French weekly Charlie Hebdo’s defiance in publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet following a deadly attack in Paris by terrorists, and Tamil author P Murugan’s decision to withdraw his works following protests have reignited the debate on freedom of expression, both at home and away. In India, the Constitution guarantees free speech but not the…
Paris: Almost 20,000 websites in France have come under attack from hackers in the aftermath of attacks by jihadist gunmen that killed 17 people last week, the defence ministry said Thursday. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyber security for the French military, did not specify who was behind the wave of attacks, but said the culprits…
A Greenpeace senior campaigner was “offloaded” at Delhi airport from a flight to London where she was scheduled to make a presentation before British MPs regarding alleged human rights violation at Mahan in Madhya Pradesh. Priya Pillai of Greenpeace was stopped by immigration officials early Sunday morning. “I was told by the immigration officer that…
Ronnie Screwvala, Ex UTV owner and a serial entrepreneur tweets “40% students drop out before the 8th grade. Digitizing higher education is a great way to bridge the gap between infrastructure and learning.” The above statement very well hints about Ronnie’s upcoming venture. Ronnie is launching UEducation, an online education portal focusing on higher education.…
Perumal Murugan, the writer is dead. He is not God, so he is not going to resurrect. He does not believe in reincarnation either. Various organisations, caste outfits in his home town Thiruchengodu, around 410 km from here, protested against his novel ‘Madorubhagan’, whose story revolves around the problems faced by a childless peasant couple…
Pope Francis, speaking of last week’s deadly attacks by Islamist militants in Paris, has defended freedom of expression, but said it was wrong to provoke others by insulting their religion and that one could “expect” a reaction to such abuse. “You can’t provoke, you can’t insult the faith of others, you can’t make fun of…
Pope Francis, speaking of last week’s deadly attacks by Islamist militants in Paris, has defended freedom of expression, but said it was wrong to provoke others by insulting their religion and that one could “expect” a reaction to such abuse. “You can’t provoke, you can’t insult the faith of others, you can’t make fun of…