Tag: freedom

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Power of contempt of court misused to stifle free speech: Prashant Bhushan

September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan has been convicted and fined by the Supreme Court for contempt of court. However, ...

National

Kashmir group calls India’s internet ban ‘digital apartheid’

August 25, 2020

Srinagar:: A prominent rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir Tuesday described a communications blackout imposed by India following its scrapping of ...

International

Donald Trump signs executive order targeting social media giants after Twitter row

May 29, 2020

Washington: The war of attrition between US President Donald Trump and social media platform Twitter took a new turn Thursday. ...

Coronavirus

In self-isolation boxer MC Mary Kom finds freedom

March 20, 2020

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has isolated her from the world outside but iconic Indian boxer MC Mary Kom says ...

Women smoke publicly at a coffee shop in north Riyadh on January 25, 2020. - Like Western feminists of the early 20th century, in an era of social change in Saudi Arabia some women are embracing cigarettes, shisha pipes or vaping as a symbol of emancipation. The sight of women lighting up in public has become much more common in recent months, an unthinkable prospect before the introduction of sweeping reforms in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Women are now allowed to take the wheel of cars, go to stadiums to watch sports and concerts, and obtain passports without the approval of a male guardian (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)

International

Saudi Arabian women smoke cigarettes in public to ‘complete’ their freedom

February 16, 2020

Riyadh: Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully, and seeing no one she recognises, ...

National

We have done nothing wrong, police harassing students

February 5, 2020

Even as the police Tuesday intensified investigation in the sedition case against the management and staff of Shaheen Primary and ...

National

Congress asks BJP to expel Anantkumar Hegde, Pragya Thakur over Mahatma Gandhi comments

February 4, 2020

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of having ‘hatred and contempt’ for Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress said Tuesday if the ruling ...

Home News

Narendra Modi exhorts people to promote indigenous products

December 29, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon people Sunday to promote indigenous products for the next three years till ...

Simon Joel has questioned the expulsion of Steven Butler

International

Pakistan blacklists, expels global journalists’ group leader Steven Butler

October 18, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the ‘Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ), ...

Sports

Mohammed Shami hails efforts of Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja

October 6, 2019

Visakhapatnam: Indian speedster Mohammed Shami hailed the efforts of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja after India defeated South Africa by ...

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Editorial

Losing To Win

December 18, 2024

I t may appear strange in most democracies, including India, that losing a no-confidence vote against a government leading to...

December 17, 2024

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is not an isolated event in the Middle East, but part of...

December 16, 2024

The people of South Korea and their representatives showed the world last weekend how real democracy works. The country’s parliament...

December 15, 2024

In 2021, I wrote a book called “Price of the Modi Years.” In one of its chapters, I compared India’s...

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