In the late 2000s, Dua's hugely popular programme 'Zaika India Ka' gave viewers a feel of street food first-hand — way before food blogging or vlogging took off in India.
To appreciate Vinod Dua, who passed away Saturday, was to be a creature of the eighties and nineties, way before TV news became a soap opera post-2000.
His daughter, comedian Mallika Dua, confirmed the news of the veteran journalist's demise. He was admitted to ICU less than a week ago after his health took a turn for the worse.
Upholding that dissent is not sedition, Supreme Court quashes sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua for YouTube video of him criticising Modi govt's Covid management.
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.
The SC has extended protection from arrest for Vinod Dua till 15 July, while observing that it could quash the sedition case if it found no merit in the allegations.
Journalist Vinod Dua’s petition is an opportunity for the Supreme Court clearly tell police and lower courts what constitutes sedition and how to deal with defamation cases.
With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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