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Newsrooms that Swallow Whales
One of the contemporary lamentations — including from legacy media houses themselves — is that big business has devoured television news channels. Titled “Newsrooms that Swallow Whales,” this visual-and-verbal...
Gauri Lankesh honoured in Canada
The City of Burnaby proclaims September 5 as Gauri Lankesh Day
Hate Watch: Muslim bangle seller thrashed, wares looted in Indore
Video showing men mercilessly beating him and warning him to never enter any Hindu locality again, goes viral
Gauri Lankesh was a martyr to the cause of secular ideas
Celebrated journalists came together at an event to honour the life and work of Lankesh, and to discuss the current era of surveillance
Oppressed but not beaten: Afghani accounts on social media
Voices of defiance circulate on social media, highlighting the need for international support against the oppressive regime.
Journalists are targeted by all hardliner regimes, this time in Afghanistan
International media groups and organisations are asking governments to come together and make an “Emergency Plan for Afghan Journalism”
Delhi: Women’s group calls upon media to cover the ire of Nangal villagers
As on-ground protests continue in wake of the Delhi minor girl’s gang rape, media attention has shifted to legal proceedings.
Zee proposes “Afghanistan Tour Package” for “Tukde-tukde gang”
The insensitive article published on the DNA news website says that Indian liberals who allegedly support Taliban should go to Afghanistan
Will Taliban takeover of Afghanistan be used to attack Indian Muslims?
Anti-Muslim sentiments grow stronger on social media with questions like “Why are Indian muslims not condemning Taliban’s actions in Afghanistan?”
The wide terms of the IT Rules 2021 have a chilling effect on freedom of speech: Bom HC
The court stayed the operation of Rule 9 of the 2021 IT Rules deeming it to be manifestly unreasonable and going beyond the IT Act
Indian diaspora unfurls ‘Resign Modi’ banner in London on August 15
They also held a candlelight vigil outside Indian High Commission to “remember all the victims of the Modi regime”
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