Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

News Reporting Is Fast Disappearing Into News Laundering, The Citizen is Hopeful

The Citizen is Hopeful 13 July 2020 Move over, Arnab Goswami and Sambit Patra- the putrefying corpse of Indian journalism has a new poster boy! None other than our resident, apoplectic walrus, Major General G.D.Bakshi. The good general has ascended/ descended ( depending on whether you are a bhakt or a gentleman) to hitherto unplumbed […]

PUCL, PEN International condemn FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma, The Scroll

The Scroll 23 June 2020 While PUCL called the charges ‘bizarre’, PEN International said that the FIR showed that the real intention of the Indian state was to stifle dissent. Human rights organisation People’s Union of Civil Liberties and global writers’ association PEN International on Tuesday condemned the first information report filed against Scroll.in Executive Editor Supriya […]

Rights group raises concern on Assam’s MSME ordinance; FINER demands developed land, KNN India

KNN India 03 July 2020 Guwahati, Jul 3 (KNN) Assam government’s ordinance to allow conversion of land for MSMEs to set up industries on the basis of a self-declaration — without the requirement of any “permission, clearance or licence” for three years seems to have taken a political colour as after opposition, now the Rights and […]