N. Ram
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Director, The Hindu Publishing Group (THG); former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu Group of Publications; Trustee, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai
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Congratulations to The Hindu’s editorial team on this page 1 headline — the best by some distance in the Indian media and, dare I say, in the international media:
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Evidently it is part of the Finance Minister’s job under the BJP Union government to purvey fake news — toxic disinformation pure and simple, aided and abetted by a Tamil newspaper.
TN govt has banned watching live telecast of
#AyodhaRamMandir
programmes of 22 Jan 24. In TN there are over 200 temples for Shri Ram. In HR&CE managed temples no puja/bhajan/prasadam/annadanam in the name of Shri Ram is allowed. Police are stopping privately held temples also…
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Everything, including public opinion surveys, point to a big win for the DMK and the DMK-led alliance in the coming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. It could turn out to be a sweep across the 234 seats and a rout for the ruling party.
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Rafale documents: we are committed to protecting our sources, says N. Ram - The Hindu
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It’s about time the ways of the Isha Foundation & Jaggi Vasudev were investigated, under the rule of law:
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New Zealand is special — what a charming way to announce your World Cup ODI squad!
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Exclusive: Government waived anti-corruption clauses in Rafale deal, N. Ram in The Hindu
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Exclusive: Rafale deal not on ‘better terms’ than UPA-era offer, N. Ram in The Hindu
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This rigorously fact-checked piece in The Hindu of May 26, 2023 exposes the falsity of the propaganda that the “Sengol” or spectre symbolised and sanctified the “transfer of power”!
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A perfect match! The big secret is out thanks to a series of no-nonsense directions issued by the Supreme Court of India to the State Bank of India. Look up the comprehensive table in this exclusive story in The Hindu to learn who paid how much to which political party via the…
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Uphold media freedom and independence: Statement by the Editors Guild Of India
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This was on the front page of every newspaper, unless the newspaper was in on the coup.
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Poll panel steps in to allow launch of book on Rafale deal
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Here’s a lesson in parliamentary procedure and democracy — worth emulating in all (purportedly) parliamentary systems of government, including in India:
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Exclusive: Modi’s decision to buy 36 Rafales shot the price of each jet up by 41% - N. Ram in The Hindu
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Congratulations Ravish Kumar on this recognition of your brave, independent, and pro-people journalism. Very well done NDTV.
Ravish Kumar Wins Magsaysay Award For His Journalism
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Free & fair elections? Dr Palanivel Thyaga Rajan (PTR) on the way the Election Commission of India is conducting the 2024 elections (the18th Lok Sabha election along with elections to the State Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim)
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And may I ask what values you hold & practice? Respect for the Indian Constitution and for the secular & democratic values it breathes? Do you believe in the equality of all citizens? Or that your ilk are more equal than others”
@nramind
where were your values when
@the_hindu
did a leftist hit job on
@AkshayaPatra
There are many other instances of such hit jobs and lies; pl issue an official apology for this hit job and publish to prove you still have values!
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How is Twitter allowing the valorisation of Nathuram Godse, a diehard Hindutva-vadi & terrorist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi?
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On AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest on laughable charges: Read this editorial in The Hindu, June 30, 2022:
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I follow a simple rule on social media: Block anything that’s abusive, nasty, nonsensical, or simply noise. I don’t wish to waste time & energy even scanning such posts.
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Read Prashant Bhushan’s clear-sighted & upstanding statement submitted in today’s hearing before Justice Arun Mishra’s Supreme Court of India bench:
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar gets it egregiously wrong. A first year law student can tell him that in India, Parliament is not supreme -- the Constitution is. He seems to have mistaken the UK for India! Vice President Hits Out At Supreme Court Again...
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Congratulations, Prannoy, Radhika & team. This shows that people in India and round the world value truth-telling, independent, fearless journalism. is beyond question India’s No. 1 news website and we are proud of its international standing.
Thank you to our loyal, fantastic audience. We're thrilled to share this news.
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'This is really an attack on freedom of press': N Ram on NewsClick raids
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Here is a series of outstanding analytical stories on the working of the electoral bonds scheme (struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India) by The Hindu’s digital journalism team:
1.ED and IT had conducted searches on many firms which purchased electoral…
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Commend the firm and fitting response from The Music Academy and its President to the bigoted, casteist objections by a small coterie of set-up Carnatic musicians who can’t stomach the choice of an eminent, widely acclaimed, erudite, and articulate musician for the highest…
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Watch this:
#Speaking4India
: Why is the BJP silent on the accusations of the CAG which exposed huge irregularities worth over Rs. 7.5 Lakh Crores ???
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Defence Ministry protested against PMO undermining Rafale negotiations, N. Ram in The Hindu:
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Express and act in solidarity with NewsClick in the face of an outrageous & lawless assault on media freedom in India. Here’s what happened:
Statement from Newsclick
Today, on 3rd October, 2023, raids were carried out by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police at various locations…
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No evidence against Chidambaram, says N. Ram
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This is journalism? Bharti Jain, the Times of India’s Editor-Internal Security, tweeted a bizarre & defamatory string of falsehoods about Amartya Sen & Nalanda University. Read ‘Amartya Sen and Nalanda University: Debunking a web of untruths - Alt News’
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Will India’s SEBI & the Enforcement Directorate take cognisance of these investigative reports and investigate the fresh allegations? Or will there be an attempted cover-up, which is likely to fail? And will this new information come up before the Supreme Court of India, which is…
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Bravo Venki! Nobel Winner Ramakrishnan Slams Amit Shah’s Argument, Condemns Citizenship Amendment Bill
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Tamil Nadu pioneers another much-needed welfare scheme other States must emulate — breakfast for children in government primary schools across the State “When schools whet the appetite of students, and feed them,” The Hindu, September 3, 2023
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How idiotic! The calibre of your disinformation is pathetic, beneath contempt.
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Here’s a good — well-planned, revealing, and meticulously documented and verified — investigation by Newslaundry and The News Minute into the patterns of political funding in India:
‘Part 1: Behind the BJP’s rise and rise, bonds, trusts and raids on corporates’:
‘Corporate…
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Whatever be your political or ideological orientation, be proud of what Kerala under the LDF government has achieved thus far: ‘Coronavirus | For second day in a row, no new case in Kerala’:
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Views from a vantage position at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai — Pakistan vs Afghanistan, October 23, 2023, before a sporting crowd that appreciates & applauds good cricket from both sides.
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And Sachin Tendulkar pontificating that “External forces can be spectators but not participants” is laughable. Is expressing an opinion ‘participation’?If Tendulkar wishes his opinion to be respected, he should stick to cricket and matters he is knowledgeable about.
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What I said was that The Hindu, like other media organisations, took a big hit on ad revenue during the pandemic; and separately that central government advertising stopped after we published the Rafale investigative stories — but we will not bend. The video makes this clear.
N Ram says The Hindu Took a Big Hit on Ad Revenue Post Rafale Exposé, But "Will Not Bend".
@the_hindu
and
@nramind
ran an excellent series on the Rafale deal in 2018.
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Don’t miss the findings of this exclusive data-based analysis of the electoral bonds scandal by The Hindu and an independent research team, The Hindu, April 3, 2024:
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Don’t miss this — PTR (Tamil Nadu IT Minister, Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan), erudite and crystal clear as usual, on the key issues behind electoral bonds and why these bonds go against the grain and very heart of constitutional democracy.
"Electoral bonds are undemocratic and unconstitutional. Undeniable patterns have emerged. Damage has been done to Democracy," says PTR Thiagarajan, DMK Minister. Watch
(
#ReporterDiary
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@PramodMadhav6
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A sort of prediction: If you were a political observer keen on protecting constitutional values & the secular character of the republic, wouldn’t you say this is the right moment for Rahul Gandhi to make a meaningful re-entry as party leader, re-energised and up for the fight?
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Let’s pay our respects to the 101 journalists in India who lost their lives to Covid-19. Here’s the list. Tragically, we’re still counting…
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This is a fight for the very idea of India: Rahul Gandhi - The Hindu
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Give due credit to Poonam Agarwal, who back in 2018 as a journalist with The Quint, bought an electoral bond for Rs 1000 to do an investigative story. She had a forensic test done on the bond which revealed a unique number. This unique number has enabled data journalists to…
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Investigative reports by N. Ram on the Rafale deal - The Hindu
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Read this article on India’s interceptor missile capability published in The Hindu in March 2011: Capability to neutralise enemy satellites proved - The Hindu
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Thank you for your interpretation. But this is not about the PMO “pushing” the duly constituted Indian Negotiating Team “hard”. It is about opening a parallel track of negotiations behind the back of the INT and “undermining” the Indian negotiating position, in favour of France.
@nramind
Even if PM did push the Rafale team hard, it amounts to nothing. Administrative influence and pressure to deliver are commonplace in any organizational setup, unless the CEO is a dead duck.They r trying to get something done fast ( due to urgent need by Airforce)
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I have nothing to do with this. What I can assure you is that we will do our very best to prevent The Hindu’s “hard-earned” reputation and legacy of 142+ years “being squandered away”.
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Well done Pratik and Alt News. Your fact-investigation & fact-checking work is invaluable — world class — in the fight against disinformation & misinformation. More power to Alt News as a journalistic resource and public good.
Hello folks, Alt News completes 3 years today!
You're the reason we have been able to sustain ourselves. Your desire for the truth keeps us motivated. Continue to be a part of this fight against misinformation.
Donate to
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The coronavirus slayer! How Kerala's rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19, The Guardian
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How impartial and fair is the current Election Commission of India? Read this editorial in the Deccan Herald, “Election calendar suits BJP well”.
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The Election Commission of India has badly let down the Indian voter. It has failed a tough test that is vital to electoral democracy.
This is as a reminder and to request you to please join us today for this important consultation in Delhi today on an issue so central to "free and fair elections" .
@jan_sarokar19
#jansarokar2019
@saikatd
@Mashqura
@MrinalPande1
@_pallavighosh
@RanaAyyub
@nramind
@madhutrehan
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Fact-check: Call out the bigoted and casteist coterie targeting T.M. Krishna and The Music Academy for its choice of Krishna as Sangita Kalanidhi for the 2024 annual conference and concerts — which Hindutva disinformation text is the small coterie of musicians reading from? Here…
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It’s absurd for the Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement chastising people, including celebrities, outside India for exercising their right of free speech in support of the agitating farmers! “Rihanna angers Indian government with tweet...”
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Read this important editorial: Undeclared Emergency: The Hindu Editorial on the arrests in the Newsclick case - The Hindu
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Support the Dainik Bhaskar Group. Let us be clear: the crude, mala fide raids on this media group are in retaliation against its brave journalism, its investigation & exposé of the catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic crisis by the Hindutva Authoritarianism Regime (HAR).
#NDTVExclusive
| “There is no way that these raids will impact our style of journalism”: Om Gaur (
@OmGaur1
), National Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, on income tax raids
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A dark day indeed for the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed by our republican Constitution and central to our freedom struggle.
Through this act, the Supreme Court has let itself down, and has let the Republic down too. A dark day for Indian democracy.
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Welcome the Supreme Court of India’s no-nonsense interim order putting the State Bank of India on notice for potential punitive action against it for wilful disobedience of court and directing the bank to submit by tomorrow, March 12, detailed information on electoral bonds and…
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Fali Nariman, India’s most eminent lawyer and jurist, tells Rajdeep Sardesai that in its judgment upholding the abolition of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir, the “Supreme Court failed to recognise that abrogation of article 370 even if it is a temporary provision was not…
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The ‘Kerala model’ is also a model for complete transparency & elegant communication of what’s been happening in the battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19):
GoK Dashboard | Official Kerala COVID-19 Statistics
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The misuse of official agencies to target Opposition political leaders has reached ugly new levels. It is no coincidence that the Enforcement Directorate has been let loose against another Tamil Nadu Minister, K. Ponmudy, at a time Opposition leaders are meeting in Bengaluru.
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SC decision on Rafale case review pleas: Red-letter day for the press, says N. Ram
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A timely and statesmanlike gesture by Prime Minister Imran Khan, this should help de-escalate a dangerous situation: “IAF Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman: Pakistan To Release Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman Tomorrow As "Gesture Of Peace".’
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This well-reasoned editorial page article in The Hindu of February 9, 2022 by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin explains how and why NEET is unacceptable — and how The NEET Exemption Bill defends the right to education & social rights & upholds the State’s rights:
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The right thing: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin announces a full Statewide lockdown from 4 am, Monday, May 10 to 4am, Monday, May 24. He has released a detailed explanation for why this has become necessary & unavoidable.
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A superb educative response from Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR):
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Viral: Fake quotes by world leaders offering support to India over tensions with China - Alt News
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A must read for anyone who wishes to understand what’s going on in India.
My article on the Economies of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh…🙏 to
@frontline_india
for keeping it outside their paywall.
For the last 5 years, Per capita growth in UP has been ~2% lower than TN.
If it were to miraculously become 2% higher EVERY year, it would still take 60+…
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Every State should adopt such a law: West Bengal Assembly passes bill against mob lynching, Congress and CPI(M) back legislation via
@scroll_in
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Over the top: The decision to expel Mahua Moitra smacks of political vendetta, editorial in The Hindu, November 11, 2023
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Shocking, yes, by normal standards -- but should we really be shocked by these revelations about India's authoritarian regime? Who else but the Union government or its agencies could have done this?
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Thanks for the free elementary science lesson — before I received your expert insight, I didn’t quite realise the distinction between the ‘theoretical’ and the ‘experimental’! Now my apprehension about this matter has been removed.
@nramind
Mr Ram, in science we have two branches, 1-Theoretical & 2- Experimental ,
What ur article of 2012 is talking abt just Theoretical part of it, and capability to hit a live target comes only under Experimental success .
Hope it's remove all ur apprehension now!!
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Investigative reports by N. Ram on the Rafale deal
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Hear this powerful LokSabha speech by Dayanidhi Maran, M.P, who addresses issues that matter.
Spoke on the DMK's firm stand against the The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha today.
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India’s rank falls further to 140 out of 180 in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières). The United States slips down to No. 48.
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A boost to true investigative journalism: Former CJI R.M. Lodha - The Hindu
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About time these anti-constitutional, unlawful, mock-heroic antics of Governors whose political mission is to thwart the programmes and policies — especially welfare policies — of Opposition parties in the service of their BJP overlords, and who think they have licence to lord it…
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Your challenge is based on a basic fallacy: The Constitution has been supreme from the time it came into force — on January 26, 1950. The first elected Parliament came into being in April 1952. It is the Constitution that conferred on Parliament the amending power…
How can Constitution be supreme if Parliament through an established process can amend it ? Till Oct 2021 our Constitution has been amended 105 times.
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Don’t miss Dr Manmohan Singh at his sharpest, most elegant and measured, and, on economic reforms, his (neo-liberal) best: ‘An unrest, a slowdown and a health epidemic’ The Hindu:
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Read “Arrogant Modi-Shah Regime Dismissed Scientific Warnings”, by Brinda Karat, :
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Relevant question:
AIDS was first discovered in the US in the 1980s and spread to the world, causing great agony for the world, has anyone held the US accountable? he said. (2/3)
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A person who is ignorant of, or has no respect for, constitutional norms in a parliamentary democracy is unfit to be Lieutenant Governor of a Union Territory, let alone Governor of a State.
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Do you believe in the secular values of our Constitution and of our freedom struggle?
I hold the constitution to be true,believe all of us are equal,all Of us entitled to our rights and have obligations under the constitution,the rule of law not the rule of Man, party,or family,should prevail, Got it? Not an extreme leftist,totalitarian beliefs like you!
@nramind
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If independent, critical journalism succeeds in getting under the skin of brainless & ranting communal fanatics , it should be counted as a professional triumph. Well done, Rajdeep.
Thanks my friend! What these guys won't tell you is how everyone in restaurant came up and said sorry, these 'goons' don't represent Bengaluru or India sir! There is hope!👍
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An iconic science institution shames itself by trying to censor a talk by Teesta Setalvad on “Communal harmony and Justice” organised by those who want to “Break the Silence”. What does IISC Director Govindan Rangarajan’s silence on this high-handed and indefensible action —…
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L’affaire Rafale: Read this succinct & penetrating analysis by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
Opening statement of P. Chidambaram - 18 January, 2019
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What is this FIR about? It is clear that The Wire and the journalists who worked on the meta stories were the victims — not the perpetrators — of an elaborate fraud through disinformation, forgery & a possible conspiracy.
FIR against The Wire
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A welcome blow for freedom of expression — from the Supreme Court of India:
Citizens have right to criticise revocation of Article 370, says Supreme Court, The Hindu
Criticising Abrogation Of J&K Special Status, Wishing Pakistanis On Their Independence…
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