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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...

I got my award for my work, not for sitting at home: Masrat Zahra

The Kashmiri photojournalist has won IWMF’s prestigious Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award. She has also been booked under the stringent UAPA, for her work

Lockdown at JNU: After Ramayana, another webinar on the “Saraswati Civilisation”

Senior faculty of Centre for Historical Studies (CHS) write to VC, expressing grave concerns and misgivings about this webinar

EXCLUSIVE: Bakshi’s agenda is to re-designate Harappan civilisation as Sarasvati civilisation, make weak claims of a “Hindu holocaust”

The Maj Gen’s Bakshi’s characterisation of the last 600 to 800 years of subcontinent’s history revivescommunalised understanding, based on assertions rather than substance 

Students with disabilities, those from underprivileged households and women left out of online learning during pandemic

The half-baked approach by the education department has left out most of the children from access to education during the lockdown

Court begins recording statements of Babri demolition accused

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for completion of hearing in the case up to August 31

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra makes offensive remark against AltNews co-founder Mohd Zubair

Iyer-Mitra is associated with The Print and several Twitter users have demanded that the publication drop his columns

CJP writes to NBSA over Zee News’ deeply communal broadcast on “Zameen Jihad”

The channel has submitted its response and the hearing will commence once NBSA resumes functioning

When will we learn our lessons from previous pandemics?

Some lessons from three epidemics of Modern India: 1896-97, 1918-20 & 2020

Jharkhand Journalist Association decries scribe’s arrest for questioning authorities

Journalist Basant Sahu was arrested for asking the deputy commissioner about Covid-19 cases in a village in Jharkhand and circulating his response on social media

Nehru and the culture of ‘Scientific Temper’

Remembering India's first Prime Minister and a true visionary

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