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Aarogya Setu app affects our privacy-Prof. Rajeev Gowda

The Indian Express COVID19 Mandating use of Aarogya Setu app illegal: Justice B N Srikrishna Centre must address privacy concerns, and ensure greater transparency on Aarogya Setu The government’s latest attempt at circumventing our fundamental right to privacy is the Aarogya Setu app. Written by Rajeev Gowda | Updated: May 12, 2020 10:01:22 am Centre […]

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A grand illusion of Governance – Modi Sarkar

INDIANAMA Smoke, mirrors and Modi: A grand illusion of governance Emotion and grand political statements may normally distract and attract voters. In a crisis, they are poor substitutes for governance. Samar Halarnkar Yesterday · 06:30 am Smoke, mirrors and Modi: A grand illusion of governance The staff of INHS Asvini hospital are showered with flower […]

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Fighting Covid 19 in India. Congress Party shows the way. By Pawan Khera.

  Congress Party Doesn’t Just Critique, It Also Rescues: Pawan KheraPAWAN KHERA COVID-19 is a global crisis that has brought every single leader under the lens. Under normal circumstances, political reflexes of leaders can be spun around in a million ways, and are seen through multiple prisms of ideology and identity. In times such as […]

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Arnob Goswami keeps spreading venom says Pawan Khera.

Arnab Goswami vs Congress: Drama for TV ratings or attack on free speech? Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami has been granted protection by the SC for three weeks from any “coercive action” by the police in relation to FIRs filed against him. THEPRINT TEAM 24 April, 2020 5:12 pm IST The Supreme Court Friday granted […]

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Lockdown should not be extended – Cure should not be worse than the disease.

Modi must not extend lockdown. Economy won’t survive on ventilator for long Modi must think hard before listening to political advice on extending the Covid-19 lockdown. There are some cures worse than the disease. R JAGANNATHAN8 April, 2020 2:35 pm IST US President Donald Trump sounded like a complete chump when he announced two weeks […]

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Demonetization Revisited says Kamal Hassan about the lockdown.

NATIONAL Lockdown | Modi making same mistake of demonetisation albeit at a larger scale: Kamal Haasan STAFF REPORTER UPDATED: APRIL 07, 2020 11:48 IST This ill-planned lockdown is leading us to a fatal combination of loss of both life and livelihood, he says In a sharp attack on India’s response to COVID-19 pandemic, Makkal Needhi […]

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I grieve for my country as never before – Julio Ribeiro

I grieve for my country as never before People I have known for ages and counted as my friends are vertically divided. Our only hope of success is that our two great leaders suddenly begin to realise that India with its diversity will be destroyed if they insist on taking the suicidal path they have […]

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The Communal Project gets a 2002 Playbook – Sanjay Jha .

The price of hate Sanjay Jha Yahoo News28 February 2020, 5:22 PM IST The irony was palpable: US President Donald Trump was at Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, during his India visit, a sort of a perfunctory pilgrimage for visiting foreign dignitaries to the apostle of non-violence and truth, while the capital city […]

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Sagarika Ghose says that India has become an authoritarian state that criminalises dissent and replaces dialogue with danda.

Blogs Polarisation and riots: Dialogue is crucial to a healthy democracy. Its absence triggers confrontation and violence February 28, 2020, 8:00 AM IST Sagarika Ghose in Bloody Mary | Delhi, Edit Page, India | TOI Images of bloody communal violence have scarred Delhi. The violence comes barely weeks after a shrill and polarised election campaign in which anti-CAA protesters became the target of incendiary rhetoric by […]