirban-sen-chinese-hackers-baiting-indian-govt-corporate-employees&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Internet Governance</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Privacy</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2013-09-05T10:31:53Z</dc:date>
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    <title>China outranks India in world’s first ever web index</title>
    <link>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/www-firstpost-com-sep-6-2012-china-outranks-india-in-worlds-first-ever-web-index</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;India has been ranked 33rd on a list of 61 countries in a brand new web index that seeks to measure how effectively countries are using the Internet to improve people’s lives. And Indian Internet activists say that given the increasing level of control the government seeks to exercise over the net, that is no great surprise.&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The article was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.firstpost.com/tech/china-outranks-india-in-worlds-first-ever-web-index-446123.html"&gt;published&lt;/a&gt; in FirstPost on September 6, 2012. Nishant Shah is quoted.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The index, which has been compiled by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World wide web, measures the economic, social and political impact of the internet, on criteria ranging from the proportion of people online to the amount of useful content available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Sweden has topped the list ahead of the US and UK, while amongst Asian countries, the Republic of Korea came in at 13th. Interestingly, China ranked 20, 13 places ahead of India.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Speaking to Firstpost about the index and India’s ranking, Nishant Shah of the Centre for Internet and Society said that given the increasingly disturbing nature of the government’s response to the Internet in India, it was no surprise that the country had not fared well on the index.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“The Internet today doesn’t work according to the idealistic principles of openness, and democracy of information that Berners-Lee envisioned for it, and in India in particular, although the Internet has helped us rethink what the government can do, the attitude is that that Internet can only be used in ways that the government sees fit”, said Shah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The methodology of the ranking has rated countries on the basis of three parameters:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Web Readiness&lt;/b&gt;: The quality and extent of Communications Infrastructure (facilitating connectivity to the Web) and Institutional Infrastructure (policies regulating Web access and skill and educational levels enabling the full benefit of the Web).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Web Use&lt;/b&gt;: The Index looks both at Web usage within countries (such as the percentage of individuals who use the Internet) and the content available to these Web users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Impact of the Web&lt;/b&gt;: The Index uses social, economic and political indicators to evaluate the impact of the Web on these dimensions. This includes measures of social networks, business internet use and e-participation.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/www-firstpost-com-sep-6-2012-china-outranks-india-in-worlds-first-ever-web-index'&gt;http://editors.cis-india.org/news/www-firstpost-com-sep-6-2012-china-outranks-india-in-worlds-first-ever-web-index&lt;/a&gt;
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   <dc:date>2012-09-07T09:08:37Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Chidambaram to Talk Budget on Google+ Hangout</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;Indian politicians are slowly warming up to social media.&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;This article by Dhanya Ann Thoppil was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/04/chidambaram-to-talk-budget-on-google-hangout/"&gt;published in the Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt; on March 4, 2013. Sunil Abraham is quoted.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;In a first for a cabinet minister, Indian Finance Minister P.  Chidambaram tonight is hosting a Google+ Hangout, a Web video chat, to  answer citizens’ questions on the &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324662404578331410524170472.html?mod=WSJINDIA_hpp_MIDDLESecondNews"&gt;budget&lt;/a&gt; he presented last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;At 8 p.m. on Monday India time, Mr. Chidambaram will be joined by a  group of experts to discuss the state of India’s economy, which looks  set to grow at its weakest pace in a decade this financial year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;On the panel are also Amit Singhal, senior vice president at Google  Inc., Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of Mahindra &amp;amp;  Mahindra Ltd., Jahangir Aziz, chief economist for India at J.P. Morgan  and Manish Chokhani, chief executive officer at Axis capital.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The online chat, which the Ministry of Finance in a statement  described as “a powerful communication platform,” is an attempt to  engage India’s tech-savvy, middle-class youth in the political process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“It is an attempt by the government to reach out to gen-next,” ahead  of the general elections scheduled in 2014, said S. Chandrasekharan, the  director of South Asia Analysis Group, a Delhi-based think tank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/02/28/india-budget-a-boost-for-health-and-education/"&gt;Improving opportunities for the country’s younger generations&lt;/a&gt; was a major focus of Mr. Chidambaram’s budget speech to lawmakers  Thursday. “My budget has before it one overarching goal: to create  opportunities for our youth to acquire education and skills that will  get them decent jobs or self-employment,” he said, adding, “Their  concern are my concerns, too.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;But Mr. Chidambaram won’t be interacting with citizens directly. He  will answer questions submitted by citizens in advance through video  uploads on this &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/inconversation"&gt;YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt; or on this &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleIndia#+GoogleIndia/posts"&gt;Google + page&lt;/a&gt;. The session will be streamed live on both websites.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Social media is only beginning to emerge as a tool Indian politicians use to reach out to the country’s citizens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Prime Minister &lt;a href="http://topics.wsj.com/person/S/manmohan,-singh/6373"&gt;Manmohan Singh&lt;/a&gt;,  often criticized for not being accessible to the media, set up a  Twitter profile about a year ago. But the account is managed by his  office staff, not by Mr. Singh himself, and it’s mostly used to share  links to pictures or speeches of the Prime Minister.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Narendra Modi, chief minister of the state of Gujarat and possible  prime ministerial candidate for the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party,  has embraced digital media more than other politicians. In August he &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzUTCXKnmZg?"&gt;hosted a Google + Hangout session&lt;/a&gt; to answer questions from citizens and in December had a holographic  image of himself projected live at rallies in four different locations  to communicate with his supporters during his &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324461604578190553318699648.html"&gt;election campaign&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The government last year also came up with a series of guidelines for  its various arms on the effective use of social media to reach out to  people and to ensure public participation in policy framing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Still, the government often views social media with suspicion, and has taken steps to &lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/tag/it-act/"&gt;regulate user-generated content&lt;/a&gt; on websites more tightly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;There are 14 million broadband connections in India, meaning that  only a small portion of the country’s 1.2 billion population has  reliable Internet access, says Sunil Abraham, executive director at the  Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“So, unlike in the U.S., where you can fault the government for not  being online, in India you can’t really fault the government,” says Mr.  Abraham.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'</title>
    <link>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/ians-april-24-2017-chemistry-research-in-india-still-not-in-big-league</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Originally published by &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.ians.in/index.php?param=category/20/10004"&gt;IANS&lt;/a&gt; on April 24, 2017, the news was carried on the &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://news.indiaonline.in/Chemistry-research-in-India-still-not-in-big-league-1733663"&gt;India Online&lt;/a&gt; news portal&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Researchers Subbiah Arunachalam, Muthu Madhan and Subbiah Gunasekaran  carried out a scientometric analysis of contributions from India in  leading multidisciplinary chemistry journals over the 25-year period  1991-2015.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study of measuring and analysing science research is called scientometrics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Chemistry  is the 'central science'. Whether it is drugs and pharmaceuticals,  materials, or several other areas, chemistry plays a key role. In times  past, say till about four decades ago, there was a strong tradition of  natural products chemistry in India, but later on the emphasis moved to  other branches of chemistry," the authors told IANS when asked why is it  important for India to take a lead in chemistry research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But,  as modern chemical research depends more and more on information  technology - computer-based data collection and processing - India has  to "try hard to keep pace" with progress worldwide, they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  study comes against the backdrop of comments on chemistry research in  India made in three recent reports prepared by Nature Index, Elsevier  and Thomson Reuters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Nature Index report,  chemistry is doing well in India and it is the top performer, while the  Thomson Reuters report, prepared for the Department of Science and  Technology, says research in the field is growing rapidly in the  country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, India, despite its huge share of the world's  population (about 17 per cent), continues to be poorly represented in  the top journals, the study revealed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The country's share of  papers in the Journal of the American Chemical Society is 0.7 per cent  compared to 58.4 per cent for US, 7.6 per cent for Germany and 5.1 per  cent for China, and its share in Angewandte Chemie International Edition  is 1.2 per cent, compared to 28 per cent for Germany, 25.3 per cent for  US and 9.9 per cent for China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This could be due to the fact that till recently, Indian universities did not encourage mobility across disciplines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"That  only a small number of Indian researchers and institutions publish in  leading journals is also a matter for concern. India accounts for only a  small number of papers in the top one percentile of the most highly  cited chemistry papers, whereas China leads the world," the study  pointed out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chemistry research in India is still not in the big league, the authors said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If we look at chemistry worldwide, what we do in India does not make big news among chemists and other scientists," they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The researchers compared India's performance with that of China as a benchmark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Overall,  the number of chemistry papers from India increased steadily between  2007 and 2014. We have not compared India and China in this study but  have merely highlighted a couple of points to emphasise how far we have  to go," the authors clarified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China is way ahead not only in  chemistry but in all sciences. In terms of number of papers and average  citations, they have been ahead of India for several years, they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To  address the gaps, the authors suggest that researchers and funders need  to identify important questions and areas of research and focus their  attention on those areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"At the practical level, we should have  many summer schools and winter schools for young researchers, encourage  collaboration, invite overseas researchers, and so on. Accountability  and time-bound completion of projects are a must," the authors added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of  the study authors, Arunachalam and Madhan are in the DST Centre for  Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru while  Arunachalam is also associated with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.  Gunasekaran is in the Knowledge Resources Centre, Central  Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Charting the Charter: Internet Rights and Principles Online</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;This workshop is being organised by IRP Coalition on October 22 in Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre. Pranesh Prakash is participating as a panelist.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Internet Governance Forum 2013 is being held at Bali from October  22 to 25. The overarching theme for the 2013 IGF meeting is: "Building  Bridges"- Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation for Growth and  Sustainable Development"&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/workshop_2013_status_list_view.php?xpsltipq_je=99"&gt;Read the original published on the IGF website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Theme: Human Rights / Freedom of Expression on the Internet&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Since the Charter of Internet Rights and Principles was developed dialogue about diverse internet related human rights issues have emerged in various UN human rights mechanisms e.g. racism/racial discrimination, human rights defenders, women's human rights, freedom of association, business and human rights, protection of cultural heritage.  The workshop will map the issues under discussion in the UNHRC against those in the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet (‘IRP Charter’) and explore multistakeholder perspectives and best practice examples of adherence to the Charter and human rights standards from diverse regions.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The focus is on progress, opportunities and challenges to monitor and advocate for the IRP Charter provisions particularly for marginalised groups e.g. rural and indigenous peoples, disabled people, urban poor as the second part of the two workshops put forward by the IRP Coalition and partners. Wider questions that the workshop looks to cover include: How are understandings about the interrelationship of internet governance and human rights standards developing at the Human Rights Council?  Aside from freedom of expression and the right to Privacy, what other human rights are important in relation to the internet? How can the Charter be used to broaden the engagement of the Human Rights Council in internet governance issues? How does the work of the HRC inform the Charter, and other internet policy documents and mechanisms? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the 2009 IGF, the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition has organised a range of workshops and Coalition meetings looking at the application of human rights standards (primarily those espoused in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) to the Internet. In 2010 the previous draft of the IRP Charter (http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/charter/) was launched with a rigorous discussion about what correct interpretation of existing standards is and the role of different stakeholders in relation to these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2011 the IRP Charter was distilled down to 10 key advocacy points, the Ten Internet Rights and Principles (http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/campaign/). These were debated as the Coalition undertook a closer analysis of the issue of copyright protection and how it interrelated with human rights on the internet. In 2012 the Coalition looked at how the Charter was feeding in to a derivative initiative at the Council of Europe to create a user-friendly Compendium of rights of internet users. The Coalition made a close analysis of the issue of anonymity online. This year we want to focus on human rights which, while contained in the Charter, have not received high levels of attention. We also want to loop in the work of Coalition members working on human rights, women’s rights, social, cultural and economic rights as well as the recent work of the Human Rights Council (which is the most authoritative global body applying human rights to the Internet) to incorporating human rights as an integral part of the internet governance field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Has the proponent organised a workshop with a similar subject during past IGF meetings?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Indication of how the workshop will build on but go beyond the outcomes previously reached &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IRP Coalition launched the IRP Charter and Ten Principles in  2010/2011 (www.internetrightsandprinciples.org). These launches started a  vigorous and productive chain of discussions and outreach initiatives  in and around IGF Meetings. These were followed up in 2011 and 2012 with  IGF workshops that focused in specific issues such as copyright, access  as a right, and existing rights of internet users.   This year we focus on human rights which, while contained in the  Charter, have not received high levels of attention. We also want to  loop in the work of Coalition members working on human rights, women’s  rights, social, cultural and economic rights as well as the recent work  of the Human Rights Council (which is the most authoritative global body  applying human rights to the Internet) to incorporating human rights as  an integral part of the internet governance field. Recent events  underscore that the moment has come to ground human rights principles in  internet governance practice as this affects everyday life, work, and  government.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Background Paper&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/workshop_background_paper/65_1373459172.pdf"&gt;Download Background Paper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Session Type: Roundtable&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Co-organisers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ms. Dixie Hawtin, Global Partners and Associates, Private Sector, Western Europe and Others Group - WEOG&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ms. Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications, Civil Society, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific Group&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ms. Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)/ IRP Coalition), Civil Society, United Kingdom, Western Europe and Others Group - WEOG&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Have the Proponent or any of the co-organisers organised an IGF workshop before? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The link(s) to the workshop report(s)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no145-threats-multi-stakeholder-internet-governance-–-it-worth-protecting#report"&gt;http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no145-threats-multi-stakeholder-internet-governance-%E2%80%93-it-worth-protecting#report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no157-access-internet-human-right"&gt;http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no157-access-internet-human-right&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no128-empowering-internet-users-–-which-tools#report"&gt;http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no128-empowering-internet-users-%E2%80%93-which-tools#report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Panelists&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please click on the biography to view the profile of the panelists:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications, Female, Civil Society, New Zealand, Western Europe and Others Group – WEOG&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=111" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Frank La Rue, United Nations, Male, Civil Society, Guatemala, Latin American and Caribbean Group - Grulac&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Asif Kabani, Ministry of Finance, Male, Government, Pakistan, Asia-Pacific Group&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=156" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Carl Fredrik Wettermark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Male, Government, Sweden, Western Europe and Others Group – WEOG&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=158" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Marianne Franklin, (IRP Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK), Female, Civil Society, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific Group&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=153" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society, Male, Civil Society, India, Asia-Pacific Group&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=154" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Cornelia Kutterer, Microsoft, Female, Private Sector, BELGIUM, Western Europe and Others Group – WEOG&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=155" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Michael Rotert, eco-German Internet Industry, Male, Technical Community, Germany, Western Europe and Others Group – WEOG&lt;a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofmmjtu_je=157" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Moderator&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dixie Hawtin, Global Partners and Associates&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Remote Moderator&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rebecca Zausmer, Global Partners and Associates&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Agenda&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;This round table session explores the opportunities and challenges for upholding human rights standards on the internet using the IRP Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet (http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/charter/). In tandem with the session on Disabilities and Indigenous rights this session aims to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Address a number of human rights – moving beyond freedom of expression and privacy - to consider the IRP Charter provisions for socio-economic rights, education, women’s rights and rights of the visually impaired in the online environment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Provide an assessment of the implementation of human rights standards on the internet o date.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Feed recommendations in to the IRP Coalition initiative to create a final version of the IRP Charter (in terms of substance, process, and uses of the document in practice)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The session will start by focusing on a selection of concrete examples (such as, the PRISM revelations, the Marrakesh Treaty on exceptions and limitations to copyright for the blind, racial discrimination, education rights online) before opening to a wider discussion. It brings together diverse perspectives on the relationship between human rights and internet policy, where the human rights movement needs to engage more or more effectively, and how the IRP Charter should be developed to assist this process. The outcomes of the workshop will feed into the IRP Coalition Meeting, ‘Towards the IRP Charter 2.0’.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Inclusiveness of the Session&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Panellists will make short initial statements of up to 3 minutes, each will be tasked with a particular perspective to bring and enable several rounds of the table. It will also allow ample time for audience questions and comments. The audience will be invited to ask questions, and to answer questions which the moderators will pose to the floor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Suitability for Remote Participation&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Both the IRP and the APC have a good track record of marketing their workshops across a range of email lists, websites and social media to ensure that potential remote participants know about the workshop and can participate. Remote participants will be engaged by the remote moderator who will pose questions to them and facilitate an active remote conversation alongside the conversation in situ– making links between the two wherever possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Questions or Comments&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Please note that Mr Frank La Rue has been invited. As his office needs some time to respond we have included his name as an unconfirmed participant for the time being. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also a note on the number of participants:&lt;br /&gt;As this is a roundtable, open discussion format there are more than five speakers in order to generate the range and depth needed for this sort of interactive and dynamic discussion. The IRP Coalition has taken the lead in instigating these sorts of discussion formats in multistakeholder meetings such as the UNESCO WSIS+10 event and the Lisbon EuroDIG. The session moderator is experienced for this format and the participants aware that long speeches are not required.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/igf-2013-workshop-99-charting-the-charter-internet-rights-and-principles-online'&gt;http://editors.cis-india.org/news/igf-2013-workshop-99-charting-the-charter-internet-rights-and-principles-online&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Internet Governance</dc:subject>
    

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