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How to handle a pandemic -KK Shailaja

-The Hindu The Kerala government has been successful in putting the public health sector back on the rails Every year after the Union Budget, Newspapers carry articles critiquing the abysmal allocation for the health sector. As the COVID-19 threat looms, doctors, healthcare professionals and state institutions have been regularly issuing guidelines on the precautions to be taken. However, the ubiquitous fault lines of India’s public healthcare infrastructure are being laid bare as...

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Media-manufactured hate in times of riots -Pamela Philipose

-The Tribune The recent violence that consumed Delhi forces us to confront a horrific if familiar truth: media-constructed ‘enemies’ eventually turn into flesh-and-blood people. The pogrom against the Sikhs in 1984, as the work of academics like the Oxford-based Pritam Singh reminds us, was preceded by what Singh termed “deeply embedded institutional communalism” in the coverage of events like Operation Bluestar and Indira Gandhi’s funeral by government-run media All India Radio and...

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Supreme Court orders parties to publish criminal history of Lok Sabha, Assembly candidates -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu Apex court says they must also explain why the candidates were chosen The Supreme Court on Thursday put political parties on a tight leash by ordering them to publish the criminal history of their candidates for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, along with reasons that goaded them to choose those with criminal antecedents over decent people, within 48 hours of the selection of the candidates. A Bench led by Justices Rohinton...

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Modi Sarkar wants 'news on Digital Media organisations' to register with the Registrar of Newspapers of India -Meghnad S

-Newslaundry.com But it also wants to abolish Registrar of Newspapers of India. Confused? Read on. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put out a notice inviting public comments for a shiny new Bill they are planning to introduce real soon. It’s called the “Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019” and it is going to bring about some major changes for the news industry. This new law will essentially replace the archaic  Press...

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Fix the legal system, look beyond the apex court -Arghya Sengupta

-Hindustan Times Improve judicial infrastructure, expand judicial training, and develop an evidence-based approach to reforms Think of a single, prominent white dot plotted against a black background. Imagine taking a step back and observing the picture. You would not be the only one if you only observed the dot and overlooked the vast expanse of black, though present in comparative spatial abundance. The Supreme Court of India, the white dot in India’s...

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