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Reporters Without Orders Ep 345: Why Yamuna is choking, funds squandered on Modi’s unofficial trips

This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Anmol Pritam and Basant Kumar.

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Newsance 273: US election, Trump’s triumph and cheer in Indian newsrooms

This week was marked by the presidential elections in the world’s oldest democracy, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close friend and fan Donald Trump securing a big victory. And as a friend of our honourable PM is a friend of our news anchors - Trump’s win was a cause for…

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Hafta letters: US elections, fascism, democracy

Great work on Hafta, NL team! I’ve been going through several of the archives that are available on video.

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Trump’s return: The threat to US press freedom runs parallel to India’s media crisis

The US presidential elections are done and dusted. We in India can now go back to our own election season, with the impending elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand at the end of this month.

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Another oran hurdle to a Rajasthan project. This time to Adani solar plant

Over the past few years, several renewable energy projects in western Rajasthan have run into trouble with local communities trying to claim government land as oran – parcels used for grazing with perceived cultural and religious significance. This week, a 600-MW solar project by Adani Green Energy Limited has found…

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विचाराधीन आपराधिक मामलों की रिपोर्टिंग को लेकर केरल हाईकोर्ट की अहम टिप्पणी

केरल हाईकोर्ट ने कहा कि मीडिया की अभिव्यक्ति की आजादी को किसी नागरिक की गरिमा, प्रतिष्ठा और गोपनीयता के अधिकार से ज्यादा तवज्जो नहीं दी जा सकती, खासकर आपराधिक मामलों की रिपोर्टिंग करते समय. लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, अदालत का कहना है कि केवल एक निर्णायक प्राधिकारी ही…

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‘Media freedom not licence to interfere with justice system’: Kerala HC on media trials

The Kerala High Court has held that the media’s freedom of speech cannot override a citizen’s right to dignity, reputation, and privacy, especially when reporting on an ongoing criminal case. The court said that only an adjudicatory authority can pronounce the guilt or innocence of an accused, LiveLaw reported.

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Rediscovering colonial-era Bihar through a delightful translation of a 100-year-old novel

In tracing the literary journey of a language, some landmarks stand out for what they mean for the language’s possibilities. Others are notable for how they mirror the time and space in which they are rooted.

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‘Same promise for 25 years’: Locals as Adani’s Dharavi plan turns MVA’s rallying cry

The proposed Adani redevelopment project in Dharavi has become a contentious issue in Maharashtra’s high-decibel poll campaign. Amid the opposition’s allegations of the Adani Group being given preferential treatment under the NDA government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has promised to scrap the Dharavi project and this is gradually…

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An insider’s view of why Harris lost: The strategy was vague, the campaign too general

Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States, is a once-in-a-generation political talent. His victory against Kamala Harris will be attributed to a wide range of factors. Pundits will hyper-analyse margins, cross-tabulated by gender, ethnicity and race, and each explanation will be more or less accurate because a single reason…

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Himalayan trout, ‘lack of transparency’, cheaper booze: The campaign and characters of the PCI polls

A bastion of press freedom on the right-wing’s radar. A low-budget watering hole. Or a carrom room for banter. The Press Club of India’s building in the heart of Lutyens Delhi means different things to different people. But an election this week may mean it’s at the cusp of change.

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क्यों रोमांच और सनसनी से भरपूर नहीं रहे प्रेस क्लब के चुनाव

लुटियंस दिल्ली की प्राइम लोकेशन- 1, रायसीना रोड यानी प्रेस क्लब ऑफ इंडिया का भवन. कुछ लोगों के लिए यह यूटोपिया है, कुछ के लिए यह एक टापू है जिस पर मोदीजी की नजर है, कुछ के लिए लुटियंस दिल्ली में बचा प्रतिरोध का एकमात्र अड्डा है. यह पत्रकारों का…

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Kamala Harris’s legacy as a ‘well-behaved woman’ who couldn’t make history

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

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‘American dread’, ‘He’s Don It Again’: Front pages around the world as Trump swept US polls

Donald Trump has reclaimed the White House to become the 47th President of the United States, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, with projections showing his lead in key states, dominance in the Senate, and a clean sweep in more than 290 electoral seats – well above the majority mark of…

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‘Divisive, promoted superstition’: NBDSA tells News18 India to take down Bageshwar Baba interview

The News Broadcasters and Digital Association has found a News18 India interview with self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, as violative of its code of ethics and advisories on religious harmony and superstition.

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Inflation, crime, conservative values: How Democrats fumbled the immigrant vote

Donald Trump is poised to be the next president of the United States, bringing to an end an election that was framed as a stark choice between tyranny and democracy.

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Ayodhya DM cites workload due to Ram Temple event as NGT flags ‘illegal’ report

In an apparent violation of a National Green Tribunal order, Ayodhya district magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh changed the composition of a fact-finding committee formed by the tribunal due to his increased workload linked to “development work” and “religious events” after the Ram Temple consecration.

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Trump seems set to reclaim White House. Here’s what the US media got wrong in the run-up

Before results are called by most media outlets, Donald Trump has already declared his victory, saying it has given him a “great feeling of love” and claiming the nation has given him “a powerful mandate”. “Look what happened…Is this crazy?”

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शारदा सिन्हा: ‘एक मनमोहिनी आवाज से मुलाकात कराई और वापस चली गईं’

बिहार की मशहूर गायिका शारदा सिन्हा का मंगलवार को निधन हो गया. दिल्ली एम्स में उन्होंने आखिरी सांस ली. अचानक तबीयत बिगड़ जाने के बाद उन्हें अस्पताल में भर्ती करवाया गया था. सिन्हा के चाहने वाले सिर्फ बिहार या भारत तक ही नहीं बल्कि विदेशों में भी थे. उनके एक ऐसे…

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From satire to defiance: The political power of Abu Abraham’s cartoons

I can’t really claim I had a well-developed political understanding at the age of six years when the Emergency was imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. But I do have a visceral political memory of the times, the black cloud of suffocation as well as the spirit of…

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‘Only law for people weakened’: Nearly 2 decades on, gaping holes in RTI machinery

“Since 1947, the RTI (Right to Information) Act is the only law which was exercised by people. This is the only law under which officials are accountable… But in Jharkhand, that right stands withdrawn.”

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Wikipedia ‘put on notice’ by centre over ‘bias’ amid ANI defamation hearing

While the Delhi High Court is hearing ANI’s defamation suit against Wikipedia, several media reports citing anonymous sources have claimed that the centre has put “Wikipedia on notice” over “many complaints of bias and inaccuracies” and a small group’s control over its editorial.

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पत्रकार सिद्दीकी कप्पन को सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने दी राहत

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने केरल के पत्रकार सिद्दीकी कप्पन को राहत दी है. दरअसल कोर्ट ने कप्पन की जमानत की उस शर्त में राहत दी है जिसमें उन्हें हर सोमवार उत्तर प्रदेश के एक पुलिस स्टेशन में हाजिरी लगानी जरूरी थी. लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक यह राहत कथित हाथरस…

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SC relaxes Siddique Kappan’s bail condition

The Supreme Court has relaxed Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan’s bail condition which made it mandatory for him to record his presence at a police station in Uttar Pradesh every Monday in connection with the alleged Hathras conspiracy case, LiveLaw reported.

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6 months after report, UP journalist held over BJP MP’s complaint

The editor of a local Hindi newspaper has been arrested in Ghaziabad after BJP MP Atul Garg accused him of defamation through a report that was published over six months ago.

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