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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

CJP condemns IndiaTV for spreading communal misinformation through news segment on Bangladesh crisis, sends complaint

The complaint alleges that IndiaTV's biased discussion which could have been about ensuring protection of minorities in neighbouring countries as well as in India was manipulated into spreading fear and causing alarm against ‘Muslims takeover of India’

Hindu-Muslim Unity: The other side of Kanwar Yatra

Muslim Artists and Hindu Kanvarias in Haridwar have long shown the spirit of brotherhood amidst the religious polarisation

More than 3.6 lakh students left the country till July 2024 to study abroad

In 2023, record 8.94 lakh students migrated to foreign destinations for higher studies

Ambedkar varsity ‘on brink of collapse’, 32 faculty members resign, 22 embroiled in legal battles

In a strongly worded statement, the Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association (AUDFA), even as insisting on the need to protect the top public institution, has said that the university "is now on the brink of collapse and fragmentation", accusing the administration for operating "with increasing impunity, subjecting faculty to harassment amid deteriorating working conditions."

TISS authorities ‘targeting’ Adivasis, Dalits: Eviction notice to PhD scholars

In a scathing letter to the Director, the Dean of Student Affairs, and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, members* of the civil rights group All India Inquilabi Youth and Students Alliance (ALIYSA) have sought immediate withdrawal of the recent eviction notices to PhD scholars to vacate the campus in 24 hours. The letter disputes the claim by the TISS authorities that the scholars have taken beyond 5 years of time in completing their doctoral work.

Does turmoil in Bangladesh warrant using derogatory language against Muslims by anchors of Republic TV?

With the objective of adding fuel to the fire, reportage by Republic TV on the Bangladesh crisis includes misinformation, unverified news, inflammatory tickers and derogatory language

How Hindutva forces colluded with both the British & Jinnah against the historic ‘Quit India’ movement: Archives

Why and how Hindutva organisations like the RSS and the HMS need to desperately cover up their pro-British past including their role in repressing the historic Quit India Movement

Journalist cannot cover the labour beat without questioning extreme inequality- P Sainath

Workshop in Chennai initiates a much-needed critical dialogue about vanishing Labour Beat in the media landscape

Redefining Indian Tradition Minus Christianity & Islam is Intellectual Dishonesty

I recently received information about a two-day national seminar...

Chaos in Bangladesh provides opportunity to right-wing social media to spread misinformation regarding Hindus, temples being attacked in the country

False news regarding rape of Hindu women, arson of Hindu temples being spread, fact-checkers take to busting these false narratives, sharing videos of students protecting temples in Bangladesh

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