Comedian Kunal Kamra, Editors Guild of India & others challenged 2023 amendment allowing Centre to set up fact-check unit to identify false online content 'related to business of govt'.
The agreement, signed in presence of Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma, came after 12 years of unconditional negotiations between the ULFA faction and govt.
The 4.5-kilometre Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi, which was under construction on a national highway, collapsed in the early hours of 12 November.
Through a 20 September circular, the Union Health Ministry allowed MBBS candidates, who had appeared for NEET-PG, 2023, to opt for leftover seats in medical colleges. But has not got a favourable response as these seats are in non-clinical branches.
23 vehicles, cited by CISF as 'security threat', added to list of items languishing at Shastri Bhawan, which houses several ministries & govt depts. 'Scrap disposal' to begin tomorrow.
Part of BJP’s poll promise of electoral reforms, theory aims for simultaneous LS & assembly elections. Panel to submit recommendations at the earliest, no time frame given.
The ministry's comments come weeks after data showed retail inflation in July rose to its highest in 15 months, as vegetable and cereals prices skyrocketed.
House panel last yr flagged that almost all metro networks are in losses. Centre has received 21 proposals & approved 2, is working on guidelines to standardise construction & lower cost.
Amid protests over Manipur, sloganeering & walkouts, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed by voice vote. ThePrint examines the amendments proposed but not discussed in Parliament.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the BJP-led central government to refrain from implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in...
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
While I find myself agreeing more with Justice Gautam Patel than Justice Neena Gokhale, some regulation needs to be applied to means of mass communication. The fiasco in the US where Trump, using his cult of personality, manages to promote a falsehood about the integrity of the 2021 election and by consequence of all state actors who participated in conducting it is scary. We have our own Rahul Gandhi who already tried this dirty low trick. I think everyone should have the right to call the prime minister an idiot online. Somehow, though we need to draw the line between the gravities of the statements : “The PM is an idiot” and “The election was stolen”. I don’t think that government alone should draw the line. This power could probably be exercised by civil servants, juries or the president. None of it is safe but giving such power to governments alone makes it possible for them to stifle inconvenient ro un-provable truths. At the very least, governments should have to explain why they decide a statement to be false and lay it before the public; not only identify it.
While I find myself agreeing more with Justice Gautam Patel than Justice Neena Gokhale, some regulation needs to be applied to means of mass communication. The fiasco in the US where Trump, using his cult of personality, manages to promote a falsehood about the integrity of the 2021 election and by consequence of all state actors who participated in conducting it is scary. We have our own Rahul Gandhi who already tried this dirty low trick. I think everyone should have the right to call the prime minister an idiot online. Somehow, though we need to draw the line between the gravities of the statements : “The PM is an idiot” and “The election was stolen”. I don’t think that government alone should draw the line. This power could probably be exercised by civil servants, juries or the president. None of it is safe but giving such power to governments alone makes it possible for them to stifle inconvenient ro un-provable truths. At the very least, governments should have to explain why they decide a statement to be false and lay it before the public; not only identify it.