Oppn party questions arrest of Bahubali Shah, one of the owners of newspaper Gujarat Samachar. Congress leader Jignesh Mewani says Gujarat govt should clarify its position on the case.
Pakistani journalist’s condolence message—critical of India's reaction to the attack—ended with ‘Allah o Akbar’, leading to a fiery debate in a WhatsApp group of South Asian Women in Media.
Chennai Press Club elected its managing committee members last month after a long period of protests & legal battle, leading to discussions about pushing for elections in other unions.
Drama at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia saw the 'ousting' of its core committee over budgetary concerns & 'expulsions' of members of its interim body.
'Ousted' Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia president S Venkat Narayan has written to them saying 2 members had admitted they were forced to sign resolution for his removal.
Eight FCC members called an ‘emergency meet’ on 4 Oct and unanimously passed a no-confidence vote ousting president, V-P & gen secy alleging lack of transparency in running club.
Certain members of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, who were not at the meeting, have called the removal of the president, vice president & general secretary ‘illegal’.
Chung Pui-kuen, Patrick Lam, could face a maximum jail term of 2 years, first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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