-The Hindu Journalism, which is often characterised by "superficiality and dilettantism," will benefit greatly from the contributions of scholars covering serious issues such as the agrarian crisis in India, according to N. Ram, Chairman, Kasturi and Sons, which publishes The Hindu. Delivering a lecture on ‘News Media and Agrarian Issues' at the Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS) Mr. Ram urged scholars and specialists to conduct workshops for...
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Spike in curbs on free speech in 2013
-The Hoot From three in 2011 and five in 2012, there have been 8 deaths of Journalists in 2013. The rise in the number of instances of censorship this year and increasing surveillance, bode ill for free speech in India. A yearender from the FREE SPEECH HUB. Please click here to access Free Speech in India 2013: A report from The Free Speech Hub of the Hoot. ...
More »Media censorship, surveillance rose in India in 2013: report -Venkatesh Upadhyay
-Live Mint Eight Journalists were killed in 2013 while covering stories, six of them during the Muzaffarnagar riots New Delhi: More Journalists were killed and attempts to censor the media increased across the country this year, said a report titled ‘Free Speech in India 2013' from the media affairs website, the Hoot. Eight Journalists were killed in 2013 while covering stories, six of them during the August-September Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh....
More »No rethink on subsidised LPG: Moily
-The Business Standard Oil minister says Parikh report sound but government has to take realities into account; to proceed with Direct Benefits Transfer in 291 districts from January despite SC order Union petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily said there'd be no raising of the present cap on the number of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) cylinders a household was entitled to in a year. In the wake of severe electoral reverses for the ruling...
More »The Law, Rape and Son Preference: A Reality Check
November last when a young journalist was allegedly sexually assaulted by the editor of Tehelka, a magazine where she worked, an important report on gender bias of Indian laws was launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Titled 'The Law and Son Preference in India: A Reality Check' the report claims that most Indian laws -- be it prevention of dowry law, anti sexual assault law or inheritance law--...
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