By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Who does Urdu belong to? India’s right-wing seems to think it’s a foreign import, forced upon by so-called Islamic invaders. The latest fracas happened in April when a reporter from a far-right new channel barged into a popular fast-food chain and heckled its employees for labelling a bag of […]
India’s Supreme Court has put a controversial colonial-era sedition law on hold that critics say is used to stifle dissent. The judges asked the government to refrain from registering any new cases which invoke sedition until it finishes hearing petitions challenging it. The court also asked the authorities to pause all existing sedition trials. The […]
India’s aviation minister has said he is investigating a domestic airline after it allegedly refused to let a disabled teenager board its flight. The airline’s staff told the teenager’s parents that he was a risk to other passengers. The incident sparked widespread outrage with many calling out the airline for discriminatory behaviour. IndiGo has denied […]
By Calum McKay & Katie Hunter BBC Scotland The detention of a Scottish Sikh man in India has no legal basis, according to human rights investigators at the UN. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested on alleged terror offences in 2017 and is yet to stand trial. Now the United Nation’s Working Group on […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic More than 4.7 million people in India – nearly 10 times higher than official records suggest – are thought to have died because of Covid-19, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. India’s government has rejected the figure, saying the methodology is flawed. Will we ever […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
