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The Supreme Court is all set to hear a crucial batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, on December 12. This Act maintains the status of religious sites as they stood on India’s Independence Day and bars legal attempts to alter it. A special bench…

The ubiquitous “foreign hand” is back again. It has hovered over Indian politics for decades, especially when the party in power is criticised for its actions, or inaction. It has been particularly persistent in the last decade and more since Narendra Modi became prime minister.

संबित पात्रा पिछले जन्म में शायद कॉमरेड श्रीपाद अमृत डांगे हुआ करते थे. मेरे ऐसा कहने की कुछ वाजिब वजहें हैं. अमेरिका की पूंजीवादी नीतियों और आर्थिक दबंगई के खिलाफ कम्युनिस्टों से ज्यादा विरोध किसी ने नहीं किया. विद्वानों की राय है कि कई बरसों के बाद किसी ने अमेरिका…

In 2020, when Apple released the first Apple Silicon computer, the M1 Macbook Air, it upended the personal computing industry in fundamental ways. Apple’s chips were not only powerful but provided unprecedented efficiency. Suddenly, laptops could easily have 12-15 hours of battery life. This meant that just like your phone,…

State Human Rights Commissions in at least 16 of India’s 28 states do not meet requirements mandated under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

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ऑल्ट न्यूज़ के संस्थापक मोहम्मद जुबैर के समर्थन में अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार संगठनों ने एक पत्र जारी किया है. ये पत्र जुबैर के खिलाफ उत्तर प्रदेश में उनके सोशल मीडिया पोस्ट को लेकर एक नया मामला दर्ज होने की खबरों के कुछ दिनों बाद आया है. पत्र में अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार संगठनों…

In its latest annual report on digital censorship in India, internet watchdog Internet Monitoring Action Project pointed to the blocking of news content websites Hindutva Watch and the Kashmir Walla and what “appears to be a trend in blocking services that allow users to operate the internet anonymously”.

Note: This interview was first published in October 2022.

Days after reports of a fresh case being lodged against Alt News founder Mohammed Zubair in Uttar Pradesh over his social media post, international human rights organisations have issued a letter in his support, condemning the police action.   

Seven years ago, the CBI raided NDTV and the homes of its founders, Prannoy and Radhika Roy, in connection with a Rs 375 crore loan they took from ICICI Bank in 2008.