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New higher secondary textbooks cover State’s history, growth, contemporary developments

New textbooks for HS provide content on State's econ. dev., social movements, historical events & contemporary landscape. Content on Partition, Gandhi's assassination, Gujarat riots, Mughal kings, patriarchy, racism, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Emergency, Varghese Kurien, Naxalbari movement, caste system, Ayyankali, Channar revolt, Kallumala agitation, trade unions, transgender policy.

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Parties doing politics in the name of JP and Lohia colluding with Congress, says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 25 targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and other Opposition parties and alleged that while these parties called themselves followers of socialists Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, they were colluding with the Congress, which…

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48 years on, PM Modi calls Emergency ‘dark’ and ‘unforgettable period’ in India’s history

On the 48th anniversary, PM Modi reflects on the period of Emergency in India’s history. Read the full news on The Hindu.

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In Mann Ki Baat before U. S. trip, PM Modi seeks blessings, recalls horrors of Emergency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 18 said the Emergency was a dark era in the country’s history when atrocities were committed on those supporting democracy.

The Hindu

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexual harassment of wrestlers, says will contest 2024 polls

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh did not refer to the protests against him, top wrestlers of the country, including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have accused him of sexually harassing women grappler

The Hindu

No data, questions ignored, sports used for ‘propaganda’: The trials of the modern Indian journalist

In India, the “good old days” of journalism weren’t that great. News was dangerous during the Emergency and governments did their best to stifle the free press, such as former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra’s 1982 Bihar Press Bill.

Newslaundry

TV Newsance 202: How news anchors justified Income Tax ‘survey’ on BBC

Is the BBC funded by China? Is the BBC losing its credibility in the UK?

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Emergency prisoners, farmer leaders, journalist: Who are the non-Congress people with Bharat Jodo Yatra?

After placing India under an authoritarian Emergency regime in 1975, Indira Gandhi’s Congress threw an estimated 1.4 lakh people in jail. Dileep Singh, then in his early 30s, was one of them. He was imprisoned for 19 months.

Newslaundry

Impolite Conversations: Lessons from the Emergency

On September 10, Newslaundry and the Internet Freedom Foundation hosted FoE Con 2022, a forum that brought together media personalities and leading voices in the legal sphere to map the media and regulatory framework in contemporary India.

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Digvijaya Singh urges Lalu to participate in Bharat Jodo Yatra to send out 'good message'

Lalu Prasad had alleged that an Emergency-like dictatorial atmosphere prevails in the country with institutions being "destroyed"

The Hindu

Undeclared Emergency in India, says SDPI leader

National president M.K. Faizy maintains the party will continue to work among people

The Hindu

‘Becoming Sanjay Gandhi threw up a lot of challenges’, says actor Vishak Nair

Malayalam actor Vishak Nair plays Sanjay Gandhi in the Hindi film, Emergency, directed by actor Kangana Ranaut

The Hindu

Entertainment: Shreyas Talpade to portray Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 'Emergency', first look out

On Wednesday, the makers unveiled Shreyas' look as Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde restores Emergency pension scheme scrapped by Uddhav Thackeray Govt

The scheme, which was introduced by the Devendra Fadnavis government in 2018, was scrapped by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation in 2020

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I hang my head in shame: Kapil Sibal on state of judiciary

Kapil Sibal said Emergency was declared by virtue of powers that were provided for in the Constitution.

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Mann Ki Baat | Should never forget dreadful period of Emergency: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounts Emergency in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address

The Hindu

Chhattisgarh Congress calls 1975 Emergency a “constitutional system”

In a bid to counter BJP’s arguments, Congress’s media in-charge cites constitutional provision to justify the act

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Citing overlap, NCERT removes portions on 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, Mughal courts from class 12 books

Many of these changes were announced earlier this year when the Central Board of Secondary Education rationalised its syllabi in April

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Experts optimistic about future of media and freedom of expression

The situation is not as dire as it was during the Emergency, says N. Ram

The Guardian - UK

Emergency by Daisy Hildyard review – a dark pastoral

Humans and ecosystems are intertwined in this meditative, beautifully sustained novel about coming of age in a globalised world

The Hindu

46th anniversary of Rajan’s arrest during Emergency observed

Whereabouts of the student’s body still shrouded in mystery

The Hindu

Current situation worse than Emergency: Sadiqali Thangal

‘People scared of criticism are coming up with steps threatening media freedom’

Newslaundry

The Original Lutyens’ Insider

Maurice Nagar chowk in Delhi University doesn’t exactly look like a place that could host a bustling public event. But, it did once — four decades ago. Old timers recall that a huge crowd had gathered here in 1977 when Arun Jaitley was welcomed in a public reception on his…

Newslaundry

What is cross-media ownership? And do we need to regulate it?

The Indian media landscape is witnessing a change like never before. With corporate buyouts of media houses and rapid expansion across platforms, there’s a pressing need to debate and discuss media ownership rules in India. Every now and then, there’s talk of “self regulation” as an option and history has…

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