Hindustan Times
After an inquiry that took 17 months and cost nearly four million pounds, Britain’s Lord Leveson has finally published his massive independent report on the ‘culture, practices and ethics of the press’ in Britain. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 2:07 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged corruption, culture, dipankar de sarkar, editors, ethics, expression, freedom, hindustan times, journalism, legislation, Leveson, media, news, newspapers, press, regulator
The news for Indian and other foreign students wishing to study in Britain’s excellent universities is not getting any better. This, reportedly, is because the government needs to make cuts in the number of foreign students if it is to fulfill its pledge to cut immigration numbers to “tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands.” Read more
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Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Australia, Britain’s excellent universities, California, Canada, David Cameron, education, foreign students, France, Francois Hollande, Germany, Heathrow, India, London’s main airport, Stanford University, UK, US
The first signs of political reforms in resource-rich Myanmar have been followed by visits in quick succession from US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, dipankar de sarkar, Hilary Clinton, hindustantimes, ht blogs, Myanmar, news, Terminal 3, William Hague
In my HT column last week, I wrote – in the aftermath of the Left’s defeat in West Bengal – about the irony of Shakespeare-loving Communists such as Jyoti Basu banning the teaching of English in primary schools in that state. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged English, hindustan times, language, London Book Festival, news, Prof. Amartya Sen, Shakespeare
