-Scroll.in Umakant Lakhera remarked that although a state of Emergency has not been declared, all its features are visible. A multi-pronged attack on the press is currently underway and a concerted effort is being made to portray the media as being dangerous to society, Press Club of India President Umakant Lakhera said on Monday. He made the statement during a meeting held on “Creeping Infringement of Media Freedom and Assault on Personal Liberty...
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Jobs Lost, Dip in Income: Survey of Delhi Workers During Second Wave Paints Grim Picture
-Newsclick.in Conducted by the Delhi unit of the CPI(M) in the first two weeks of June this year, the survey reinforced the demand for schemes involving cash transfer and guaranteed employment in the national capital. A survey of the working masses in Delhi, conducted in the aftermath of the second COVID-19 wave earlier this year, has painted a stark picture of its impact on resident’s livelihoods, thereby reinforcing the demand for schemes...
More »'Govt Should Come Clean': Three Press Bodies Condemn Pegasus Surveillance on Journalists
-TheWire.in The Press Club of India, Mumbai Press Club and Indian Women’s Press Corps have all condemned the attempted and successful surveillance on journalists and others. New Delhi: Several journalists’ bodies have condemned the attempted and successful surveillance on phones linked to journalists, ministers and officials, among others, as revealed in reports under the Pegasus Project following investigation carried out by The Wire and several other global media organisations. Describing it as “unprecedented”...
More »COVID-19 surge may taper off by end of May, says virologist Gagandeep Kang -Sudha Vemuri
-The Hindu She stresses on the protection that vaccines can offer against disease The current COVID-19 surge in India may begin to start tapering between the middle and end of May, virologist Gagandeep Kang said on Wednesday. At a virtual interaction with members of the Indian Women Press Corps, Dr. Kang said, “Best guess estimates from a number of models put this somewhere between the middle and end of the month. Some models...
More »Nirmala dismisses report on human rights in India
-The Hindu Says think tank has not even got country’s map correct Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at the U.S. think tank Freedom House — which has downgraded India’s status from “free” to “partly free” — accusing the body of not even getting the “Indian map” correct. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on behalf of the government also issued a statement calling the report “misleading, incorrect and misplaced”. Speaking to reporters at...
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