This article was co-produced with Press Watch, an independent site that monitors and critiques American political coverage. My article in the Washington Monthly on Monday revealed how, under the cover of launching a news "tab" that as far as I can tell doesn't effectively serve any other purpose, Facebook in 2019 started delivering massive amounts of cash to the most …
The Supreme Court found a police officer, M.S. Does it not follow that the Supreme Court, by entertaining the writ petition that challenged its judicial order in a concluded matter for contravening the fundamental right of personal liberty, has conceded by necessary implication that a writ petition is maintainable under Article 32 against a judicial order for violating fundamental rights …
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 19 July. Justice Katju further argues, without empirical proof, that only 1 percent of Scheduled Castes can benefit from reservation, while creating an illusion that the entire Scheduled Caste population of 22 crores is benefited. Even if only 1 percent have got the advantage of reservation, the number should be compared with …
A historical united people’s struggle led by patriotic, modern-minded leaders, like Mustafa Kemal of Turkey or the leaders of Japan after the Meiji Restoration, will be required for bringing about a transformation to lift India from the ranks of underdeveloped to developed countries Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s birth anniversary was on 25 December, and on this occasion, many Pakistanis said that …
Something odd caught my eye on Twitter the other day. Someone had tweeted a version of an article I’d written for HuffPost — complete with the same headline and image — but the link led to a different website: Newsbuzzr. It had been swapped out for “Jack,” a mononymous Newsbuzzr writer, and a busy one at that: “Jack” has churned …
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