Pranita K

Media | Labour | Migration.

Alumnus of @IITHyderabad
Former reporter/sub-editor. Been with @newsclickin, @governancenow, @dna. Now with @cfa_ind.
She/her.

[Nikhil M Babu @ikasnik]

|| Delhi govt. fills up floodplains, builds road, removes vegetation to make Chhath ghats 'violating' NGT directions ||

▶️ Several of the 17 ghats the Delhi government is creating along Yamuna for Chhath Puja seems to be in violation of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)

[Centre for Financial Accountability @cfa_ind]

Statement in Solidarity with Siddharth Vardarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire

The targeting of @svaradarajan, Karan Thapar & @thewire_in by the regime is yet another attempt to flatten what remains as one of the last few bastions of journalistic ethos and editorial courage in India. In the context of an entire media ecosystem of lies, platitudes, misinformation, hate and jingoism, The Wire stands out for giving space to critical and public interest reportage that holds power to account. The fact that the Assam Police is targeting them with sedition despite Supreme Court's protection from arrest in another similar case is deeply disturbing. We note with concern the utter disregard for due process as the copy of the FIR, and description of the alleged offence has not been provided to @svaradarajan and Karan Thapar. The targeting of the two journalists is an assault on all institutions and civic spaces upholding free expression. We salute the courage and resolve of The Wire and its journalists for remaining steadfast to journalistic ethics in the face of repeated assaults. We here at the Centre for Financial Accountability are both proud and grateful for our long association with The Wire and we stand firm in our solidarity with the two journalists.

@seemay @tajmahalfoxtrot @newslaundry @PCITweets @thenewsminute @dhanyarajendran @medhanarmada @napmindia @VikalpSangam @nikhilmkss @AnjaliB_ @Article14live @samar11 @nit_set @reporters_co @chikikothari @FoEIndia @jahnavi_sen @AjoyAshirwad @SoumashreeS @alwaysfranc

[DIGIPUB News India Foundation @DigipubIndia]

DIGIPUB strongly condemns the blocking of The Wire’s website.

[Nikhil M Babu @ikasnik]

#EXCLUSIVE:
|| Centre knew paddy stubble 'burnt area' increased, but did not inform Supreme Court ||

▶️ The Central govt had information that the ‘burnt area’ of paddy fields in Punjab and Haryana increased and also many farmers were burning stubble after satellites (1/n)

[Nikhil M Babu @ikasnik]

Congratulations to everyone who is bursting firecrackers!

You have successfully made #Delhi an unbreathable toxic gas chamber — again.

Happy Diwali!

#DiwaliCelebration #pollution #Airpollution #environment

[APMDD @AsianPeoplesMvt]

Read & join the fight for #DebtJustice! 📚💥
👉Click here: https://t.co/yLIdGXAJXw

#IMFWBat80
#DebtJustice
#CancelTheDebt
#GDoA2024

[Centre for Financial Accountability @cfa_ind]

Today marks one year since Chungthang dam collapsed due to the South Lhonak glacial Lake outburst. The devastation, exacerbated by the dam, continues to haunt Sikkim region as infra projects continue unabated alongwith rising temperatures. 🌍💧#ChungthangdisasterAnniversary 1/n

[Pranita K @Pranita93]

In the increasingly fragmented, precarious, and volatile #labour market, unionisation and political action are needed more than ever. Have political parties, particularly in the Opposition, acknowledged this? I write. https://t.co/AqFFFqGeYt
#unionstrike #India #Congress

[Centre for Financial Accountability @cfa_ind]

1/7 🏛️ Karnataka's flip-flop on migrant workers continues, exposing hypocrisy by both Congress and BJP, by @Pranita93 in @newsclickin
#MigrantWorkers #karnatakagovt
https://t.co/vjCyOzkkSA

[Centre for Financial Accountability @cfa_ind]

Unfolding India's PPP story (1990s-present)!

The PPP timeline traces legal, fiscal & policy changes that established it as go to model for infra finance.

Compilation: Nandinie Gupta @NandsG12 Infrastructure Finance Team, CFA

Raktim M @RaktimMajumde10
Gaurav D @gauravd2020

[Centre for Financial Accountability @cfa_ind]

📚 Join us for Book Discussion on

THE GREAT NICOBAR BETRAYAL
by Pankaj Sekhsaria

🗓️ 28 June | 4-6 pm
📍Jawahar Bhawan, Delhi

🎙️Discussants:
Prof Nandini Sundar, DU
Jacob Koshy @the_hindu
Amitanshu Verma @cfa_ind

Introduced by Nancy Pathak
Moderated by Anirban Bhattacharya

[Taru @_tarubhatia]

.@ECISVEEP @DC_Gurugram voting for the first in New Gurgaon..the polling booth in sec 84 is pathetic. voters are standing in long queues in this sweltering heat. No shades provided, multiple lines and no one to guide. Is this how you motivate people to vote?

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING #SupremeCourt orders release of NewsClick founder & editor Prabir Purkayastha in UAPA case after holding that his arrest and remand were illegal.

#NewsClick

[101Reporters @101reporters]

For this Saturday's network wide meet, we'll discuss the impact of the Global Plastics Treaty on rural India and coastal ecosystems with guest speakers associated with @cfa_ind

The session is open for our network members only

[Nikhil M Babu @ikasnik]

How to factually report #RamMandirPranPrathistha

"More than three decades after a mob of militant Hindu radicals razed a mosque to the ground in Ayodhya, prime minister, Narendra Modi, has inaugurated the new Hindu temple that will stand in its place."
https://t.co/AMI8kuC2xi

[NewsClick @newsclickin]

Statement on Sudden Freezing of NewsClick Accounts by IT Dept; Dec Salaries Held up https://t.co/amWEirMEgR

[Taru @_tarubhatia]

Wow.

https://t.co/sCrLTOtYMG

[NewsClick @newsclickin]

STATEMENT BY NEWSCLICK

Yesterday, on 3rd October, 2023, raids were carried out by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police at various locations including Newsclick’s offices, residences of journalists and employees - past and present, consultants, and freelance contributors associated with Newsclick. 

Several persons were questioned and continue to be questioned. As of now, our Founder-Editor 76-year old Prabir Purkayastha and our administrative officer Amit Chakraborty, who happens to be physically challenged, have been arrested. 

We have not been provided with a copy of the FIR, or informed about the exact particulars of the offences with which we have been charged. Electronic devices were seized from the Newsclick premises and homes of employees, without any adherence to due process such as the provision of seizure memos, hash values of the seized data, or even copies of the data. Newsclick’s office has also been sealed in a blatant attempt at preventing us from continuing our reporting.

What we have been able to gather is that Newsclick stands accused of offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), for purportedly carrying Chinese propaganda on its website. 

We strongly condemn these actions of a Government that refuses to respect journalistic independence, and treats criticism as sedition or “anti-national” propaganda. 

Newsclick has been targeted by a series of actions by various agencies of the Government of India since 2021. Its offices and residences of officials have been raided by the Enforcement Directorate, the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police and the Income Tax Department. 

All devices, laptops, gadgets, phones, etc. have been seized in the past. All emails and communications have been analysed under the microscope. All bank statements, invoices, expenses incurred and sources of funds received by Newsclick in the last several years have been scrutinised by different agencies of the Government from time to time.

Various directors and other related persons have spent countless hours on several occasions being interrogated by these government agencies. 

Yet, in the last two plus years, the Enforcement Directorate has not been able to file a complaint accusing Newsclick of money laundering.

The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has not been able to file a charge sheet against Newsclick for offences under the Indian Penal Code.

The Income Tax Department has not been able to defend its actions before the Courts of law. 

In the last several months, Prabir Purkayastha has not even been called in for questioning by any of these agencies. 

Yet, a Government that has not been able to substantiate any charges against Newsclick despite being in possession of all its information, documentation and communications, needed a motivated and bogus article published in the New York Times to invoke the draconian UAPA and attempt to shut down and stifle independent and fearless voices that portray the story of the real India – of peasants, of labourers, of farmers, and other oft-ignored sections of society.

https://t.co/iYg7os2bo1

[Nikhil M Babu @ikasnik]

|| Despite Rs. 3,800 cr fund, no educational aid to construction workers’ children in #Delhi for 3 yrs ||

▶️ At his one-roomed rented house in Munirka, Mahesh Sharma, 42, a differently-able #construction worker as per govt records, says he has lost count of how many

[NewsClick @newsclickin]

Statement by NewsClick on Various Allegations

Over the past 12 hours, various false and misleading allegations have been levelled against #NewsClick which pertain to matters that are currently sub judice before courts in India. (1/6)

https://t.co/hd4PIBm8Fn