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251 migrants died during lockdown; ‘Singapore Syndrome’ behind spike: Study, ETV Bharat

ETV Bharat01 June 2020 A study by RRAG has revealed that as many as 251 migrants workers died while on their way back home — 81 on Shramik special trains, and the rest on other modes of transport. The group also drew a parallel between the reasons behind the rise in cases in Singapore and […]

Ramachandra Guha: Why Ram Mohun Roy’s colonial-era petition for press freedom is still relevant, Scroll

Scroll 21 June 2020 The Indian press is less free, more vulnerable to state intimidation than at any time since the Emergency. In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This gave the government […]

PM Modi urged to tell States to drop sedition cases against journalists, The Hindu

The Hindu 21 October 2020 Letter to PM Modi says that in past few months, a number of journalists have been charged under Section 124A of IPC. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, along with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in a letter to Prime Minister […]