KOHIMA, Oct 12: At the IPR Conference Hall in Kohima, the Directorate of Information & Public Relations hosted a two-day capacity-building training on service rules, account concerns, and photography. The two-day training got under way on October 12 and will end on October 13.… Read the rest
Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity
An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had online posts monitored
The Department for Education (DfE) is keeping files monitoring the social media activity of some of the country’s leading educational experts, the Observer can reveal.
Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 being conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur
KOHIMA, Jun 18 (NEPS): The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2021 is being conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
The Jury headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after due deliberations on 18 June, 2023, unanimously decided to select Gita Press, Gorakhpur as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2021, in recognition of its outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods.… Read the rest
UK: Julian Assange dangerously close to extradition following High Court rejection of appeal
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply concerned by the UK High Court’s decision rejecting WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition order, bringing him dangerously close to being extradited to the United States, where he could face the rest of his life in prison for publishing leaked classified documents in 2010.
Two Pakistani journalists risk face possible death sentence on absurd “mutiny” claims
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Pakistani prosecutors to immediately dismiss the ludicrous mutiny accusations in a complaint with no credibility that two individuals has brought against two journalists in the capital, Islamabad. Although manifestly absurd, the charges could carry the death penalty.