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SC urged to set up panel to monitor Hate speeches

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A host of eminent citizens, including jurists, police officers, scientists and businessmen, have appealed to the Chief Justice of India and other judges of the Supreme Court to take sou motu action over "alarming and threatening" statements made by ministers and elected representatives, including the alleged 'Hate' speech by junior HRD minister Ram Shankar Katheria. The signatories to the letter, submitted to the Supreme Court on...

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85 major anti-Christian incidents in 2015, claims NGO -Manash Pratim Gohain

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Citing 85 major incidents of alleged persecution of Christians across 20 states last year, a report by a minority and human rights NGO says 2015 saw an unprecedented spike in "intolerance" against the community. The report says on an average India saw one such incident of Hate crime against Christians a day last year. While the report terms Madhya Pradesh as the worst state, followed by...

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Indian elite must wake up to public welfare: Piketty -Nina Martyris

-The Times of India MUMBAI: Rock-star French economist Thomas Piketty said it was "very moving" for him to be in Mumbai "after what happened in Paris in the last few weeks". In a wide-ranging conversation moderated by writer Patrick French, Piketty, author of the acclaimed Capital, an exposition on global inequality, and renowned Harvard professor Michael Sandel, whom French introduced as "the public philosopher of the BBC", talked about everything from growing...

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Hate speech must be punished to preserve peace, harmony: Centre to SC -Amit Anand Choudhary

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At a time when the Centre is being cornered for not being able to rein in its ministers and leaders of the ruling party who are making provocative speeches, the government has justified before the Supreme Court the retention of penal provision for Hate speeches and has even supported the prosecution of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for promoting hatred between Hindus and Muslims. According to the...

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Preethi Herman, who heads the largest online social change portal in the country, speaks to Nikita Lamba

-Tehelka As change.org starts its Hindi version, Preethi Herman, who heads the largest online social change portal in the country, speaks to Nikita Lamba about how ordinary people are being empowered to bring about the changes they want to see. * What drove you to start this venture in Hindi considering that the netizens of today’s world use English for communication? The lingua franca of about 47 percent of India’s internet population is...

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