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‘Telecommunications Bill Lays the Ground for Totalitarian Control of the Internet’; ‘With Cleverly Drafted Telecom Bill, Government Tightens Grip on Digital India’; ‘Three New Laws Give the Govt Extraordinary Powers Over Journalism, Entertainment and Internet’; and ‘Telecommunications Bill, 2023: Of the State, By the State, and For the State’.
It may serve little purpose to dispel some of the myths around Article 370, now that India’s apex court appears have given its legal sanctity to some of them. Yet, truth must be told even long after the damage has been done.
‘Nehru and Kashmir: After SC’s Article 370 Order, BJP Attempts to Distort History Again’; Also: ‘Modi’s BJP Has Confirmed Nehru’s Worries About the Jana Sangh’s Divisive Plans for Kashmir’.
The saga of the wrestlers’ struggle against sexual harassment – spread over the year 2023 – underlines the fact that the struggle to ensure justice for women and punishment for those accused of crimes against women is integrally linked to the struggle for democracy.
Very few are actually asking why these poor subaltern kids were daring to repeat Bhagat Singh’s act, knowing that they will face serious consequences. Also: ‘Drop the UAPA Charges Against Youth Arrested in Parliament Jumping Case: PUCL’; and ‘Unemployment, Inflation: Rahul Gandhi Blames PM Modi’s Policies for Parliament Security Breach’.
‘Congress’s ‘Donate for Desh’ Recalls the Discomfort with Corporate Funding’; Also: ‘Over 20,000 Attempts to Hack Crowd-Funding Site in Past 2 Days, Claims Congress’.
A long-standing plan to shift water between rivers in north-central India powers on, despite new science that casts doubt on its efficacy, and concerns over major ecological impacts.
A critique of the Uttar Pradesh government’s Safe City project for restricting the rights and mobility of women and perpetuating a form of ‘Hindutva Urbanism’.
There is a maelstrom of biases, misinformation, surveillance and deepfake generation that is now associated with generative AI. It is these trends rather than esoteric fears of loss of autonomy that cry out for immediate attention and regulation. The second in a 3-part series on AI.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed that V.D. Savarkar, the Hindutva icon, had written mercy petitions to the British on the basis of advice from Mahatma Gandhi. Dr Vinay Lal, a noted historian, repudiates Rajnath Singh’s claim and also challenges several existing myths.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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