Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News

In Mexico, the killing of camera operator and video editor Roberto Toledo in Zitácuaro, a town 80 miles west of Mexico City, marks the fourth media worker killed in the country in less than a month in 2022. CPJ Latin America and the Caribbean Program Coordinator Natalie Southwick discussed the climate for journalists in Mexico in the latest episode of the “The Take” podcast from Al-Jazeera. Meanwhile, in the 12 months since the Myanmar military coup on February 1, 2021, the junta has  escalated repression of journalists by intimidating, censoring, arresting, detaining, and outright killing journalists  who report on their crimes and abuses.…

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That Doordarshan’s broadcast has no parallel when it comes to 360 degree coverage of gigantic events of national importance has been well established multiple times in the past. But DD has outdone itself this time through unprecedented coverage of Republic Day 2022, with never seen images of fly-past by Indian AIR Force in its full glory and much more. In a sign of changing viewership pattern, Republic Day coverage on YouTube network of DD garnered more views than its TV network, at 2.6 Crore and 2.3 Crore respectively. These figures together indicate the scale of reach of Doordarshan network. This…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad on February 5, Saturday. At around 2:45 PM, Prime Minister will visit the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru, Hyderabad and kickstart the 50th Anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT. At around 5 PM, Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad. The 216-feet tall Statue of Equality commemorates the 11th century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living including faith, caste and creed. The Statue is made of ‘panchaloha’, a combination of five metals: gold,…

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Khadi’s exponential growth, as mentioned by President in his address to the Parliament ahead of the Budget Session, is a result of the “Charkha Kranti” initiated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in the last 7 years. KVIC built several monumental Charkhas to propagate Gandhian thoughts and symbolism of Charkha in India and abroad which further popularized Khadi and played a key role in its massive growth. Khadi’s success was acknowledged by the President in his address to the Parliament on January 31 and by Home Minister Amit Shah, a day before at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmadabad, while unveiling…

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When the Winter Olympics officially begin today in Beijing, US diplomats and international fans won’t be the only ones missing from the festivities. Olympic athletes from multiple countries who want to show solidarity with the victims of the Chinese government’s human rights abuses have been quietly preparing to boycott the Opening Ceremonies, according to human rights activists who have been helping to educate and organize them. For several months, U.S.-based activists have been meeting with Olympic from several Western countries to urge them to speak out on the Chinese government’s mass atrocities and severe repression of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers and…

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Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, flagged off the 1000th trip of Kisan Rail on Central Railway from Savda, Maharashtra to Adarsh Nagar, Delhi through weblink. The train from Savda to Adarsh Nagar Delhi had 23 coaches in which 453 tons of banana were transported. So far, 3.45 lacs farm produce has been transported in 1000th Kisan Rail from Central Railway. While addressing the gathering Narendra Singh Tomar, said that our country is agriculture oriented and under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra…

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August 2022. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Dr Jitendra Singh said, based on the learnings from Chandrayaan-2 and suggestions made by the national level experts, the realization of Chandrayaan-3 is in progress. Many related hardware and their special tests are successfully completed and the Launch is scheduled for August 2022. The Minister informed that the number…

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GAIL (India) Limited has surpassed all parameters of financial performance in the third quarter of financial year 2021-22 on account of improved gas marketing spread, better product prices and improved operating efficiency in petrochemicals and liquid hydrocarbons. GAIL posted 20% increase in Revenue from Operations to Rs. 25,776 crore in Q3 FY22 as against Rs. 21,515 crore in Q2 FY22, Profit before Tax (PBT) increased by 17% in Q3 FY22 to Rs. 4,308 crore as against Rs. 3,682 crore in Q2 FY22. The Profit after Tax (PAT) increased by 15% to Rs. 3,288 crore in Q3 FY22 as against Rs.…

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Unknown individuals placed offensive posters on the door of the apartment where Russian human rights defender Igor Kalyapin is registered, in Nizhny Novgorod of Russia on January 29. One of the posters displayed “Igor Kalyapin defends terrorists! Shame on foreign agent!”, while the other one stated “Igor Kalaypin is a foreign agent! Sold the Motherland for German and American grants!”. He reported that the person inhabiting the apartment is his 84-year-old mother. Igor Kalyapin is a human rights defender, founder and former chairperson of the Committee Against Torture (CAT). He is also the founder and President of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG),…

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Strongly refuting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s accusations that he caused “irrigation” to her with frequent `improper’ tweets, Governor Jagdeep Dhankar challenged are to show a single such tweet, sent by him. Stating that her allegations made while announcing blocking him on her Twttier, he asserted that her allegations are all baseless. He also deplored that it was unfortunate that the media did not question the claims made by her. He saidd that it is ‘a challenge to the democracy,’ as political leaders are not being questioned. “She made the wildest of allegations that the governor tweets her every…

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