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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicFreedom of expression

Topic: freedom of expression

SubscriberWrites: Trump’s war on education and academic freedom

Trump’s move to bar international students from Harvard isn’t just policy—it’s an attack on academic freedom, diversity, and the soul of American higher education.

Why Supreme Court reversed Delhi High Court’s Wikipedia page takedown order in ANI defamation case

'Both judiciary & media are foundational pillars of democracy, a basic feature of our Constitution. For a liberal democracy to thrive, both must supplement each other,' says the top court.

Global support for press freedom high, but only 28% feel media Is truly free, finds Pew survey

Analysis, based on nationally representative surveys from 35 countries—along with additional data from US—examines public opinion on freedom of speech, press, and internet.

‘We will withhold, but we disagree’: X on govt’s order to block accounts linked to farmers’ protest

The social media platform said that a writ appeal challenging govt’s blocking orders remains pending and called for making the order public to enhance transparency.

‘Strong message must be sent out’ — Bombay HC order upholds Hitachi employee’s sacking over FB posts

Overturning a Pune court’s findings, Justice Jadhav concluded that enquiry against employee was 'absolutely fair & proper', added that freedom of speech can't go beyond reasonableness.

‘Vulgar, obscene & profane’: Delhi HC pans makers of TVF show College Romance, upholds FIR

Courts must step in when self-regulatory bodies don't perform their functions, judge asserts. Swear words & profanities are not part of standard Hindi or any other Indian language.

‘Social media, not big press, is where democracy will continue to thrive’, says ACJ chair

N. Ram, director of The Hindu Publishing Group, and Arun Ram, resident editor of The Times of India, Tamil Nadu editions, also spoke at Chennai event on freedom of expression.

Artistes from the subcontinent call for visa-free South Asia

Sapan, a coalition of individuals and organisations that works towards peace in South Asia, holds talks on the 'onslaught on art and freedom of expression' by 'authoritarian regimes'.

Slipping since 2014, India ranks 119 out of 165 in Human Freedom Index by US-Canada think tanks

Annual Human Freedom Index, by Cato Institute in US and Fraser Institute in Canada, has used 82 indicators to rate countries from 2008 to 2019.

Concerned about ‘potential threat to freedom of expression’ — Twitter on police visit, IT rules

Twitter is concerned about a rule that requires social media companies to appoint a compliance officer who would be held 'criminally liable' for content posted on the site.

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Feudals prevent SC/ST, minorities, women from voting: Rajiv Gandhi on electoral reforms

On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.