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The morning air in Bodh Gaya carries the scent of incense and the soft murmur of mantras. But two kilometres from the revered Mahabodhi Temple – one of Buddhism's four holiest pilgrimage sites – a different sound rises.

न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के पत्रकार प्रतीक गोयल को निडर पत्रकारिता के लिए दिल्ली प्रेस क्लब की ओर से विश्वनाथ पुरस्कार के लिए शॉर्टलिस्ट किया गया है. यह पुरस्कार 21 मार्च को दिल्ली में एक समारोह में प्रदान किया जाएगा. समारोह में न्यायमूर्ति एस मुरलीधर बी.जी. वर्गीज मेमोरियल लेक्चर भी देंगे. 

Newslaundry reporter Prateek Goyal is among the five journalists shortlisted for the Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism for 2024. The award will be presented at a ceremony on March 21 in Delhi, where Justice S Muralidhar will deliver the BG Verghese memorial lecture.

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a hate speech case against CNN News18 consulting editor Rahul Shivshankar over his post on X about the state government’s allocation of funds for the welfare of religious minorities, Bar and Bench reported.

After avoiding press conferences for years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly discovered his love for criticism during a chat with an American podcaster.

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to news agency ANI while hearing a plea filed by Wikipedia. Wikipedia’s parent organisation, Wikimedia Foundation, had approached the apex court after the Delhi High Court last year ordered it to take down a specific page on ANI’s defamation case against Wikipedia.

In this episode, Newslaundry goes to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences at Lodhi Road. 

हैदराबाद की एक स्थानीय अदालत ने तेलंगाना पुलिस द्वारा गिरफ्तार की गई दो महिला पत्रकारों को बड़ी राहत दी है. पुलिस ने इनके खिलाफ भारतीय न्याय संहिता की धारा 111 के तहत मुकदमा दर्ज किया था. कोर्ट ने इसे खारिज कर दिया. 

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Chennai-based doctoral candidate at Columbia University who left the United States after their student visa was suddenly revoked, is still bewildered that her peripheral involvement in pro-Palestine protests has led to her being disenrolled from the university. 

Amid the ongoing standoff between the union government and Tamil Nadu over the three-language policy, a fresh controversy has emerged after Tamil television channel Star Vijay stalled its programme on the issue. The network had recorded an episode for its flagship debate show Neeya Naana, hosted by television personality Gopinath.

A Hyderabad court has struck down the Telangana police’s attempt to prosecute two journalists under Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a charge reserved for serious organised crimes, Hindustan Times reported.