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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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Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic

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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