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2100 AT last the Government of India has realised the recklessness of letting the Press Act remain on the Statute Book, at any rate in its present form. At the last meeting of the Legislative Assembly, it was proposed by an official member that a Committee of officials and non-officials be appointed to examine the Press and Registration of Books Act and the Indian Press Act and report what modifications were required in the existing law. The proposal was carried, after it had been amended at the instance of two non-official members, so as to include the Newspapers Incitement to Offences Act w...

Put America first again in backing a free press Bill introduced by Klobuchar would hold governments accountable for too-frequent abuses.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune February 22, 2021 — 5:34pm Text size Copy shortlink: In 2018, the brutal murder and dismemberment of dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi became the most noted example of the extraordinary perils many media members face. Tragically, Khashoggi's killing was hardly unique: A growing global attack on journalists — and by extension the truth — has claimed mo...

Laws Laws Laws are rules that everyone living in a country is obliged to comply with. One of the Riksdag's most important tasks is to take decisions about the laws that are to apply in Sweden. A distinction is made between fundamental laws and other laws. The fundamental laws contain basic rules as to how the country is to be governed and take precedence over all other laws. The Government can also take decisions about rules that are to apply in Sweden. These rules are known as ordinances. All new laws and ordinances are published in the Swedish Code of Statute...

Read more about Farmers' protest: Cong slams BJP 'for FIRs against Tharoor, 6 journalists on Business Standard. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the ruling party has 'torn to shreds' the 'ignity of democracy' by this action.

The Arunodoi Age, 1840-1880: Assam’s Monthly Magazine of News and Views Rise of the rationale The recent decision of the Asom Sahitya Sabha to tell people about the 175 year old monthly magazine Orunodoi (Sunrise) really is gratifying as it will give us a glimpse of what the world of journalism was in those days. Mind you, an annual subscription to Orunodoi in 1846 was quite costly: one rupee per annum. That was not the time of paper currency. You could pay your annual subscription in coins issued by the British East India Company, or maybe, coins minted by the local maharajas and rajas o...