Indians fear fake news but are less concerned about press freedom

Indians fear fake news but are less concerned about press freedom

While distrust in fake news is high, confidence in systemic solutions such as a free press remains low | Photo Credit: EVGENIY MALOLETKA In India, while there is widespread anxiety about misinformation and fake news, people largely do not attribute it to government influence. Instead, a relatively large share do not mind greater state censorship, … Read more

कॉमेडी पर कोहराम! कुणाल कामरा के गाने पर महाराष्ट्र में सियासी संग्राम… FIR के बाद अब कॉल डिटेल्स खंगालने में जुटी सरकार

कॉमेडी पर कोहराम! कुणाल कामरा के गाने पर महाराष्ट्र में सियासी संग्राम… FIR के बाद अब कॉल डिटेल्स खंगालने में जुटी सरकार

स्टैंडअप कॉमेडियन कुणाल कामरा ने एक एक्ट किया, जिसमें उन्होंने तंज भरा गाना गाया और हंगामा मच गया. दरअसल, कॉमेडी के नाम पर कुणाल कामरा ने महाराष्ट्र के डिप्टी सीएम एकनाथ शिंदे के खिलाफ अपमानजनक शब्दों का प्रयोग किया. बात इशारों में हुई. तंज बगैर नाम लिए हुआ. कटाक्ष भी आड़े-तिरछे हुए लेकिन प्रतिक्रया एकदम … Read more

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Targeting the Modi government, Mr. Chidambaram said … Read more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

A flood affected locality at Singtam, in Gangtok district, Wednesday, October. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim; PM Modi dials CM At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst … Read more

Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy | CNN

Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy | CNN

Beijing CNN  —  Protests erupted across China throughout the weekend, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s stringent and increasingly costly zero-Covid policy. A deadly fire at an apartment block in Urumqi, the capital of the … Read more

Burned and banned: Can the ritual of destroying books kill thoughts or ideas?

Burned and banned: Can the ritual of destroying books kill thoughts or ideas?

“Powerful words cannot be distinguished,” says a remark in the video of veteran author Margaret Atwood, who, in collaboration with Penguin Random House, announced an ‘unburnable’ edition of her most famous work, The Handmaid’s Tale. This edition was not just meant for a burning act to signify censorship against dystopian literature conveyed in Atwood’s book, … Read more