Order on Online Webinars May Have Been Withdrawn But Reflects Anti-Education Mindset
The official fear of a different point of view, a different perspective, will rob Indian educational institutions of their lifeblood.
Representative image of a virtual conference on an online platform. Photo: Chris Montgomery/Unsplash, (CC BY-SA)
Rights08/Mar/2021
Almost a month after the Ministry of Education circulated an office memorandum citing new Ministry of External Affairs rules mandating government clearance for online conferences or seminars on subjects relating to India’s ‘internal affairs’, the MEA withdrew this diktat and tried to cite the pandemic as alibi for its controversial move.
What Exactly is the Crime Disha Ravi is Accused Of?
Is it illegal to gather support for a protest in India or communicate with people abroad? From the details the police provided, she and the others are not even accused of communicating with any of the individuals arrested or wanted for the violence on January 26.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the arrest of 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, outside the police headquarters in New Delhi, India, February 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
World22/Feb/2021
New Delhi: On Saturday, February 20, a Delhi court reserved its order on the regular bail application filed by 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi. Additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana posted the matter for February 23, tomorrow.
Elon Musk got 4,000 SpaceX workers to join a covid-19 study. Here’s what he learned
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk.
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When Covid-19 shut down the U.S. economy in March, Elon Musk had a rocket to launch.
The billionaire’s space exploration venture, SpaceX, was planning to blast a crewed spacecraft into the sky in May and wanted to stay on schedule. That meant finding a way to keep facilities safely open and limit the spread of Covid-19, a challenge when tests were in short supply.
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The Courage to Think and the Spectre of Dissent
Dissidents reject living a lie. That is why they come into conflict with the state, not deliberately but simply because they do what they feel they must do.
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Rights20/Feb/2021
The dramatic opening lines of Vaclac Havelâs pathbreaking essay ‘The Power of the Powerless’ (1978) read thus: âA spectre is haunting Eastern Europe, the spectre of what in the West is called âdissentâ.â Havel, the well-known Czech playwright, essayist, politician and one-time dissident was the tenth and the last president of Czechoslovakia, and the first president of the Czech Republic. He wrote this essay for a joint Polish Czechoslovak project on freedom and power.
Leading English Newspapers Criticise Disha Ravi s Arrest in Editorials
The newspapers almost in unison say the undemocratic measures practiced by the current government â not a mere toolkit â are tarnishing India s image globally.
Disha Ravi. Photo: Twitter
Rights17/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The leading English newspapers of the country in their editorials have slammed the Union government on the “hush-hush” arrest of the 22-year-old green activist, Disha Ravi, on three counts.
One, the editorials have wondered whether the Delhi Police does not understand, or is not aware of, the fact that “toolkits” â one of which is currently under scrutiny â are no more than advocacy documents used globally to mobilise support for the causes protestors believe in.