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Sisodia released after SC grants bail in liquor policy case

Nearly 18 months after the CBI arrested him, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was reportedly released from Tihar jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the liquor policy case.

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‘No result through godi media, so govt wants to control YouTube’: Digital creators on broadcast bill

“Self-censorship is not good for any democratic country. If an atmosphere of fear is created, and you’re constantly in fear that your channel can be shut if the government doesn’t like what you say, it’s going to lead to that,” said Ravish Kumar, former editor of NDTV India.

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IT Rules amendment: Bombay High Court reserves judgement

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in petitions challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the central government to establish fact-check units to identify “fake news” about itself on social media and order its take down, Livelaw reported.

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‘LGBTQ blood donation ban treats us as untouchables’: Ex-journo, Manipur author’s quest for equality

At 55, Sharif D Rangnekar stands at the intersection of several worlds – a journalist turned corporate professional, activist, and author of two books. Yet, it is his identity as a gay man and his role as a “facilitator” for the queer community that have defined his life narrative.

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New complaint alleges Taloja prison underbelly: ‘Mutton meals for Rs 8,000 per kg, 40% cuts, zero record’

Fried chicken for Rs 2,000, Hyderabadi-Muradabadi biryani for Rs 1,500, Schezwan rice for Rs 500, prawns biryani for Rs 2,000, mutton masala for Rs 8,000, and mutton curry for Rs 7,000.

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10 killed in Bijapur encounter: 2 months on, villagers point to names mismatch, ‘inaction’ over complaint

During the Dussehra break in October last year, Shaiytu Kunjam decided not to return to his residential school in Bijapur’s Basaguda, where he was a student of class 4, from his home in Pidiya village. Seven months later, that decision would cost him his life.

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Sudhanshu Trivedi asked about fake news in RS. Was it an investment in irony?

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

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No FIR, no diagnosis: Can a Rs 10 stamp paper absolve UP cops over death after ‘kanwar assault’?

About six days after he was allegedly “assaulted” and his e-rickshaw “damaged” by kanwariyas for brushing against a kanwar in Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli, e-rickshaw driver Mohit Kumar died on July 28. But no FIR was filed as the police claimed he died due to chest pain due to a pre-existing condition,…

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‘Looks like a man’: Rowling, Kangana, journos post anti-trans misinformation on Olympic boxer

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

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In Delhi, Muslim drivers ‘hide identity’, avoid kanwar yatra route ‘fearing targeted violence’

“Mahaul theek nahi hai. Hifazat kare…Jo bhi community stickers laga rahe hai apne mazhab ke, usse bhi kahin na kahin problem ho raha hain. Hum threat mein hain (The environment is not good. Be careful…whoever is putting religious stickers, that too is creating a problem somewhere. We are under threat).”

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 331: Death of UPSC aspirants, trail of kanwariya violence

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

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Gujarat-based fintech Infibeam Avenues to acquire 54% stake in Rediff

Gujarat-based fintech company Infibeam Avenues has struck a deal worth about Rs 50 crore to acquire a 54 percent stake in Rediff, one of the oldest internet firms in the country.

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Hafta letters: Karnataka jobs quota, Indian cities, Trump

I have a question for the future Chief Justice of India, Anand. If you haven't watched the Sansad speech of RG or PM, how do you have such strong opinions of RG’s speech and an acceptable vision of PM’s speech? You have the right to have your bias, but if…

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TV Newsance 261: UPSC aspirants’ deaths bring Godi media anchors to ground zero

This week started off with a tragedy as three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement library of a coaching institute due to rainwater flooding in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. It soon triggered the usual blame game between the BJP and AAP.

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Journalists to boycott Manipur police for 48 hours after TV reporter ‘assaulted’ by cop

Journalists in the valley region of Manipur have decided not to cover the state police for the next 48 hours in protest against an alleged assault on a TV journalist by a sub-inspector on Thursday afternoon.

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Scrutiny level, space ‘squeezed’: What’s changed for journalists in new parliament

Despite several protests and requests over the last four years, the demand for full parliamentary access for journalists is yet to be met.

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Before Delhi coaching hub deaths, plea in HC pointed to 18 buildings ‘intact’ despite MCD ‘demolition’

Three months before the three coaching centre deaths in Delhi’s Karol Bagh zone and an official crackdown against illegal constructions, the Delhi High Court had disposed of a petition which accused the Municipal Corporation of Delhi of inaction over 18 unauthorised constructions in the same municipal zone.

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‘Restore full media access to parliament’: Press Club seeks meeting with Birla, Dhankar

To demand restoration of full parliamentary access to journalists and photojournalists, the Press Club of India has requested meetings with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar.

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Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in ‘targeted Israeli air strike’ on Gaza

Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed on Wednesday as an Israeli air strike hit their car in the Shati refugee camp on Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported. The media outlet called it a “targeted assassination”.

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10 years, 89 paper leak cases, 48 retests: From centre to states, few plugs for a leaky record

Despite disquiet in the streets and parliament, a sense of denial seems to drape the Narendra Modi government’s response to paper leaks across the country.

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Sansad TV staff fear more job cuts: Lack of long-term contract, one-month extensions

Employees at Sansad TV are fearing a downsizing exercise in the absence of a long-term contract and repeated messages to extend their service by a month.

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‘Tool for harassment’: Editors’ Guild urges Shah to review new laws, bring ‘journalistic exceptions’

Pointing to the “dramatically expanding reach” of the new criminal laws, the Editors’ Guild of India has written to home minister Amit Shah, urging a review of the newly-passed Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita Suraksha.

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Middle-class rage, TRPs: Why legacy media is sliding off the govt’s ‘godi’

India’s middle class is a bit like me. When unhappy we both simmer for a while, get more and more resentful and then explode suddenly. Once our rage is out in the open, we start looking for random reasons to fuel our fury.This is precisely what we are seeing with…

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‘No biometric lock, a rescue without rescue equipment’: Eyewitnesses recall Delhi coaching centre horror

On July 27, as water filled the basement of Rao IAS Study Circle coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar, about 35 students in its “illegal” library were caught off guard. Some of them waded back into the dirty water to rescue their trapped peers until the NDRF arrived over…

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Patanjali case: SC tells Modi govt to publicise complaints against misleading ads of medicines

The Supreme Court has suggested that the Ayush ministry should create a centralised dashboard to publicise and track the progress of complaints filed against misleading advertisements on medicinal or allied healthcare products, Bar and Bench reported.

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