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Assam moves MSME ordinance, protests on conversion of land, Outlook

Outlook 02 July 2020 Guwahati, July 2 (IANS) The Assam Cabinet”s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without multiple clearances from the certain authorities for setting up Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) set off protests within and outside the state on Thursday. According to police and official sources, agitators from the […]

Indian Journalists Are Being Targeted for Questioning Governments’ Handling of the Pandemic, Vice

Vice 19 June 2020 The country’s media persons are facing criminal charges and intimidation for exposing lack of transparency around the crisis. On June 13, a journalist was charged with various offences by the police of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) for a story filed from within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary […]

IPI, IFJ urge Modi to prevent increasing use of sedition laws against journalists, Deccan Herald

Deccan Herald 22 October 2020 Two international media organisations have shot o a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent action to “prevent the increasing use” of sedition laws and other legal sanctions against journalists and ensure that they “can work without harassment and fear of reprisal”. Two international media organisations have […]