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Topic: Press Conference

Sacked Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam says party structure destroyed by ‘5 power centres’

The former MP from Maharashtra was expelled for ‘indiscipline, anti-party statements’ after he criticised party’s seat-sharing formula with Sena (UBT) in Mumbai.

‘A big deal’–Modi to join Biden in press conference, will take questions from journalists

White House press conferences with other world leaders are usually tightly controlled by US officials, with reporters designated beforehand and limited questions.

AAP’s Raghav Chadha slammed for ‘throwing down’ mic of journalist late to Chandigarh press meet

AAP functionaries and supporters have called the criticism a 'scripted attack' on Raghav Chadha and claimed that he had 'politely' put the mic aside. 

Rahul Gandhi had another chance to look different from Modi. Comeback shows same old problems

Rahul Gandhi's 'interviews' with Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee and Rajiv Bajaj underscore all that is wrong with him, mainly the disconnect from ground reality.

Enough of mann ki baat Modiji. Covid-19 war is the time to take some questions

Leaders like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have held press briefings related to the coronavirus pandemic while PM Modi has only delivered speeches.

Judges call to laud me, I ask them to take a stand too: Justice Chelameswar

Outgoing SC judge stands by decision to call January 12 press conference, stresses he has nothing personal against anyone. 

The protest by the four judges did little except turn SC into a den of gossip and intrigue

Unless larger reforms are brought in, the only consequence of the press conference will be the loss of public trust in the judiciary.

Army chief says will call Pakistan’s nuclear ‘bluff’, cross border if govt asks

Gen. Bipin Rawat is the first military chief to speak on India-US-Japan-Australia quadrilateral approach, says India needs support on ‘assertive China’

The Chief Justice is selectively assigning cases to benches of his preference: Full text

The full letter written by Justice Chelameswar, Gogoi, Lokur, and Kurian Joseph to the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.