Freedom of Press Index: Last thing Indian media needs is more regulation: India ranks an abysmal 133rd among 180 countries in the Freedom of Press Index. Moreover, a 2011 survey by a Hong Kong based research firm had said that India is the most over-regulated country in the world. But all this has not quelled…
Google Internet Saathi: Truly Digitising India?: Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have one thing in common. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Index 2016, these countries are the most gender equal in the world. India, not famous for the same egalitarianism, ranks a lowly 87 on the same list. Read More
Visible rise in intolerance in India: N. Ram: The state of free speech is fraught in India, with a massive misuse of laws producing a “chilling effect” on the media, N. Ram, Chairman and Publisher of The Hindu group of publications, said in Galle on Friday. Speaking on ‘free speech deficits’ at the Galle Literary…