Rhea Chakraborty
NCB chasing media hype, as drugs business booms in India
October 21, 2021
Just over a year after it had kept the national media attention and, by extension the national focus, on Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, by arresting her on drug-related charges, the Narcotics Control Bureau is back at it, this time with Aryan Khan, the son of top A-lister of...
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Arnab Goswami arrest no attack on press freedom
November 5, 2020
Moments after a team of Raigad police officials raided residence of Arnab Goswami, managing director of Republic Media Network, on Wednesday and arrested him on charges of abetment to suicide a strong and sharp response came from the ruling BJP and several union ministers slammin...
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International Democracy Day 2020: Lockdown on Indian democracy
September 15, 2020
“I was supposed to receive an award from the state government for one the best professors but suddenly after a Facebook post, my name was withdrawn from the list of nominees,” says an assistant professor at Lucknow University. “All I did was to put up a Facebook post about ...
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2020: India making a parody of suicide prevention
September 10, 2020
On World Suicide Prevention Day, observed annually on September 10, India holds an unprecedented record of suicide attempts and suicide deaths owing to the pandemic, economic crisis, lockdown stress and lack of suicide preventive measures. The insensitivity of media and unperturb...
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