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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...
Aurangabad: Ram Navami procession shows respect to mosque
While passing by the mosque, DJ turned off the music; Aurangabad’s Hindus take a stand for secularism
Kashmir: Journalist Aasif Sultan jailed under PSA, after getting bail
He has already been imprisoned for four years; under the PSA an individual can be detained without trial for up to six months
Teesta Setalvad is NOT making any movie titled “The Gujarat Files”: CJP to YouTube news channels
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Two YouTube news channels had aired baseless, inflammatory and defamatory rumours about the Human rights defender’s involvement with a movie based on the 2002 Gujarat violence
Does news of assaults on journalists not reach any minister’s reading list?
Journalists have allegedly been arrested, stripped, assaulted and intimidated in different states across the country, all for speaking truth to power
Vasant More rejects communalism, stands up to Raj Thackeray
Pune’s Katraj Muslims sigh in relief as Corporator Vasant More refuses to follow Thackeray’s instructions to play Hanuman Chalisa outside masjids to protest loudspeakers
DUJ announces Committee for Communal Harmony to battle hate
The Union demands immediate arrest of the hate mongers who assaulted seven journalists who were covering the Hindu Mahapanchayat
Five students died by suicide in central universities during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Centre cites only 24 student deaths in six years, but is that the whole picture?
Adani group defamation case: Guj HC turns down Newsclick’s plea against interim injunction
The Rs 100 crore defamation case involves two articles about former Justice Arun Mishra’s alleged “gift” to the conglomerate
Uttar Pradesh: Journalists who reported on leaked question papers arrested
Ballia edition of Amar Ujala had published the leaked paper in the morning of the day when examination was to be held from 2 P.M
In 6 years, Centre sanctioned scholarships worth ₹ 15,785.36 cr
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