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Google Seithigal: Google news in Tamil

Published July 29th, 2008 in Tamil Nadu and Indian media. 0 Comments

Horray, Google News is now available in Tamil
I have been a great fan of Google News for a few years now. So much so that I read most news starting here rather than through news papers or their websites. . A big lacuna with it was that Tamil news was not covered in this channel. […]

Communist bashing in Indian media

Published July 2nd, 2008 in India, Current Affaires and Indian media. 1 Comment

By cheaply twisting facts, media makes headlines to bash the Left Parties
After spectacularly winning 13 out of 17 Zilla Parishads, CPM and it’s partners woke up to see the following headline in the Indian Express, “Not just Singur and Nandigram, CPM gets battered across rural West Bengal”. Some sections of the media have kept […]

India refuses to sign cluster bomb treaty & we know not why

Published June 3rd, 2008 in India, Human rights, USA, Current Affaires, Video & Audio online and Indian media. 1 Comment

Here’s a news item from the Real news network on India’s refusal to sign the cluster bomb treaty along with China, US (not surprisingly), Israel, Russia and Pakistan.What is shocking though is the paltry coverage it got in Indian media for an issue that is clearly important. ToI, NDTV, Zee News, Economic Times, and […]