Day July 15, 2016
SHAH FAESAL ON FACEBOOK By juxtaposing my photos with the images of a slain militant commander, a section of national media has once again fallen back upon its conventional savagery that cashes on falsehoods, divides people and creates more… Continue Reading →
South Biswas, BBC When security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed a prominent militant leader in a gunfight last week, they would have surely anticipated a civilian blowback in the Muslim-dominated valley. After all, the young, social-media savvy Burhan Wani had… Continue Reading →
Failure to disclose structures, holdings and key financial information has allowed corruption to thrive, finds Transparency International study Advertisements for telecom operators at a store in Mumbai, India. Indian firm Bharti Airtel was adjudged the most transparent company. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg… Continue Reading →
: Kavitha Kuruganti NIHAR GOKHALE Arya Sharma/Catch News QUICK PILL The order Based on a petition by Kavitha Kuruganti, the Central Information Commission issued an order on GM crops It instructed the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to make all… Continue Reading →
BY JAHNAVI VISVANATHAN AND KRUTHIKA N.S. For the performers and artists here, ‘progress’ is coming at the cost of their passion and their livelihood. A puppeteer of Kathputli Colony playing his drum to a puppet being manipulated. Credit: Jahnavi Visvanathan/ Kruthika N.S…. Continue Reading →
It sounds like a bald attempt to place the onus of Akhlaq’s death at Akhlaq’s door. Sandip Roy HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES GREATER NOIDA, INDIA – SEPTEMBER 29: Family members of Mohammad Akhlaq (50-year-old man) mourn during his funeral… Continue Reading →
by Ish N Mishra Contradiction of praxis has been the perennial contradiction of capitalism from the very outset. It never says what it does and never does what it says; it promises the sky and plunders the earth. It appropriated power… Continue Reading →
inShare Trichy: The row over medical negligence that resulted in a 129 cm gauze being left in a woman’s stomach at a private hospital in Trichy reached a high point on Monday with the woman demanding action against the Tamil… Continue Reading →
Guest Post- Shailesh Gandhi I have been hearing about problems of identifying a person through the Aadhar card system. However, my touching faith in the integrity and capability of India’s IT professionals made me believe that the technological solution… Continue Reading →
ADITYA MENON Catch News According to a report in The Indian Express, Winsome Diamonds promoter Jatin Mehta and his wife Sonia gave up Indian citizenship to become citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2013-14. Located in the Carribean, St. Kitts and… Continue Reading →