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Bihar & the Delusion of Independent Journalism: A Free Speech Record of Five Years

Free Speech Collective (FSC), has published a detailed report of Bihar’s Free Speech Record, November ‘20-’25 which it released on November 5 and may be accessed hereFree Speech CollectiveWith...

Did a BJP worker give ‘Gau Mutra’ to a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator?

Disturbing video of man wearing saffron scarf over PPE pouring a yellow liquid down the patient's throat has been going viral

Char Dham Yatra suspended amidst rising Covid cases

The Uttarakhand government finally gets its priorities right, only priests allowed to perform rituals at the shrines

After Kumbh, Char Dham Yatra next: What is the Uttarakhand CM thinking?

Uttarakhand Government has said that the annual pilgrimage to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri will begin on May 14

IIT Prof’s meltdown, abuse of students is a lesson on how not to teach

Associate Professor Seema Singh’s humiliation of Dalit and PWD students exposes the class divide in elite institutions

Three Mumbai journalists succumb to Covid-19

BUJ demands safety provisions, highlights plight of journalists amidst lockdown

Twitter removes posts critical of gov’t handling of Covid-19 emergency

The suspended accounts are of activists, politicians, who which have called out the way the government has let the Covid-19 crisis worsen

India’s Covid-19 surge through the global lens

Here’s a look at how the unprecedented spread of Covid in India has been covered by international news media, and how they all point towards the Central government’s complacency

Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies

Khan’s bookstore was a treasure trove of valuable Urdu literature that is greatly appreciated by lovers of Urdu language.

Rules for offensive social media content laid down: Delhi HC

The petitioner, in this case had alleged that her photographs from Facebook and Instagram were taken and posted on pornographic sites

Assamese made compulsory in school curriculum across the state

Only Schedule 6 areas, Barak Valley and Bodo territories exempt from move

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