Geneva-based global media safety and rights body, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), expresses serious concern and condemns the killing of scribes in Ukraine, who have been reporting from ground after the Russian invasion, and urges every concerned to respect freedom of the press. PEC (https://pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml) also criticizes the Taliban, who continues to victimise the Afghan journalists after seizing power in Kabul during August last year. Since the Russian forces started military actions in Ukraine at least six journalists, most of them from foreign countries, were killed inside the country. All the victims including Shakirov Dilerbek Shukurovych (killed in Kherson locality…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated that the media has played a very encouraging role in popularising Yoga, fitness and BetiBachaoBetiPadhao. “These are subjects beyond the domain of politics and political parties. They are about making a better nation in the coming years”, he added. Inaugurating the centenary year celebrations of Mathrubhumi, Malayalam daily newspaper, via video conferencing, he suggested media can amplify the efforts of highlighting lesser known events of the freedom struggle and unsung freedom fighters and places associated with the struggle. Similarly, he said that newspapers can be a great way to give platform for upcoming writers from non-media background and promote…
Since January 2022, roughly 13,000 newborns have died from malnutrition and hunger-related diseases, 95 percent of the Afghanistan population does not have enough to eat, and 3.5 million children need nutritional support. The United Nations has called the situation “a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions.” “Half of those we admit for critical care are also malnourished,” a doctor with Medecins sans Frontieres reported. Almost 800 children in one hospital in Helmand province are there because of acute malnutrition. Referring to these prevailing scenario in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Researcher, Asia Division Fereshta Abbasi said : “Children…
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to move forward into Ukraine, aiming at get hold over the neighbouring country. Initially, reports suggest that he was hopeful of getting control over that country within couple of days. Thinking that the fighting capabilities of Ukraine forces are limited and as USA and NATO allies forces unlikely to swing into action, President Volodymyr Zelensky will have no option but to `surrender’ or `run away’ from the country. But surprisingly, Russian forces exposed to unprecedented `resistance’ and even civilians also turning as `instant soldiers’. After three weeks war, the UK’s Defence Ministry estimated…
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) referred to a report by the UN Human Rights Council has exposed the scale of the violence systematically used by the military junta in Myanmar since its takeover in February 2021. Using interviews with victims, corroborated by satellite images and other data, the report records hundreds of attacks against civilians, some of which may qualify as war crimes and crimes against humanity. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said: “The appalling breadth and scale of violations of international law suffered by the people of Myanmar demand a firm, unified, and resolute international response.…
The tragic deaths of journalists Pierre Zakrzewski, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, and Brent Renaud in Ukraine while they were covering Russia’s invasion of the country this week underscores the dangers facing those covering the war, said Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).According to CPJ, on Monday, March 14, a vehicle carrying a Fox News team was attacked near the village of Horenka, outside the capital Kyiv. Camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova died from injuries sustained during the attack. Correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured and remains hospitalized.The previous day, U.S. reporter and documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud was shot and killed at a checkpoint in Irpin, outside…
Prime Minister Narendra underlined the emerging new world order in the post-pandemic world and said that the world is looking towards India at this juncture of 21st century. “In this new world order, India has to increase its role and develop itself at a fast pace”, he added. Modi addressed the Valedictory Function of 96th Common Foundation Course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) today via video conferencing. He also inaugurated the new sports complex and dedicated revamped Happy Valley Complex to the Nation. He asked the officers to keep in mind the importance of this period with…
Stating that our defence needs have increased, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that constant modernisation of the Armed Forces is the need of the hour. “Keeping ourselves ready is our top priority and we are constantly working to enhance our strategic capabilities. Be it technology or products, services or facilities, their advanced and fasterdevelopment is the need for the hour,” he added. He inaugurated a seven-storeyed Flight Control System (FCS) Integration facility at Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bengaluru, He recalled that “Economic, political and strategic equations are changing all over the…
Renowned director Shyam Benegal has released the poster of the film Mujib – The Making of a Nation, a biopic on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation of Bangladesh. The film on ‘Bangabandhu’ is being made under an Audio Visual Co-Production Agreement between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The legendary filmmaker released the poster, at National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Mumbai today, 17th March 2022, on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. India and Bangladesh had announced a biopic on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, during the commemoration of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. Now, as we close the…
A day after the International Criminal Court (ICJ) directed the Russia to stop its war on Ukraine, the Amnesty International, USA, urged the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate a recent Russian air strike that killed 47 civilians in the city of Chernihiv as a war crime. These attacks are horrific — and what’s worse, they are likely to be the tip of the iceberg. That’s why, right now, Amnesty said it is using the full breadth and scope its capacity to uncover war crimes and human rights violations in this conflict. It felt that This work is…