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From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent speaker, he is not just...
Visionary Gorbachev’s noble ideas failed because he ignored the deceit, duplicity and dangers of imperialism
History will remember the great distance between what he sought and what he achieved, and we must learn from this
Students in Ratiya in Haryana protest against anti-student policies of government
In Ratiya district of Haryana on August 25th a...
Corporal Punishment for Blasphemy or Apostasy not in line with Quranic Ethos?
The present concept of blasphemy as an offence has been developed by Muslim jurists in the post Prophetic period.
Journalist Union Slams US Journalist Angad Singh’s Deportation as ‘Vendetta’
Singh’s family has alleged that he was deported because of the documentaries on the Shaheen Bagh protest and videos on the Delta wave he produced for VICE News.
Vice News journalist Angad Singh deported
Family claims he was put back on a flight to New York as soon as he landed in India for a personal visit
Indian Govt ‘Forced’ Twitter to Hire Agent: Ex-Company Security Chief
In a whistle-blower complaint filed with US SEC, Peiter Zatko alleged that the agent had direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data.
Hathras Case: Journalist Siddique Kappan moves SC seeking bail
Supreme Court agreed to hear the matter on August 26
Azaan on loudspeakers does not violate fundamental rights of people of other faiths: Karnataka HC
The Court's observations come at a time when there have been repeated instances of right-wing fundamentalists targeting the Muslim call to prayer
When Forest Rights meets Right to Education
With the horrors of the deadly virus still in...
MP: 16-Year-Old Dalit Girl Beaten up for Sitting in the Front Row, Teacher Booked
According to police, the incident occurred over 700 km away from the state capital on August 2 at the Government Higher Secondary Girls School, Baidhan, in the Singrauli district.
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Rights
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Cabinet move under the 1950 Act empowers District Commissioners to expel alleged foreigners in 10 days, raising constitutional concerns over due process and separation of powers
India
Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today
On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….
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Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
Politics
Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic
Opposition, rights groups, and people’s movements unite to call it an “anti-people, anti-democratic law”
Rule of Law
Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt
In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate