Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem was detained last month for activities "prejudicial to the security of the State".
Imphal: An Imphal-based journalist, who was detained last month...
The social safety net for the Indian population is adequate, though improvements in health and education infrastructure are necessary and can be achieved through reallocating capital expenditure.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
There is a phrase judges sometimes use : This shocks the conscience of the Court. The NSA may not exactly be the law on sedition, on which the SC has laid down certain guidelines fifty years ago. However, the undisputed facts of this case have been in the public domain for a long time. In the past, a simple post card has been treated as a PIL. Courts must feel a special obligation to protect the freedom of the press, the most valuable part of the freedom of expression, which is a fundamental right. It would have been wonderful if the apex court had been pleased to take suo motto cognisance of this case, called for the records and proceedings. Passed the sort of strictures that would have chilled the blood of would be tyrants for the future.
What a relief. Political parties promise the moon in their Manifestos. What would get my vote is a sincere, heartfelt promise : We will bring India’s rank in the first fifty in the Global Index of Press Freedom.
There is a phrase judges sometimes use : This shocks the conscience of the Court. The NSA may not exactly be the law on sedition, on which the SC has laid down certain guidelines fifty years ago. However, the undisputed facts of this case have been in the public domain for a long time. In the past, a simple post card has been treated as a PIL. Courts must feel a special obligation to protect the freedom of the press, the most valuable part of the freedom of expression, which is a fundamental right. It would have been wonderful if the apex court had been pleased to take suo motto cognisance of this case, called for the records and proceedings. Passed the sort of strictures that would have chilled the blood of would be tyrants for the future.
What a relief. Political parties promise the moon in their Manifestos. What would get my vote is a sincere, heartfelt promise : We will bring India’s rank in the first fifty in the Global Index of Press Freedom.