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Assam Governor urged not to give assent to ordinance on MSMEs, The Sentinel

The Sentinel 02 July 2020 The Assam Cabinet’s ordinance on MSMEs allows the setup of industries without any kind of permission or license for three years Guwahati: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged the Assam Governor Professor Jagdish Mukhi, not to give assent to the Ordinance approved by the Assam State Cabinet […]

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 […]

COVID-19 Pandemic and Racism in the United States and India, Economic & Political Weekly

Economic & Political Weekly Vol. 55, Issue No. 23, 06 Jun, 2020 The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in many ways. Among the several implications for humanity, is the lesser talked-about issue of racism that has inherent psychological impacts. This article examines the rise of racial discrimination in the two largest […]