Tag: current affairs – India

Manipur conflict drags ‘messiah of the poor’ Narendra Modi down to earth

Michael Safi During his near-decade in power, as India has convulsed with sectarian riots, mass protests at government policies, or popular rage at heinous crimes, Narendra Modi has hewed closely to playbook: say nothing, and stay above the fray. The Indian prime minister has never taken questions at a press conference in the country, declines interviews with critical… Read More Manipur conflict drags ‘messiah of the poor’ Narendra Modi down to earth

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Stop funding hate, IIM-Bangalore faculty tell corporates

In an open letter, 11 present and six retired IIMB faculty members said India’s internal security is ‘fragile…with an increasing risk of violent conflicts in the country’. Rashmi Belur A section of current and retired faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) have asked corporate leaders to “de-fund the spread of misinformation and… Read More Stop funding hate, IIM-Bangalore faculty tell corporates

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Death of the heart

Modi is an architect of fractures, that’s the credo with which he has marched since he deciphered, with diabolical clarity, the dividends of Gujarat 2002 Sankarshan Thakur There is a vice greater than the vice of bigotry and its attendant ills. It is the vice of giving it a free pass, the vice of collaboration.… Read More Death of the heart

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IAS, IPS and IFoS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?

The Indian government has brought in new rules that allow it to cancel pensions of retired bureaucrats who have served as high-ranking officers in some of the most coveted government jobs… Julio Ribeiro, a retired police officer said the new rules send the message that an officer should “not speak up and be pliant”. “They… Read More IAS, IPS and IFoS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?

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Is Nuh demolition targeting a particular community? Punjab and Haryana HC

QUESTIONING THE demolition drive in Nuh following communal violence last week, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday asked whether properties of a “particular community” were targeted “under the guise of a law and order problem”, and an “exercise of ethnic cleansing” was being conducted. Pointing to reports that demolition orders and notices were not… Read More Is Nuh demolition targeting a particular community? Punjab and Haryana HC

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After Pune teacher’s arrest: Fear and surveillance in the classroom

If, as a teacher, you become overly cautious before you utter a word, if you worry that a student is recording your lecture, or the administration is continually monitoring your every move, how can you teach Marx, Gandhi, Ambedkar, Tagore, Iqbal, Manto and Premchand freely, spontaneously and creatively?  Avijit Pathak The primary reason I could… Read More After Pune teacher’s arrest: Fear and surveillance in the classroom

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ये खेल भी नहीं चलने वाला मोदी जी, फंस गए आप

“यह सत्ता हासिल करने के लिए पूरे देश को मणिपुर बना देगा।..” YOUTUBE-    / 4pmnewsnetwork   FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/4pmnewsnetwo… TWITTER- https://twitter.com/4pmnews_network WEBSITE- http://www.4pm.co.in/ Email : 4pmconnect@gmail.com ये खेल भी नहीं चलने वाला मोदी जी, फंस गए आप || Modi || Politics

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Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU

NB: The temptation of our day is to accept the intolerable, for fear of still worse to come: Hermann Rauschning, The Revolution of Nihilism (1939). DS This is an appeal to the national and global academic community at large, including JNU alumni as well as teachers’ associations, student bodies and individual professors and students across the world.… Read More Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU

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Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field

Bharat Bhushan The Supreme Court’s stay on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The public perception of Rahul Gandhi’s conviction from the very beginning was of a witch-hunt. The general feeling was that those in political power wanted to keep him… Read More Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field

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