As soon as news broke of the arrest of Republic TV owner / editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, support for him came from everywhere. Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Union ministers Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and Prakash Javadekar and other senior party officials, expressed their outrage and compared it …
Read More »How (not) to defend Arnab Goswami
‘Let’s prosecute Arnab Goswami. Let’s not prosecute Arnab Goswami! Republic-type television, and let’s not rush to call it journalism, has for years occupied the space previously occupied by conventional journalism. Its political and monetary influence, driven by a growing ultra-nationalism in politics, has allowed it to dominate the space and …
Read More »Trump falsely claims victory while votes are still being counted
Wilmington, Delaware / Washington: President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory over his Democratic rival Joe Biden on Wednesday with millions of votes still to be counted in a race for the White House that will not be decided until a handful of states complete the counting of votes in the …
Read More »Modi’s government’s new land policy for J&K nullifies 7 decades of land reform
Srinagar: The Center notified the Third Order of the Reorganization (Adaptation of the Central Laws) of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, allowing for a number of further changes to the previous status. Under the new arrangements, a certificate of residence or permanent resident is not required …
Read More »Entering Fray, LJP has complicated social equations in various seats
Arrah / Gaya / Raghopur (Bihar): In the Naarhi village of Arrah, as the sun was about to set, a group of young people waited eagerly to receive Rajeshwar Paswan, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate from the Agiaon reserved constituency. They all belonged to the Bhumihar landowning caste, considered …
Read More »Farooq Abdullah to lead the Gupkar Alliance, Mehbooba to be Vice President
Srinagar: Seven major parties in Jammu and Kashmir formalized their newly stoned alliance for the restoration of Article 370 on Saturday, electing Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference as their chair and the head of the PDP, Mehbooba Mufti, as vice chair, stating that his was not an anti-national group …
Read More »‘Today was Stan Swamy, tomorrow it will be us’: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Wednesday expressed solidarity with human rights activists and lawyers who have been arrested in the Elgar Parishad case and charged under the Illicit Activities (Prevention) Act, and demanded that the law be repealed. strict law. They also urged the public to break their silence on …
Read More »In history’s first election, Seema Mustafa becomes president of the Publishers Guild of India
New Delhi: The Publishers Guild of India has its first president, general secretary and elected treasuries. Senior journalist Seema Mustafa, founder of the news website The citizen, was elected president and Sanjay Kapoor, editor of the Delhi-based magazine Difficult news magazine was elected general secretary of the guild. Ananth Nath, …
Read More »As DU universities face stiff competition for seats, Kejriwal calls on the Center to change the rules
New Delhi: With over 38,000 students scoring above 95% and nearly 1.6 lakh of students scoring over 90% on the Class 12 exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education this year, places are running low at the Universities of the University of Delhi. This, on Friday, prompted Delhi’s …
Read More »India ranks 94 out of 107 countries in the 2020 world hunger index
New Delhi: India is now ranked 94th out of 107 countries in terms of hunger, and remains in the category of ‘severe’ hunger according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. According to the study, 14% of India’s population is undernourished. Last year, the GHI ranking of India was 102 out …
Read More »