Behind the Struggle Against Erosion of Free Speech is a Fight Over the Rule of Law: A few weeks ago, finance minister Arun Jaitley was at an LSE event where he was asked about last month’s Ramjas College incident. In response, Jaitley said that freedom of expression is fine but stops at “anti-national” discourse. He also condemned…
Religion, Women, Drugs, Decency, public order, Sovereignty and Integrity, all form the basis for CBFC’s decision with respect to Udta Punjab, Had Anhad and Lipstick under the Burkah films. The disputes and controversies around the said films reflect the subjectivity inherent in CBFC’s assessment and judgment. The fact that the Courts reversed all excisions made…
India’s drive for a cashless economy puts millions at risk of cybercrime: When the Indian government recently banned two high-value currency notes, it led to all sorts of chaos. It led to huge queues to exchange money at banks and ATMs. And this in a country where more than half of its citizens do not…
Google India, IT Ministry launch initiatives for Narendra Modi’s ‘New India’: NEW DELHI: In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘New India’, Google India and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) have announced a set of initiatives aimed at empowering citizens and creating abundant opportunities for all. Read More
Now a Miss India forced Assam govt to act on a child abuse case it has been ignoring: A day after Miss India 2016 Priyadarshini Chatterjee wrote to the Assam chief minister about an alleged child abuse involving a professor of Guwahati’s Assam Agricultural University, Sarbananda Sonowal flung to action and directed the police to…