Congratulations to The Hindu’s editorial team on this page 1 headline — the best by some distance in the Indian media and, dare I say, in the international media:
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Any problem with the headline now? twitter.com/Kaalateetham/s
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Rafale documents: we are committed to protecting our sources, says N. Ram - The Hindu
Exclusive: Government waived anti-corruption clauses in Rafale deal, N. Ram in The Hindu
Exclusive: Rafale deal not on ‘better terms’ than UPA-era offer, N. Ram in The Hindu
This was on the front page of every newspaper, unless the newspaper was in on the coup. twitter.com/Kaalateetham/s
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Poll panel steps in to allow launch of book on Rafale deal
Exclusive: Modi’s decision to buy 36 Rafales shot the price of each jet up by 41% - N. Ram in The Hindu
Congratulations Ravish Kumar on this recognition of your brave, independent, and pro-people journalism. Very well done NDTV.
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Ravish Kumar Wins Magsaysay Award For His Journalism
And may I ask what values you hold & practice? Respect for the Indian Constitution and for the secular & democratic values it breathes? Do you believe in the equality of all citizens? Or that your ilk are more equal than others”
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@nramind where were your values when @the_hindu did a leftist hit job on @AkshayaPatra There are many other instances of such hit jobs and lies; pl issue an official apology for this hit job and publish to prove you still have values! twitter.com/nramind/status…
I follow a simple rule on social media: Block anything that’s abusive, nasty, nonsensical, or simply noise. I don’t wish to waste time & energy even scanning such posts. twitter.com/MODIfiedVikas/
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On AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest on laughable charges: Read this editorial in The Hindu, June 30, 2022: thehindu.com/opinion/editor
Congratulations, Prannoy, Radhika & team. This shows that people in India and round the world value truth-telling, independent, fearless journalism. NDTV.com is beyond question India’s No. 1 news website and we are proud of its international standing.
Defence Ministry protested against PMO undermining Rafale negotiations, N. Ram in The Hindu: thehindu.com/news/national/
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar gets it egregiously wrong. A first year law student can tell him that in India, Parliament is not supreme -- the Constitution is. He seems to have mistaken the UK for India! Vice President Hits Out At Supreme Court Again...
This is journalism? Bharti Jain, the Times of India’s Editor-Internal Security, tweeted a bizarre & defamatory string of falsehoods about Amartya Sen & Nalanda University. Read ‘Amartya Sen and Nalanda University: Debunking a web of untruths - Alt News’
No evidence against Chidambaram, says N. Ram
Bravo Venki! Nobel Winner Ramakrishnan Slams Amit Shah’s Argument, Condemns Citizenship Amendment Bill
Whatever be your political or ideological orientation, be proud of what Kerala under the LDF government has achieved thus far: ‘Coronavirus | For second day in a row, no new case in Kerala’:
Will India’s SEBI & the Enforcement Directorate take cognisance of these investigative reports and investigate the fresh allegations? Or will there be an attempted cover-up, which is likely to fail? And will this new information come up before the Supreme Court of India, which is… Show more
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And Sachin Tendulkar pontificating that “External forces can be spectators but not participants” is laughable. Is expressing an opinion ‘participation’?If Tendulkar wishes his opinion to be respected, he should stick to cricket and matters he is knowledgeable about.
Tamil Nadu pioneers another much-needed welfare scheme other States must emulate — breakfast for children in government primary schools across the State “When schools whet the appetite of students, and feed them,” The Hindu, September 3, 2023
What I said was that The Hindu, like other media organisations, took a big hit on ad revenue during the pandemic; and separately that central government advertising stopped after we published the Rafale investigative stories — but we will not bend. The video makes this clear.
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N Ram says The Hindu Took a Big Hit on Ad Revenue Post Rafale Exposé, But "Will Not Bend". @the_hindu and @nramind ran an excellent series on the Rafale deal in 2018. thewire.in/media/n-ram-th
This is a fight for the very idea of India: Rahul Gandhi - The Hindu
A sort of prediction: If you were a political observer keen on protecting constitutional values & the secular character of the republic, wouldn’t you say this is the right moment for Rahul Gandhi to make a meaningful re-entry as party leader, re-energised and up for the fight?
Investigative reports by N. Ram on the Rafale deal - The Hindu
Thank you for your interpretation. But this is not about the PMO “pushing” the duly constituted Indian Negotiating Team “hard”. It is about opening a parallel track of negotiations behind the back of the INT and “undermining” the Indian negotiating position, in favour of France.
Read this article on India’s interceptor missile capability published in The Hindu in March 2011: Capability to neutralise enemy satellites proved - The Hindu
Well done Pratik and Alt News. Your fact-investigation & fact-checking work is invaluable — world class — in the fight against disinformation & misinformation. More power to Alt News as a journalistic resource and public good.
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I have nothing to do with this. What I can assure you is that we will do our very best to prevent The Hindu’s “hard-earned” reputation and legacy of 142+ years “being squandered away”.
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@nramind why sir, why? Hindu's hard earned legacy is being squandered away.
The Election Commission of India has badly let down the Indian voter. It has failed a tough test that is vital to electoral democracy.
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This is as a reminder and to request you to please join us today for this important consultation in Delhi today on an issue so central to "free and fair elections" . @jan_sarokar19 #jansarokar2019 @saikatd @Mashqura @MrinalPande1 @_pallavighosh @RanaAyyub @nramind @madhutrehan twitter.com/jan_sarokar/st…
How impartial and fair is the current Election Commission of India? Read this editorial in the Deccan Herald, “Election calendar suits BJP well”.
The coronavirus slayer! How Kerala's rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19, The Guardian
Support Alt News, a valuable resource against fake news & against toxic falsehoods masquerading as news:
It’s absurd for the Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement chastising people, including celebrities, outside India for exercising their right of free speech in support of the agitating farmers! “Rihanna angers Indian government with tweet...”
A dark day indeed for the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed by our republican Constitution and central to our freedom struggle.
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Through this act, the Supreme Court has let itself down, and has let the Republic down too. A dark day for Indian democracy.
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Support the Dainik Bhaskar Group. Let us be clear: the crude, mala fide raids on this media group are in retaliation against its brave journalism, its investigation & exposé of the catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic crisis by the Hindutva Authoritarianism Regime (HAR).
The ‘Kerala model’ is also a model for complete transparency & elegant communication of what’s been happening in the battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19):
GoK Dashboard | Official Kerala COVID-19 Statistics dashboard.kerala.gov.in/index.php
A timely and statesmanlike gesture by Prime Minister Imran Khan, this should help de-escalate a dangerous situation: “IAF Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman: Pakistan To Release Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman Tomorrow As "Gesture Of Peace".’
SC decision on Rafale case review pleas: Red-letter day for the press, says N. Ram thehindu.com/news/national/
Viral: Fake quotes by world leaders offering support to India over tensions with China - Alt News
Every State should adopt such a law: West Bengal Assembly passes bill against mob lynching, Congress and CPI(M) back legislation scroll.in/latest/935709/ via
"BJP Trying To Saffronise Me... Won't Get Trapped": Rajinikanth's Warning ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-new via
The misuse of official agencies to target Opposition political leaders has reached ugly new levels. It is no coincidence that the Enforcement Directorate has been let loose against another Tamil Nadu Minister, K. Ponmudy, at a time Opposition leaders are meeting in Bengaluru.
Shocking, yes, by normal standards -- but should we really be shocked by these revelations about India's authoritarian regime? Who else but the Union government or its agencies could have done this?
A superb educative response from Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR):
Thanks for the free elementary science lesson — before I received your expert insight, I didn’t quite realise the distinction between the ‘theoretical’ and the ‘experimental’! Now my apprehension about this matter has been removed.
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Mr Ram, in science we have two branches, 1-Theoretical & 2- Experimental ,
What ur article of 2012 is talking abt just Theoretical part of it, and capability to hit a live target comes only under Experimental success .
Hope it's remove all ur apprehension now!!
Investigative reports by N. Ram on the Rafale deal
India’s rank falls further to 140 out of 180 in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières). The United States slips down to No. 48.
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A boost to true investigative journalism: Former CJI R.M. Lodha - The Hindu
Do you believe in the secular values of our Constitution and of our freedom struggle?
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I hold the constitution to be true,believe all of us are equal,all Of us entitled to our rights and have obligations under the constitution,the rule of law not the rule of Man, party,or family,should prevail, Got it? Not an extreme leftist,totalitarian beliefs like you! @nramind twitter.com/nramind/status…
Relevant question:
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AIDS was first discovered in the US in the 1980s and spread to the world, causing great agony for the world, has anyone held the US accountable? he said. (2/3)
Hear this powerful LokSabha speech by Dayanidhi Maran, M.P, who addresses issues that matter.
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Spoke on the DMK's firm stand against the The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha today.
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Don’t miss Dr Manmohan Singh at his sharpest, most elegant and measured, and, on economic reforms, his (neo-liberal) best: ‘An unrest, a slowdown and a health epidemic’ The Hindu:
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If independent, critical journalism succeeds in getting under the skin of brainless & ranting communal fanatics , it should be counted as a professional triumph. Well done, Rajdeep.
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Thanks my friend! What these guys won't tell you is how everyone in restaurant came up and said sorry, these 'goons' don't represent Bengaluru or India sir! There is hope!
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Your challenge is based on a basic fallacy: The Constitution has been supreme from the time it came into force — on January 26, 1950. The first elected Parliament came into being in April 1952. It is the Constitution that conferred on Parliament the amending power…
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How can Constitution be supreme if Parliament through an established process can amend it ? Till Oct 2021 our Constitution has been amended 105 times. twitter.com/nramind/status…
L’affaire Rafale: Read this succinct & penetrating analysis by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
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Here’s quick-change artist Tom Vadakkan on 07/03/2019: twitter.com/TVadakkan/stat
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5 million Indians thrown out of work between 2016 and 2018, unemployment rate double of what it was between 2000 and 2011 — findings of Azim Premji University study, “State of Working India 2019”:
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News analysis: Four reasons why the attacks on The Hindu’s Rafale story are shallow and self-implicating - The Hindu
A person who is ignorant of, or has no respect for, constitutional norms in a parliamentary democracy is unfit to be Lieutenant Governor of a Union Territory, let alone Governor of a State.
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Extremely crude and outrageous misuse of agencies of state — what is the Election Commission of India doing in the face of these flagrant illegalities? “Tax Raids On DMK's MK Stalin's Son-In-Law, 4 Places In Chennai Searched”
Read this important article by Krishna Prasad, speaking truth, without fear or favour, to the compromised Indian news media: Democracy can die in daylight too
That the highest court in the land was deeply divided was an open secret. Every lawyer in the land & many journalists knew this. Rumours were flying fast and thick about the rot within the institution. This straightforward disclosure by the four Judges is a rare public service.
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Very wrong to go public: court cannot be a divided house; tom other judges can also do this shaking the foundation of justice eroding public confidence; they have choice to resign and send a detailed letter but not this twitter.com/nramind/status
What is this FIR about? It is clear that The Wire and the journalists who worked on the meta stories were the victims — not the perpetrators — of an elaborate fraud through disinformation, forgery & a possible conspiracy.
FIR against The Wire
An iconic science institution shames itself by trying to censor a talk by Teesta Setalvad on “Communal harmony and Justice” organised by those who want to “Break the Silence”. What does IISC Director Govindan Rangarajan’s silence on this high-handed and indefensible action —… Show more
Read this important editorial in The Hindu: the larger question is what is happening to India’s constitutional institutions? thehindu.com/opinion/editor
Yes, my niece — my first cousin’s daughter Priya — is happily married to my longstanding friend, Dayanidhi Maran, DMK M.P. and former Union Cabinet Minister. Do you have any problems with that? twitter.com/CausticNews/st
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A view from the UK: ‘Imran Khan extends the hand of diplomacy – but India’s far-right are spoiling for war’ | The Independent
How Narendra Modi tried to censor a critical BBC documentary—and failed miserably - Prospect Magazine
And let me point out that in direct opposition to what the bigots & fanatics are braying for, The Hindu’s “Code of Editorial Values” guarantees guarantees “professionalism in the editorial functioning” freedom from external or internal interference:
Let communal & bigoted elements out to suppress freedom of expression, and its very core, freedom to criticise, bray over what is not to their liking. This only exposes them. Why are Karnataka’s schoolchildren unhappy with the mid-day meal? - The Hindu
Watch this heart-warming cricket video:
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Class 4 at cricket on a rainy day at #HajiPublicSchool. Sumeera and Aaqib Attu batting. #cricket #school #doda #jammu #kashmir
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