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Northeast people battle racism amid coronavirus pandemic, The Week

The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]

Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Urges SC to Initiate Contempt of Court Proceedings, The Sentinel

The Sentinel Published on August 3, 2019 NEW DELHI: Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RAAG) Suhas Chakma on Friday stated that the release of the district-wise draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) data by the Government of Assam on Thursday before the State Assembly constitutes contempt of court as the Supreme Court had […]

Journalism as News Laundering and Bhakti, The Wire

The Wire 14 July 2020 By Avay Shukla It would be fair to say that not since 1947 has the standard of the media plumbed the depths it has today; it is, in fact, no longer the fourth pillar of democracy but its fifth column, hollowing out the republic from within. Move over, Arnab Goswami […]