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Attack on Press Freedom’: Editors Guild, DUJ Condemn IT Dept ‘Surveys’ at media houses

-Newsclick.in Slamming the IT ‘surveys’ at the offices of NewsClick and Newslaundry, the Guild said the dangerous trend of harassing and intimidating independent media must stop. The Editors Guild of India, the apex body of journalists, on Saturday said it was deeply disturbed about the Income Tax Department’s “survey” conducted at the Delhi offices of news websites NewsClick and Newslaundry. In a separate statement, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) also condemned the...

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Why is it difficult for children from underprivileged sections of the society to get their lessons online? Read this new report to know.

Remote teaching and learning promoted by Edtech companies as an alternative to physical classrooms, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, may have a sizeable consumer base in our country. However, at the bottom of the pyramid, there are only a few takers of online education. In reality, class and caste-divide, which is more prominent in rural areas, affects access to digital learning. The majority of the school going...

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Kerala’s stringers lived a hard life. The pandemic made it worse -Jishnu D

-Newslaundry.com The local reporters put their lives at risk covering the pandemic, yet they are made to work for meagre wages and without much organisational support. “I tested positive twice and was quarantined for almost 50 days in the past year,” said a stringer working for a Malayalam television channel headquartered in Kerala’s Idukki. “Since I report on the pandemic, my work requires me to be in places where infection levels are...

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Inadequate Relief Measures Anger Flood Affected People of Bengal -Sandip Chakraborty

-Newsclick.in The lack of proper relief measures has caused the locals in the worst-hit regions to protest against the local TMC leaders and administration. Kolkata: Inadequacy of relief measures are plaguing four flood affected districts of West Bengal—Howrah, Hooghly, West Medinipur, and Burdwan—as Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) continues to release water following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas. There are protests breaking out in areas under affected and leaders of the ruling...

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Total number of journalists and media houses targeted was 228 in 2020, states India Press Freedom Report 2020 by RRAG

-Press release by Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) dated 30 July, 2021 NEW DELHI: “During 2020 at least 228 journalists (including two cases against media houses) were targeted. These included 12 female journalists who had faced physical violence, online harassment/ threats and cases including under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) of 1967”, stated Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) while releasing India...

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