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In this episode of TV Newsance, we have brought you a blast from the past as we take a look at some of the best and the worst of our usual suspects’ attempts at covering international events — as India moves towards becoming the ‘Vishwaguru’. 

Following the media stories from Delhi, it seems every year is Groundhog Day. May-June bring stories of water shortages; July will bring stories of flooding and waterlogging, soon followed by dengue. Then, after a brief respite, we will get pollution from farm fires and Diwali in the winter months, and…

कॉपीराइट उल्लंघन करने के मामले को लेकर न्यूज़ एजेंसी एएनआई और पीटीआई भिड़ गए हैं. एएनआई ने पीटीआई के खिलाफ दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय में मुकदमा दर्ज कराया है. साथ ही दो करोड़ रुपये का हर्जाना मांगा है. 

A front page article in the July 2 edition of Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi has not gone down well with a BJP leader in Kerala, so much so that he has announced that he will not read the newspaper again. 

Karnataka High Court quashed the defamation proceedings against the news daily Times of India but refused to nix the case against Bennett Coleman editorial director Jaideep Bose in connection with a report on an artwork auction, Livelaw reported.  

The University Grants Commission-administered and the National Testing Agency-conducted National Eligibility Test was cancelled just a little after the NTA-coordinated National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s last-minute annulment – after it was revealed that question papers were leaked and both examinations compromised.

उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में स्वयंभू बाबा साकार विश्व हरि उर्फ भोले बाबा के सत्संग में मची भगदड़ से अब तक 121 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है. दर्जनों लोग घायल हैं. मरने वालों में ज्यादातर महिलाएं और बच्चे शामिल हैं. 

The Hathras stampede has left behind at least 121 dead, most of them women and children. And the role played by self-proclaimed godman – Baba Sakar Vishwa Hari alias Bhole Baba – as well as district authorities is under the scanner. The administration had allowed 80,000 people to gather at…

As a religious event turned into a site of chaos at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, families of hundreds of dead and injured scrambled to locate their loved ones – searching hospitals across the region “without much help” from the administration.