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From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent speaker, he is not just...
Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow based journalist alleges target harassment by state gov’t
Sanjay Sharma Editor of 4PM, Lucknow’s only evening newspaper says he is being ‘targeted’ by the Adityanath government for his critical coverage
New Delhi: Journalists unions protest targeting, harassment
Unions called for wider mobilisation, pledged solidarity with Central Trade Union protest against Labour Codes on March 28-29
Photojournalist T Kumar’s death by sucide exposes the state of affairs at UNI
Dealing with a 60 month salary backlog, senior UNI photojournalist T Kumar had died by suicide in his Chennai office
Facebook’s plans to curb online hate during Indian elections: Too little too late?
Parent company Meta announces a slew of measures including activating its Election Operations Centre
Busted! Times Now anchor fails to make important distinction between ban on Islamic traditional veils
Tries to school Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai for her Tweet about the Hijab controversy in Karnataka; gets fact checked and schooled himself!
New press accreditation rules can be misused to punish journalists
Journalists raise concerns over the newly rewritten guidelines for central press accreditation
Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah arrested for FB post on Pulwama encounter
Pulwama Police allege ‘Facebook users and portals have been uploading anti-national content’
Why was Malayalam channel MediaOne’s broadcast licence revoked?
The Kerala High Court has stayed the operation of the order issued to the news channel by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Suresh Chavhanke back on the derailed “UPSC Jihad” fake news train?
Sudarshan News’ Suresh Chavhanke targeted Jamtara the District Collector Faiz AK Ahmed Mumtaz accusing him, not saluting the national Flag on Republic Day
CJP complaints to News18 about its “80 vs 20” communal debate show
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The host of the show kept pitching Hindu voters against Muslims and built a narrative that the Opposition parties were against interests of Hindus
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