Month January 2018
Maintaining that journalists should be allowed to exercise freedom of expression, the Supreme Court on Monday said a particular piece of wrong reporting should not be held against them forever. “You must allow freedom of expression…There may be some kind of… Continue Reading →
By Maureen Ryan Leave it to Oprah.While receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s Golden Globes, she managed to do that difficult thing that she makes look so easy: She focused the themes and surging energies of a specific moment and distilled its… Continue Reading →
Aadhaar based on flawed technology, prone to data breach, SC told 5-judge Constitution Bench to begin hearing of petitions against Aadhaar on Jan 17 It has given rise to “surveillance, breach of privacy and identify theft of individuals”,… Continue Reading →
The apex court referred to a Constitution bench the petition seeking to decriminalise consensual sex between LGBTQ adults The SC today also issued a notice to the Centre seeking its response to the same writ petition This petition, filed by… Continue Reading →
HIGHLIGHTS The FIR is unfair, unjustified and a direct attack on the freedom of the press, said the Editors Guild It is clearly meant to browbeat a journalist whose investigation on the matter was of great public interest, the statement… Continue Reading →
‘I hate Muslims’: A book uncovers the bullying faced by Muslim children in many Indian schools Nazia Erum’s book tells of Muslim children being beaten up and called terrorists by their classmates and teachers who look the other way,… Continue Reading →
Apoorvanand The Bill actually addresses a Hindu constituency The Bill claims to liberate poor Muslim women. Apoorvanand THE opposition parties, especially the Congress party, seem to have gathered their wits after displaying a pathetic loss of nerves in the face… Continue Reading →
Village-Level Entrepreneur reported data theft to authority, no one took heed Rachna Khaira Thirty-two-year-old Bharat Bhushan Gupta is the man who reported the matter of illegitimate Aadhaar data access to The Tribune, which was followed up by the… Continue Reading →
Aadhaar breach: Gaping holes in data security and the unreliability of biometrics put a question mark on the project. UIDAI’s denials are increasingly unconvincing1. by Usha Ramanathan | Aadhaar breach: The UIDAI admitted this had happened, but said “that was not us”,… Continue Reading →
The FIR also names Anil Kumar, Sunil Kumar and Raj, all of whom were mentioned in The Tribune report as people Khaira contacted in the course of her reporting. Written by Mahender Singh Manral | The UIDAI’s media unit did not respond… Continue Reading →