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Not the time for evacuation of citizens from Gulf: Former Ambassador
In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma on the COVID-19 crisis in the Gulf and its impact on Indian citizens, Former Indian Ambassador to UAE, Navdeep Suri, said that the situation has not escalated to be called a…
Indians in UAE need not fear any backlash, India’s secularism important: Princess Hend Al…
Princess Hend Al Qassemi based in the UAE spoke to Senior Journalist, Smita Sharma, on how inspired she is by India as a country. She raised the issue about the incidences of hate speech against Muslims increasing in India, but said that…
Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu on concerns of Indians stranded in the US amid COVID-19 lockdown
Indian envoy to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu talks to Senior Journalist Smita Sharma on how India and U.S are cooperating in containing the coronavirus outbreak. The Indian Ambassador also spoke about measures taken to help…
Estonia to push for transparency on COVID-19 in UNSC: Envoy
In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, Ambassador Katrin Kivi says that Estonia was pushing very hard for the issue to be discussed in the Security Council which finally held closed-door consultations in March under…
COVID-19 has no borders, international cooperation key: French envoy
Emmanuel Lenain, the Ambassador of France in New Delhi has lauded India’s initiatives for providing regional leadership to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior journalist Smita Sharma speaks to the French envoy on issues including…
Measures to tackle coronavirus will be effective: Italian envoy
In an email interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, Italian Ambassador Vincenzo De Luca underlined the coronavirus pandemic as a global challenge where Italy is doing its part to deal with the outbreak. He also claimed that Itlay has…
Free speech, hate speech, and COVID-19: Why are we silent?
In responding to epidemics, states are compelled to resort to restrictive measures to contain the spread of infection, including quarantine and isolation procedures, travel bans, lockdowns, and curfews. With such restrictions on movement,…
Attitude Towards Those Who Died of Covid-19 Shows Fear Has Taken Over. Is Humanity Losing This War?
They say, don’t disrespect the dead. But in the biggest crisis facing this generation in India, we have done exactly that. For 36 hours, Dr Sailo could not be given a resting place in Meghalaya, the administration had to intervene to find a…
Stalked by coronavirus, hounded by the state, losing jobs: Is nobody looking out for Indian…
The post-pandemic media scene is grim, with fewer jobs and shrinking spaces to report without fear.
Statement by South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) India on detention of journalists in Kashmir
We are aghast at the filing of criminal cases against three Kashmiri journalists, Masarat Zahra, Ashiq Peerzada and Gowhar Geelani, and condemn such harsh steps to intimidate and harass media-persons, particularly at a time when the country…