38 Named In Bank Fraud Cases Fled India In Last 4 Years: Probe Agency
Thirty-eight people, named in bank fraud cases being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have fled India since January 2015, the government informed parliament today.
China Laying Cables To Boost Communications At Ladakh Flashpoint: Report
Two Indian officials said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables south of Pangong Lake in Ladakh, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there.
“Why the Modi government gets away with lies, and how the opposition could change that”
https://theprint.in/opinion/why-modi-government-gets-away-with-lies/422211/
Why the Modi government gets away with lies, and how the opposition could change that
As with Putin’s Russia and Trump’s America, India faces a ‘fire-hosing of falsehood’. Mere fact-checking won’t defeat it.
NYT: “Under Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore. India’s government has pressured advertisers and even shut down channels to shape the information that 1.3 billion Indians receive. It’s part of a wider assault on dissent.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.amp.htmlUnder Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore
India’s government has pressured advertisers and even shut down channels to shape the information that 1.3 billion Indians receive. It’s part of a wider assault on dissent.
How Covid-19 is changing Indian politics
Modi’s ratings now depend heavily on his managing the health crisis, but as the Hindutva agenda is side-stepped, the opposition has a new opening.
Bloomberg News spoke to more than a dozen front-line physicians across India, and while none reported the sort of spike in patients with respiratory ailments that would suggest Covid-19 is already running rampant, all agreed it’s just a matter of time -- and that India isn’t ready.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/coronavirus-outbreak/pessimistic-indian-doctors-brace-for-tsunami-of-virus-casesDoctors Say It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Virus Sweeps India
In the country’s already stretched hospitals, concern is rising.
Mint Covid Tracker: India’s curve picks up, worryingly close to US trajectory
Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have seen the biggest spikes in confirmed cases over the past 24 hours
The real reason Amit Shah wants to know your mother tongue
In the absence of a proper data protection law, the NPR is an excessive centralisation of personal data waiting to be politically misused.
Everything that’s wrong with Nitish Kumar comes together in the failure of prohibition
It would be wise for Nitish Kumar to eat humble pie and undo prohibition. There are better ways to tackle alcoholism.
Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said that labelling dissent as “anti-national” or “anti-democratic” strikes at the heart of deliberative democracy.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-d-y-chandrachud-caa-protest-democracy-anti-national-6269831/Dissent is ‘safety valve’ of democracy: Justice Chandrachud
Terming dissent as the "safety valve of democracy", Justice Chandrachud said that silencing of dissent and the generation of fear in the minds of people go beyond the violation of personal liberty and a commitment to constitutional values.
