India News: As India battles Covid-19, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday urged the Centre to evolve a political consensus on a national policy to tackle
Ankara of
detaining tens of thousands of people and for cracking down on political freedoms under the guise of investigating the attempted coup of July 2016.
Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had imposed a state of emergency until 2018. But the government has continued detentions, jailing journalists, dissidents and opposition politicians.
According to non-governmental organisation the Committee to Protect Journalists, Turkey was the world’s second biggest jailer of journalists in 2020.
The bill directs the US secretary of state to provide assistance to civil society organisations in Turkey that are working towards the release of political prisoners.
It calls on Ankara to “take steps to significantly improve the dire climate for journalists” and “cease its ongoing crackdown on free expression on the internet, including
Whatâs In Store For Bengal: More Of The Same If Didi Wins, Mild Hope If BJP Does
by R Jagannathan - Apr 30, 2021 06:16 AM
What is in store for Bengal?
Snapshot
One has to worry that West Bengal is in for difficult times no matter who wins.
If the BJP hits the ground running with sensible plans to reform and revive West Bengal, it will have a better chance of success.
The TMCâs chances of doing anything better than what it already has done are slim.
With various exit polls spewing out their predictions yesterday (29 April), there is clear consensus that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win Assam and Puducherry, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Kerala and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK-led front Tamil Nadu.