The Supreme Court’s decision to grant a provisional bond to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami has sparked strong reactions. Among people who identify themselves as liberal, there are three broad lines of thought. First, there are those who feel that Goswami should not have received a bond in the first place. …
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday denounced former US President Barack Obama’s comment that Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi was like a student who was eager to impress but lacked the ability. to master a topic, ANI reported. Excerpts from Obama’s memoirs, A promised land, were mentioned in Nigerian writer …
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New Delhi: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has released an information document raising serious concerns about the Indian Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), arguing that the law is “illegally obstructing the critical work of non-governmental organizations” . Under the Narendra Modi regime, the FCRA has been strengthened several times, …
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Conventional wisdom says Republicans are good for India and Democrats are a problem. The former are stubborn realists, while the latter tend to be clumsy liberals, concerned with issues like human rights. That is largely a folk tale. When the going gets tough, the Democrats, from John Kennedy to Barack …
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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 …
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‘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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Two days after his first five-pitch round in the Indian Premier League (IPL), spinner Varun Chakravarthy won his first Team India call-up for the T20 series in Australia later this year. Varun posted figures of 4-0-20-5 and helped his Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team record a 59-run win against Delhi …
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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 …
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