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Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing

Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta quits as EPW editor: Adani Pressure

Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) editor Paranjoy Guha Thakurta stepped...

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How Social Media, TV Use Fake News: Basirhat Riots

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Insider Outsider: Genetic Evidence Shows Significant Migrations from Eurasian Steppes into South Asia

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A CM Who’s Afraid of Soap and a Press Club that Dances to His Tune

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