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Through The Lens of Raghu Rai: An evening in Mumbai
A film screening at the open air venue –Press Club Mumbai terrace—brought alive the works and perspective of the legendary photographer, Raghu Rai
PCI Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Journalist Sakshi Joshi’s Manhandling by Delhi Police at Wrestlers’ Protest Site
The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo moto cognizance of the alleged assault on journalist Sakshi Joshi by Delhi Police while she was covering the wrestlers' protests at Jantar Mantar on May 4
Media freedom in Kashmir after Art.370 abrogation
What is the state of media freedom in Kashmir after the abrogation of Art.370 on Aug 4, 2019? On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 2023, here is a glimpse – culled from articles, reports and research papers published in Free Speech Collective from August 8, 2019 till date
World Press Freedom Index: India rank further slides to 161, 11 spots behind Afghanistan
Pakistan too fairs better, countries ranked lower than India include Bangladesh, Turkey and China
Another Sudhir Chaudhary show under the scanner for using the term ‘Mazaar Jihad’
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CJP, has in its complaint stated that the show misrepresented facts since a forests department survey revealed that there were more temples than mazaars in the forest areas of Uttarakhand
14 months on, Kashmiri journalist, Fahad Shah’s detention under PSA quashed
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the detention order against Peerzada Fahad Shah was liable to be quashed
A social media account that promotes Hindu supremacy and fear mongering
We came across an account on Instagram that posts videos promoting Hindu supremacism and victimising Hindus despite being the majority
Sudarshan News continues to spread hatred, targets Muslims
Chavhanke, along with Hindu monk Devkinandan Thakur, advocates for the Babri mosque demolition to be repeated in Mathura and Kashi
The poster boy of cow vigilantism, Monu Manesar, is back
A suspect in the double murder of Junaid and Nasir from Rajasthan in February this year, his name was dropped from the list of suspects, now he is back to acts of cow vigilantism
CJP complaint to Aaj Tak for airing show using the term “Mazaar Jihad”
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In the show, hosted by Sudhir Chaudhary, he encouraged people to look for shrines around them and report them to the police to verify if they are real or fake.
IT Rules 2023: Union Government can now flag content relating to any of its “businesses” as “misleading”
The new form of censorship and govt control over information flow, in the 2021 amended Rules have been earlier challenged by several digital media portals and their operation stayed by high courts, now stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s latest challenge is in the Bombay HC
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