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China built itself a veritable “Great Firewall” over the years, with a system of online censorship and social media restrictions that has created an alternative internet for those within China. Now, India is trying to evolve its own way to similarly police the internet, within the grey areas afforded by India’s free speech laws.
In the aftermath of protests in Delhi during last month’s Republic Day, the Narendra Modi government has been at loggerheads with Twitter over banning content and accounts which authorities deem unsavory to the establishment. While Twitter initially complied, it later partially rolled back the bans, stating freedom of speech and charging the Modi government with violating Indian laws.
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Modi showers praises on Padma Awardees
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26th January, 2021 01:24:26
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised this year s Padma Awardees, saying that India cherishes their contributions to the nation and humanity at large.
These exceptional individuals from different walks of life have brought qualitative changes in the lives of others, tweeted the Indian Prime Minister adding that they are proud of all those who have been conferred upon the Padma Awards.
Renowned Bangladeshi musicologist Dr Sanjeeda Khatun and Lt Col (retd) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zaheer have been named by India for this year s Padma awards. Indian Home Ministry made the announcement on Monday night.
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India’s persecution of minorities echoes in British parliament
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January 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD: India, under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is undergoing an immense rise of religious nationalist vigilante groups and worsening social discrimination, posing a grave threat to the religious freedom of minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians.
This concern was expressed by British parliamentarians in a debate secured by MP Jim Shannon at the Westminster Hall on Tuesday, terming as “most worrying and disturbing” the situation in India with regard to minorities, particularly Muslims, Christians and other ethnic groups.
Shannon said despite Modi’s pledge to commit to “complete freedom of faith” since his election in 2014, there had been a significant increase in anti-minority rhetoric. He quoted IndiaSpend’s analysis of Indian Home Ministry data, showing a 28 per cent rise in communal violence between 2014 and 2017, with 822 “incidents” being r
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