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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...

Zee News faces flak for allegedly airing Rahul Gandhi’s doctored byte

Congress moves NBDSA, channel sacks two employees

Haryana: DPS teacher named in teen’s suicide note to return to teach?

The deceased's mother claims that the Academic Head, who had been charged with abetment to suicide four months ago, is all set to return to her post after getting bail

IIT-Bombay to introduce caste awareness courses

As per the minorities cell, the decision came after aggrieved students recommended it

Justice Pardiwala raises concerns over personal attacks on judges via social media

The Supreme Court judge faced criticism from sundry right-wing trolls after he and Justice Surya Kant made oral observations about Nupur Sharma's role in sparking communal violence

Hate Watch: Indians reject communally polarising call to #BoycottMuslims

Right-wing groups and trolls had made communal hashtags viral, but citizens have rejected the absurd call to socially boycott an entire community

Ilyas Sharafuddin spreads communal hate, CJP moves NCM

He has painted a false picture of the teachings of Islam, made anti-Hindu comments

Ayodhya: Hooligans thrash man for “kissing” wife while taking a dip in holy river

Police file FIR against assailants, after videos of the incident go viral on social media

Why Ilham’s rank and vision challenge the project of hate

Scoring an impressive 597/600 marks and the second rank in Karnataka PUC exam, her bright smile and distinctive scarf (hijab) defy efforts to relegate identity to obscurantism

Ex IPS Officer NC Asthana’s twitter account suspended for violating rules

Retired officer tweets against Muslim minorities and spews hate online

Erasure, Dumbing & Collapse of a Nation: India 2022

The really good professor of history and the social...

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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.

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”

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