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The decision by Twitter to label National Public Radio (NPR) in the USA as “state-affiliated media,” which it then changed to “government-funded media” after a barrage of criticism, underscores the need to rethink the role of major social media platforms as critical gatekeepers in the public sphere.

Delayed or denied? 

The whole process of census-taking needs at least one year, and only thereafter will the provisional population figures be available. The break-up of the population into various social categories and workers and the related preparation of final tables will take further time. In fact, by the time the final religious tables start coming up, say in 2027, the Government will be busy preparing for the next census operation of 2031

Mamata should have boycotted meeting with HM: Adhir

The Congress veteran also trained his guns at the Centre over the abrupt transfer of the Delhi High Court Judge S Murlidhar calling it a "midnight surgical strike" resorted to by the Centre in the face of violence spiral in Northeast Delhi.

Shah-Didi meet raises brows as Delhi burns

“It is strengthening the speculation that BJP’s top leadership and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s hand-inglove which is why Shah can come to Kolkata. Miss Banerjee has not condemned the hate speeches by three BJP leaders including Union minister who instigated the Delhi riots,”CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty said.

Bihar at a tangent

Indeed, Bihar is the first state with an NDA government to adopt a unanimous resolution in the Assembly, seeking to stick to the proforma of the old NPR that was finalised in 2010.