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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...
SSR Case: Bom HC reprimands news channels for ‘media trial’
In a 251 pages long judgement, the court studied the balance between freedom of speech and right to fair trial, and gave detailed directions for media houses to follow
KUWJ seeks interim bail for Siddique Kappan to meet his ailing mother
The application has also requested the Registrar General to list the matter early as Kappan’s 90-year-old mother is very ill
Rihanna, Greta Thunberg support Indian farmers; MEA cries foul
Ministry of External Affairs issues statement on comments by global icons’ solidarity with indian farmers, adds its own hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda
Journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi Court
Puniya has to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000, and a surety of the same amount, along with other bail conditions
Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today
Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?
FIR against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan
A complaint against the editor of news website The Wire, was lodged at Rampur’s Civil Lines police station for his social media post
Journalist Mandeep Punia sent to jail for 14 days
Crackdown on journalists covering the massive farmers protest continues, especially vulnerable are freelance reporters, and independent media groups
Guj HC suspends warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
A Kutch court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in connection with a 2017 defamation case related to an article about the Adani Group
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai and other scribes charged with sedition for ‘fake news’
The FIR states that the tweets claiming that police shot a protester who died, provoked people to march to Red Fort
Tablighi Jamaat reportage: SC seeks clarity on Centre’s power under Cable TV Act
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