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North Korea says it has tested a new tactical guided weapon. Observers suggest that it was probably a short-range weapon. The news comes on the same day a senior foreign ministry official has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear talks. We hear from a senior North Korean defector.
Also in the programme: US Attorney General William Barr gives a news conference ahead of the release of the Mueller report into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
And researchers say they have discovered a giant mammal with huge fangs that roamed around East Africa more than 20 million years ago.
(Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on April 16, 2019. Credit: AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
Pyongyang has accused Mr Pompeo of "talking nonsense" and being "reckless". Also: The World Health Organisation says more than two hundred people have been killed in fighting in the Libyan capital in the last two weeks, and US scientists find a positive use for HIV.
This week’s Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal with Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the impact Sandeep Bamzai’s tutelage has had on IANS, a petition presented to the Supreme Court seeking permission for Muslim women to offer namaaz in mosques and Maneka Gandhi’s comments on the un-secret nature of secret ballots.
Ayush kickstarts the discussion with his own article about how a news agency, IANS, that has off late become "a part of the larger trend of media layoffs" as it suffocates under the corporate ownership of Mr Anil Ambani. He reveals examples of reporters at IANS and establishes a growing pattern alongside other media organizations such as Vice and Buzzfeed. The panel goes on to discuss the intricacies of corporate ownership and the direct influence they exercise on editorial management. Ayush also talks about a Swarajya Magazine report about how the family of a minor Dalit girl who was kidnapped by a man that happened to be Muslim were denied the right to file an FIR by the police since they did not want it to flare up into a ‘Hindu-Muslim’ issue. The panel then went into discussing the implications of ‘pseudo-secularism’ that dominates the Indian narrative today.
Gaurav discusses an archaic ritual that Shashi Tharoor made a mockery of himself participating in. The ritual, called ‘Tulabharam’, is one where a person’s “BMI is weighed in phool, phal and gold” and Tharoor fell off the scales having to endure 11 stitches afterwards. The panel delved into the problems associated with the endorsement by politicians of religious traditions such as these and the implications that such engagement had on the sentiments of the voting public. He also brought up a recent plea put before the Supreme Court by a Pune-based couple that sought permission to let women offer prayers in mosques. The discussion questioned the fast-paced nature of the proceedings as well nuances of religion such as the “contest between personal liberty and religion” and the stronghold of the religious orthodoxy.
Cherry drives the conversation towards the larger question of the responsibility of the media. She references a specific tweet by Times Now that says, “A political leader has said something communal, listen in” and questions the ethicality of cashing in on hate in the name of journalism. While Ayush agrees that its ‘clickbait’ tone was questionable, it is not the place of the media to dictate whether something, communal or otherwise, should be censored or not. The media should contextualize information, is what the panel agrees on, irrespective of that content that is. Cherry goes on to talk about Maneka Gandhi’s comment on not helping Muslim voters if they didn’t vote for her and lays down the reality of contemporary times wherein the concept of secret ballots is conceptually dead. With the Election Commission now providing politicians with a constituency-wise break up of votes via Form 20, the panel dived deep into the vulnerability of voters today.
The panel also brings up the ineffectiveness of the EC and the Supreme Courts backhand comments on its exercise of powers, the trend of the Supreme Court gaining an “inordinate amount of power”, as well as the oft-ignored details of Islam in terms of its various schools of law.
This and more, so listen up!
The BJP fielded Sadhvi Pragya as its candidate from a city like Bhopal which has an immensely diverse culture, on 18 April bedespite her facing terror charges.
In this episode of The Big Story podcast, we talk about Sadhvi Pragya and how she came to be accused of terrorism in the 2008 Malegaon blast. Tune in!
लोकसभा चुनाव और मथुरा का ऐतिहासिक संबंध है। बता दें कि पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी ने भी इस सीट पर चुनाव लड़ा था और उनकी जमानत भी जब्त हो गई थी। इस बार बीजेपी की हेमा मालिनी इस सीट से चुनाव लड़ रही हैं।
Yesterday, Google and Apple removed the popular app TikTok from their app stores. This after the Madras High Court, based on a petition, banned its download and asked the center to ensure it, earlier this month. For our first story, Nandagopal Rajan, who writes on technology, joins us to talk about the reasons for this ban and whether this action will take care of the concerns around it. Next, as Jet Airways temporarily suspends its operations, Pranav Mukul, who writes on Aviation for the Indian Express, talks about the future of the company and whether it can make a comeback. And last, a look at the highlights of the second phase of the general elections that begins today.
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Alan Garcia died after shooting himself as police arrived to arrest him. Also: many people killed in tourist bus accident in Madeira, and pig brains partially revived after death.
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Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison, less than a week after he was deposed in a military coup.
Also in the programme: Peru's former President Alan Garcia kills himself ahead of arrest over Odebrecht bribery scandal. And President Trump has vetoed a bipartisan bill passed by the US Congress that would have ended American support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen.
(Photo: Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir. Credit: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images)
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मालेगाँव मस्जिद बमकांड की अभियुक्त प्रज्ञा ठाकुर को भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने भोपाल से चुनाव में उतारा.
योगी आदित्यनाथ पहुँचे रामलला के दर्शन करने अयोध्या, तो राहुल गाँधी ने केरल में धोती पहन कर मंदिर यात्रा की.
सऊदी अरब में दो भारतीय नागरिकों का सिर क़लम किया गया. उनमें से एक की पत्नी ने बीबीसी से बात की.
A court in Saudi Arabia has postponed a hearing in the trial of several of the country's most prominent women's rights activists. Horrific details have emerged of their alleged mistreatment at the hands of the Saudi authorities. We hear from Walid al-Hathloul, the brother of one of the best-known activists, Loujain al-Hathloul, who says his sister was so traumatised by what had happened to her that she wanted to remain in jail, afraid of how her reputation had been unfairly smeared in her absence.
Also in the programme: the family of the deposed Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, say he's been transferred to a maximum security prison; and an international competition has been launched in France to design a spire for Notre Dame cathedral following Monday's devastating fire.
(Photo: Loujain al-Hathloul. Credit: Reuters)
शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा की पत्नी पूनम ने समाजवादी पार्टी का दामन थाम लिया है। माना जा रहा है कि पूनम सिन्हा को लखनऊ से गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह के खिलाफ उतारा जा सकता है। पूनम के 18 अप्रैल को लखनऊ सीट से नामांकन पत्र दाखिल करने की उम्मीद है।
Reports say Omar al-Bashir had been detained at the presidential residence under heavy guard until now. Also: The heads of two of the world's key central banks say the financial system faces an existential threat from climate change, and the fossil hunter trying to make a 2 million dollar fortune with a ‘baby T-Rex’.
విశాఖ జిల్లా పెందుర్తిలో దారుణం, ఆరు నెలల గర్భిణిని చిత్ర హింసలు పెట్టిన అత్త, భర్త
Major Fire Accident In Mozamjahi Market | Hyderabad
If you’re in India, you can’t see the TikTok app on the Google or Apple app stores anymore. Are you sad? Well let’s hope not.
The TikTok video sharing app was taken off Google Play Store and the Apple App store on 17 April, two weeks after the Madras High Court issued an order to the Center to ban its download. But has this stopped people from downloading and using the app?
Not by a long shot.
You can still download the app and use it through not-so-official means. Listen to the podcast to find out how people are side-stepping this “ban” in less than 15 seconds.
The headlines this evening, from the Indian Express.
కంప్లైంట్ ఎందుకు తీసుకోవడం లేదు : KA Paul || KA Paul Press Meet At Delhi
IT Raids In Karnataka And Tamil Nadu || Case Filed On 150 AIADMK Activists
Ex-AP Intelligence Chief AB Venkateswara Rao To File Defamation Suit Against Vijay Sai Reddy
Election Commission Cancels Vellore Lok Sabha polls | Tamil nadu
Actress Poonam Kaur files Complaint | against Youtube Channels to Cyber Crime Police
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TikTok, an app for creating and sharing short videos, is officially gone from Android's Google Play and iOS' App Store. This comes after Madras High Court issued a directive to the Government of India to ban downloads of the app in India. Responding to the orders, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked Apple and Google to disable the downloads of the TikTok app from the App Store and the Play Store respectively.
Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad _ Open Heart With RK _ Full Episode _ ABN Telugu.mp3
How soon can Sudan become a democracy? HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi speaks to Sudanese politician Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani, a former ally of deposed president Omer El Bashir - now a member of the opposition. Events have moved at breath taking speed in Sudan in the past few days. And a new military-led council is running the country. It says it will stay in place for two years. But the African Union is demanding it hand over to a transitional civilian administration in days and the protesters say they won’t give up until that happens. The demonstrations have been led by young professionals who’ve made it clear they want to severe links with Sudan’s military and Islamist past.
The second phase of the general election starts tomorrow. In which the state of UP will see 8 seats going to polls and it is the Potato that might end up dictating what happens here. For our first story, Indian Express's Rural Affair's editor, Harish Damodaran, joins us to explain why that is the case. Next, as the President cancels the Lok Sabha elections in Vellore, Arun Janardhanan who reports on Tamil Nadu, talks about the influence of money in the state's politics and what has led up to this matter (07:46). And last, a petition which seeks to allow Muslim women entry into mosques (14:12).
फ्रांस के राष्ट्रपति का वादा, पांच साल में पहले से भी सुंदर बनाएंगे नॉट्रे डाम गिरिजाघर को
इलाहाबाद में क्यों चिराग़ लेकर उम्मीदवार खोज रही कांग्रेस?
और सुनवाएंगे विश्लेषण, मस्जिदों में महिलाओं का प्रवेश रोकने पर क्या कहता है इस्लाम
अख़बारों की समीक्षा भी
Income Tax Department Raids on Thoothukudi DMK Candidate Kanimozhi's House In Tamil Nadu. Lok Sabha election to the Vellore constituency was cancelled on Tuesday following recovery of huge amount of cash allegedly from a DMK candidate’s office a few days ago.
In a televised address, the French President Emmanuel Macron said he shared the pain and hope of the nation after the devastating fire. Also: Egypt's leader could rule until 2030 and early ocean plastic traced to 1960s.
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Income Tax Department Raids on Thoothukudi DMK Candidate Kanimozhi's House In Tamil Nadu.
President Macron of France has vowed to rebuild the Cathedral of Notre-Dame within five years. Ray Pepi, the President of Building Conservation Associates in the US, tells Newshour why thinks this is an “aggressive schedule”.
Also in the programme: Memories of Khartoum; and protecting whistleblowers at work.
(Picture: The altar surrounded by charred debris inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on 16th April 2019. Credit Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)
Lok Sabha election to the Vellore constituency was cancelled on Tuesday following recovery of huge amount of cash allegedly from a DMK candidate’s office a few days ago.
Raghava Lawrence, who awaits the release of Kanchana 3, is apparently annoyed with hate speeches by Seeman and his party cadres against him recently. In a press release here, Lawrence condemned his speeches.
In this Above Video Kamal Express his anger about the upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2019 and he also slams the other parties. Kamal Haasan launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam (lit. People's Justice Centre).
Seeman is a Tamil politician and the chief-coordinator of the political party, Naam Tamilar Katchi in Tamil Nadu.He is an ardent campaigner for the self determination of the Sri Lankan Tamil people and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. He is an advocate of the rule of Tamils in their homeland, Tamil Nadu and to spread the importance of Tamil language.Prior to his involvement in politics, Seeman worked as a filmmaker and actor.
In this above Interview Seeman Opens Up about the Upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2019 . He also shares his view bout the sri lanka Tamilans & their Sufferings. Seeman is a Tamil politician and the chief-coordinator of the political party, Naam Tamilar Katchi in Tamil Nadu.He is an ardent campaigner for the self determination of the Sri Lankan Tamil people and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. He is an advocate of the rule of Tamils in their homeland, Tamil Nadu and to spread the importance of Tamil language.Prior to his involvement in politics, Seeman worked as a filmmaker and actor.
Hundreds of millions of euros are offered to help rebuild Notre-Dame after immense blaze. Several French companies have pledged funds, and offers of help with reconstruction have poured in from around the globe.
Also, why people in Iraqi Kurdistan still fear IS despite military defeat of the 'Caliphate', and we speak to the woman at the centre of a rape case that's divided Italy.
IN this above video Piyush Manush Reveals Evidence Against the EPS & Anbumani on the 8 - way Salem road. The ‘Chennai-Salem Greenfield Corridor’ under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project, is a 277.30 km highway that involves the development of the Tambaram to Harur Section of NH-179B, Harur to Salem Section of NH-179A, Chengalpattu to Kancheepuram Section of NH-132B, Semmampadi to Chetpet Section of NH-179D and Polur to Tiruvannamalai Section of NH-38.
चुनाव में गिर रही है भाषा की मर्यादा, क्या होगा चुनाव आयोग की कार्यवाई का असर
तमिलनाडू के वेल्लोर में भ्रष्टाचार पर विवाद ..पर तमिलनाडू में वोटरों को लुभाने का क्यों है चलन
प्रधानमंत्री ने जिनके पैर धो किया था सम्मान क्या उन सफाई कर्मियों की ज़िदगी और हालात में आया बदलाव
800 साल पुराने पेरिस के गिरिजाघर की आग काबू करने में लगे 15 घंटे
Prominent French businessmen have pledged hundreds of millions of Euros for rebuilding the Notre Dame cathedral which was devastated by a fire that the Paris prosecutor says was an accident, not arson.
Also on the programme: the culture of misogyny in Italy in focus once again - the woman at the centre of a rape case that's divided the nation speaks out - to the BBC; and two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar, have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims by the Burmese military.
(Photo: The whole of the roof was "devastated", according to the fire service. Credit: AFP)
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