Tag: #India
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India´s holy Ganges River casts out corona dead
ALLAHABAD, India: Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India´s ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Families in India´s north and east gave up the bodies of their loved ones to the river or buried them in shallow…
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India’s digital media regulation flares up fears about press freedom
NEW DELHI: India’s new oversight of digital news platforms is drawing protest from the media industry and activists who fear the rules will curb press freedom in the world’s largest democracy. India, which has one of the world’s biggest and most diverse media industries, last month announced the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code,…