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POSTED ON MAY 26, 2021 On 5 October 2020, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested the freelance journalist Siddique Kappan while he was on his way to report on the brutal gang-rape of a Dalit woman near the city of Hathras… Continue Reading →
The Union government had earlier warned that non-compliance with the new IT rules would result in social media companies losing their intermediary status that provides them exemptions from liabilities for any third-party information and data it hosts.PEXELSATOM SOCIAL MEDIA TUESDAY, MAY 25,… Continue Reading →
A probe by Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar revealed that Gujarat govt issued 1,23,871 death certificates between March 1 and May 10, double the number issued for corresponding period in 2020 Published: 16 May 2021, 2:00 PM An investigation by Gujarati… Continue Reading →
Sewa International gets $2.5 million despite ties to militant Hindu nationalist group Pieter Friedrich Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who on 10 May 2021 announced a $2.5 million donation to Sewa International, must have missed journalist Neha Dixit’s viral tweet, published a week earlier,… Continue Reading →
‘Horrible’ Weeks Forecast for India as the COVID Catastrophe Worsens BY NILANJANA BHOWMICK/NEW DELHIMAY 7, 2021 On April 24 at 3:22 a.m., a doctor in Delhi’s Guru Tegh Bahadur hospital sent an urgent plea via Whatsapp to a colleague. She had just… Continue Reading →
Thursday, May 06, 2021By YS Gill* At 11:30 pm on May 3, 2021, I lost my best friend and comrade Pradeep Bhattacharya. He spent his life dedicated to the cause of the working masses and rational thinking. A person of… Continue Reading →
Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists (BUJ) is deeply concerned at the increasing cases of Covid-19 amongst working journalists and grieves the death of more than 100 journalists in the second wave of the pandemic. In Mumbai, at least four journalists lost… Continue Reading →
May 1, 2021 Members of diverse people’s movements across India, including many prominent activists, including Medha Patkar, Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey, have asked the government to withdraw the FIR filed against activist Prof Kusumam Joseph. The FIR was filed against her for posting an appeal on Facebook to the… Continue Reading →
BY JIGNESH PATEL In the 76th edition ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the COVID pandemic and advised people to consult doctors for medical help. At 0:28 minutes into the talk, when the Prime Minister said that several doctors… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON APRIL 27, 2021 The Editors Guild of India on Monday said it is deeply disturbed by reports of “inhuman treatment” being meted out to Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police… Continue Reading →