South Asia Citizens Web

Organized by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies - Dialogue on Democracy.

10th February, 2021 The raid by the Enforcement Directorate on the premises of the web-based news and current affairs portal News Click, its chief editor and promoter, senior journalists and top management, on Tuesday is an unsavoury attack on the media in a bid to intimidate and silence critical journalism. This particular news group has closely covered the ongoing farmers protest, and specialises in reports on government policies on the poorer sections of society.

The prompt and timely statement issued by the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on February 9 against the targeting of online news and opinion portal Newsclick (as well as targeting of other independent and critical media voices) by the union government deserves wider support and backing by other media organizations, journalists, citizens, and all those who value free press and democracy.

Despite having one of the largest food security programmes in the world, why are Indians overwhelmingly going hungry? Last October, India slipped to the 94th position among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index, behind several neighbours including Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. | Jean Dreze, Reetika Khera, Isabel Pimenta, and Prankur Gupta about food security in India.

08-02-2021 - Our condolences to the people martyred in the disaster [in Chamoli dist of Uttrakhand Statउत्तराखंड ने फिर एक तबाही का मंजर देखा। चमोली जिले में ऋषि गंगा में अचानक से आई जल प्रलय में रैणी गांव के स्थानीय निवासी, बकरियां चराने वाले बकरवाल व 13.5 मेगा वाट के ऋषि गंगा पावर प्रोजेक्ट में कार्यरत मजदूर-कर्मचारी मारे गए या लापता घोषित हुए हैं।