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Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards
The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, but not more than the progressive environment the fair provides.
TV Journalist Shot Twice in UP’s Jaunpur District
Journalist Devendra Khare alleged that BJP district president Pushpraj Singh’s brother Rituraj was pressuring him not report an attack involving him and his father.
#BadSources – How Indian news agency ANI quoted sources that do not exist – EU DisinfoLab
Media management or suppression has been the hallmark of the Modi regime; this detailed investigation by EU’s DisinfoLab unravels the fake news generated by ANI
In his Twitter exchange with a journalist, Vivek Agnihotri makes Islamophobic remarks about Muslims
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Agnihotir’s claims of winning the prestigious Phalke award fact checked by Zubair, Agnihotri responds using derogatory terms
Attack on journalists in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha condemned: DUJ
Delhi: The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) has severely...
RSS’ organ Panchajanya alleges “SC is working as a tool at the hands of anti-India forces”
Not to be stopped in its intimidation even if is contempt, in its recent editorial, the right-wing publication in Hindi criticized the Supreme Court for issuing notice to the Centre over the ban on the BBC documentary on PM Modi
Journalist detained for interrogation for report on right wing groups
Zafar Aafaq was released after 3 hours of questioning
Journalist access to Parliament still denied: Editor’s Guild lodges strong protest
Image Courtesy: theswaddle.comIn two separate communications, one to the Lok...
A total of 6,775 URLs blocked by the IT Ministry in the year 2022
In the ongoing session of the parliament, the govt. provided that new IT rules, 2021 were introduced, 3 Grievance Appellate Committees formulated to regulate social media.
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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish