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Hafta letters: Delhi, Khalistan, competitive exams

Following the media stories from Delhi, it seems every year is Groundhog Day. May-June bring stories of water shortages; July will bring stories of flooding and waterlogging, soon followed by dengue. Then, after a brief respite, we will get pollution from farm fires and Diwali in the winter months, and…

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Dainik Bhaskar MD, journalists booked under POCSO for ‘revealing minor victim’s identity’

The final report in a POCSO Act case against Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar’s managing editor Sudhir Agarwal, national editor LP Pant, and its four other journalists has termed the charges false. The case pertains to the paper’s coverage of a case in which it reportedly included identifiers related to the…

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Awful and Awesome Ep 357: Federer: Twelve Final Days, A Family Affair, Sharmajee Ki Beti

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‘Responsible for content’: HC refuses to quash defamation case against TOI editorial director

Karnataka High Court quashed the defamation proceedings against the news daily Times of India but refused to nix the case against Bennett Coleman editorial director Jaideep Bose in connection with a report on an artwork auction, Livelaw reported.

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‘Baba dhongi, no help from govt’: Families search for the missing, ‘dead or alive’, after Hathras tragedy

As a religious event turned into a site of chaos at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, families of hundreds of dead and injured scrambled to locate their loved ones – searching hospitals across the region “without much help” from the administration.

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‘Harassment’: Indian journalists’ videos hit due to South African firm’s YouTube ‘bug’

As independent journalists decoded the general election results on YouTube last month, at least a dozen of them received copyright claims on older videos, rendering those videos ineligible for monetisation.

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At least 50 dead, over 100 injured after stampede at Hathras religious event

More than 50 people died and over a 100 are estimated to be injured in a stampede at a satsang, or religious event, in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, as per the Indian Express. The number of those dead, a majority of whom are women, is likely to increase.

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In Bengal, ‘medical negligence victims’ have a slim chance of justice against private entities

This report is the third instalment of a series on medical negligence. Read the previous parts here.

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Assam ministers return to hate politics

In sharp contrast to the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign, communal remarks have returned to the state’s politics with ministers trying to portray the Congress’s victory in three seats as a boost to criminal elements within the minority community.

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Journalist issues notice to OpIndia over ‘threats’ due to ‘malicious articles’

Independent journalist Meer Faisal has issued a cease and desist notice to right-wing platform OpIndia, demanding the removal of allegedly defamatory articles from its website, Maktoob Media reported.

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SAD turmoil spotlights newspaper editor’s ‘influence’ in Punjab politics

The rebellion within the Shiromani Akali Dal has spotlighted the influence of regional papers in Punjab, especially Barjinder Singh Hamdard, the owner and editor-in-chief of the Jalandhar-based daily Ajit.

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Overhaul laws, protect sources: 10 recommendations by RSF, 3 Indian organisations for NDA govt

Reporters Without Borders, the Network of Women in Media, India, Free Speech Collective, and the Internet Freedom Foundation, have “10 urgent recommendations” for the NDA government to protect journalists, guarantee media independence, amend laws that restrict the right to information, and safeguard access to the Internet and digital media.

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‘BJP using UAPA as tool’: India’s youngest MP on political agenda, poll victory

Samajwadi Party leader Pushpendra Saroj had turned 25 years old just two weeks before the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls. He managed to win UP’s Kaushambi seat by defeating the BJP’s Vinod Sonkar, a two-time MP, with a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

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Who’s responsible for Delhi’s rain mess? Answers from 5 of the worst-hit spots

As rain lashed the national capital in the early hours of Friday, the roads were submerged in water from overflowing drains, inundating several areas – from the affluent neighbourhood of Lutyens to the densely populated villages.

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Farmhouses, unacquired land, ‘alternate route’: On the road to DDA’s green cover blunder

The Delhi Development Authority as well the Lieutenant Governor’s office are under fire from the Supreme Court over the hacking of around 1,100 trees for the widening of a 2.2-km stretch – part of the road from Chattarpur Main Road towards Fatehpur Beri.

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CBI arrests Jharkhand journalist in connection with NEET ‘paper leak’

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Mohammad Jamaludin, a Hazaribagh-based journalist, for “helping” two accused of alleged paper leak of this year’s NEET examination, Indian Express reported, citing a source.

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Hafta letters: Punjabi voters, Elon Musk, VODCAST

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TV Newsance 257: A trip down the memory lane to media in UPA era

Abhinandan is on hosting duties this week and we decided to take a break from all the craziness of TV news and look back at Newslaundry during the UPA era, when we were still speaking truth to power.

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‘Papa was sole breadwinner, used to work overtime’: Son of driver who died in airport collapse

The roof collapse at the Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 has left at least one dead and around eight injured. The Narendra Modi government has announced Rs 20 lakh in compensation for the family of the deceased and Rs 3 lakh each for those injured.

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‘Why are Indians not paying for news?’: A peek into Reuters Institute’s Digital Report 2024

About 58 percent people in India are concerned about fake news on the internet, as per the Digital News Report 2024 published by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism earlier this month.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 356: Maharaj, Chandu Champion, The Fall Guy

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ABP CEO Avinash Pandey quits

ABP network CEO Avinash Pandey has resigned after nearly two decades with the media house, according to an Exchange4Media report.

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Jharkhand HC grants bail to ex-CM Hemant Soren in land scam case

About six months after his arrest, Jharkhand’s former Chief Minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren was granted bail by the state high court today in the alleged land scam case, Indian Express reported.

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From health emergency to parliament, little changes for the media under new govt

The death of a poor person is rarely front-page news, especially in this post-election season when the daily drama of the 18th Lok Sabha is understandably drawing attention. But even as we watch this session of the Lok Sabha and note the changes and the repetitions from the past, it…

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HC restrains Kannada news channel from airing content over licence issue

The Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order restraining Kannada news channel Power TV and its affiliate Mitcoin Infraprojects from broadcasting content, Bar and Bench reported.

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