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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalists Tanzil Asif, Neetu Singh and Sagar Patel, who talk about working in mainstream media, why they quit it and decided to go independent. 

On April 30, the Nainital police learnt of about the alleged sexual abuse of a minor girl, following tension spread in the hill city. As news of the victim’s medical examination spread, some Hindu organisations started protesting outside the police station. Gradually this protest turned violent.

नैनीताल में एक नाबालिग लड़की के साथ कथित यौन शोषण की खबर फैलते ही बीते बुधवार रात लगभग 8 बजे शहर में तनाव फैल गया. जैसे ही जानकारी सामने आई कि पीड़िता को मेडिकल जांच के लिए ले जाया गया है, कुछ हिंदू संगठनों ने थाने के बाहर प्रदर्शन शुरू…

इस हफ्ते केंद्र सरकार द्वारा जातिगत जनगणना कराए जाने के ऐलान, प्रेस फ्रीडम डे के बहाने मीडिया की आजादी और और पहलगाम हमले पर सुरक्षा में चूक को लेकर सवाल पूछने वालों पर एफआईआर दर्ज करने को लेकर विस्तार से बात हुई.  

Threat to life, state censorship, corporate clampdown – press freedom in India is under siege from every direction. 

In a special episode for Press Freedom Day, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian and author Ramachandra Guha. The panel begins with a discussion on the history of press freedom in India. Ram reflects on the similarities and differences between 1975’s Emergency…

For the first time in the history of the Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders, the conditions for practising journalism are “difficult” or “very serious” in over half of the world’s countries and satisfactory in fewer than one in four.

After the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, the country needed calm, clarity, and accountability. Instead, Indian TV news launched its favourite counter-offensive – ballistic anchors. Gaurav Arya, Navika Kumar, Arnab Goswami and others suited up for war… not against terrorists, but against basic decency, logic, and journalism.

Kazuya Mishima 

इस साल की शुरुआत छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार मुकेश चंद्राकर की हत्या की ख़बर से हुई और गुजरे चार महीनों में कम से कम चार पत्रकार अलग-अलग मामलों में अपनी जान गंवा चुके हैं. वहीं करीब दो दर्जन मामले ऐसे सामने आ चुके हैं, जिनमें पत्रकार पर या तो हमला किया…

Once known for its peace, charm and clear waters, Nainital today is struggling under the weight of poor planning and environmental neglect. This ground report takes you through the traffic woes, illegal construction, garbage dumping and the silent threat posed by landslides at Balia Nala, which is the outlet of…