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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicMallika Dua

Topic: Mallika Dua

‘It’s humanity’: BJP defends minister for helping Mallika Dua after Right-wing slams party

Pro-BJP individuals & Right-wing supporters criticised Union Minister Hardeep Puri for responding to Mallika Dua's tweet and arranging tocilizumab for her mother. Dua & her father, journalist Vinod Dua, are BJP critics.

#MeToo: Filmmaker Nishtha Jain alleges Vinod Dua harassed her in 1989, he denies

Jain says the incident occurred when Dua interviewed her for a job. Dua denies the allegation, says he’ll issue a statement Monday.

Left or Right must not matter in #MeToo: Nishtha Jain, who outed journalist Vinod Dua

Right-wing accounts were quick to use Jain’s allegation of sexual harassment against Dua, a famous Left-liberal voice critical of the Modi government.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.