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While the Indian government has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for “provocative content” and “misinformation” following the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian television news has been doing what it does best: rolling out the red carpet for such content, in studio lighting, with a splash of nationalistic graphics.

For eight-year-old twins from Kerala’s Kochi, the words “let’s play” are no longer an invitation to joy but a paralysing reminder of gore. These are the words their grandfather N Ramachandran had said, moments before he was shot dead in front of them last week at Baisaran valley of Pahalgam.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said there was nothing wrong for the country to use Pegasus spyware for security reasons. The court, however, remarked that use of the right of privacy of “private individuals” will be protected under the Constitution, reported Bar and Bench.

A survey by the Pew Research Center found that India has one of the highest share of people who believe its country’s media is free from state intervention. 

15 अप्रैल को शाम के 5 बजे के बाद की बात है. दिल्ली में आईटीओ बस स्टॉप के बगल वाली सड़क पर हमेशा की तरह अफरा-तफरी मची हुई थी. 52 वर्षीय लाइब्रेरियन नरेंद्र कुमार घर जाने के लिए रेलिंग के पास चुपचाप खड़े थे. कुछ मिनट बाद, एक तेज रफ़्तार…

बीते दिन भारत में 16 पाकिस्तानी चैनलों को ब्लॉक किए जाने के बाद अब भारत में यूट्यूब चैनल 4PM को ब्लॉक कर दिया गया है. इसके लिए राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा का हवाला दिया गया है. 

YouTube news channel 4PM has been banned in India because of a government order linked to “national security or public order”.

Seven-year-old Shahida had no idea her world was about to change that Tuesday in February. One moment she was with her parents in Cherai, a beach town in Kerala’s Ernakulam; the next, she was separated from them and put in a police jeep with her two brothers- all without any…

In this episode of What’s Your Ism?, Sudipto Mondal hosts Anand Neelakantan, bestselling author of Asura and Ajaya, to discuss how mythology is shaped by caste, politics, and power. Neelakantan dissects dominant narratives in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, questioning why some figures are remembered as heroes while others are cast…

University of Lucknow assistant professor Madri Kakoti, known as satirist Dr Medusa online, has been booked for her social media posts on the Pahalgam attack.

बीते शनिवार का दिन से एनडीटीवी के दफ्तर में कुछ कर्मचारियों के लिए झटका लेकर आया. दरअसल, अप्रेजल का इंतजार कर रहे कर्मचारियों को एक वेबलिंक मिला. इस लिंक में एनडीटीवी लिमिटेड के डायरेक्टर संजय पुगलिया की तरफ से हस्ताक्षरित एक पत्र था. पत्र में कर्मचारी के काम को लेकर…