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Aaj Tak and India TV air BJP promotional content as news

For observers of television news media’s decline, it may no longer seem odd for Indian news anchors to sit inside the BJP headquarters to host shows airing the party’s propaganda. But what if they telecast bytes and lift videos from a publicity arm of the BJP?

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TV Newsance 195: Covid in China and Bharat Jodo Yatra as a ‘superspreader’

The big news of the week is the rapid spread of Covid in China. We look at China’s zero-Covid policy, why it failed and what’s really happening in our neighbouring country with the big Omicron spike. Should India be worried? Meanwhile, Arnab Goswami, Navika Kumar and the usual suspects on…

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Daily Dose Ep 1233: 16 killed in Sikkim road accident, Charles Sobhraj released

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Sikkim, China, Delhi, Nepal and the Koreas.

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Cartoon: Christmas spirit

Cartoon is one of the oldest and boldest artistic genres for speaking truth to power. In India, however, cartoonists, in the news media and outside, are under pressure to curtail their free speech and not annoy the powerful as the finest of them are wont to do. They are being…

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Allahabad High Court grants bail to Siddique Kappan in PMLA case

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan today in a case filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Kappan’s lawyer Mohamed Dhanish confirmed the news to Newslaundry.

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In Delhi, sanitation workers allegedly asked to pay ‘bribes’ to keep their jobs

“It is still painful,” said Rajwati, lifting her kurti to show a painful bruise near her ribs. “I have a fever as well. But now, I think twice before spending even Rs 10 on paracetamol.”

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NL Playoffs Ep 33: Argentina’s spectacular World Cup win

Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh Kalur and Gowtham Kode discuss Argentina’s win at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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19 cases of newspapers being censured over fake news since April 2018: Govt

There have been 19 cases of newspapers being censured over fake news since April 2018, the union ministry of information and broadcasting told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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‘A burning issue’: How the Sangh family is spearheading protests in Maharashtra for a love jihad law

Over the last 30 days, affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have spearheaded high-intensity protests across Maharashtra. Alongside a coterie of similar Hindutva outfits, they all have a single demand – the enactment of a “love jihad” law in the state.

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Modi government drastically cuts spending on advertising its schemes. News providers are hurting

The Narendra Modi government’s spending on advertising its policies and programmes in newspapers has gone down by 87 percent over the past six years.

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TMR 2022: How true crime balances journalism and drama

What makes true crime such a compelling genre? How does one balance journalism and drama, and how does censorship impact filmmakers?

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Daily Dose Ep 1229: Rajya Sabha walkout over China, eviction drive in Assam’s Nagaon

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from the Rajya Sabha, Assam, Meghalaya, Delhi and Ukraine.

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Dainik Bhaskar’s government ads halved the year it reported on Covid second wave

The Narendra Modi government released details of its advertisement expenditure to the parliament earlier this week. Newslaundry reported which news broadcasters cornered how much of the money on Thursday.

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Dainik Bhaskar’s government ads fell 80 percent the year it reported on Covid second wave

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 250: Media layoffs, Delhi official's mysterious disappearance

It is an all-Newslaundry panel this week as Basant Kumar is joined by Ashwine Kumar Singh and Akanksha Kumar.

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Hafta letters: Gujarat election, science desk, nuclear energy

1) Did voter turnout matter at all in the Gujarat election? Like in the US, while Trump got a lot more votes in 2020 than in 2016, he lost because of a higher voter turnout benefiting the Democrats. Did that matter at all? Were AAP voters a new set of…

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Cartoon: Law and order

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Tragedy on Rohtak road: With two major accidents this year, why residents want a footbridge

Two major accidents this year in the same stretch of road in West Delhi has residents clamouring for a foot overbridge. In both cases, the victims included children who were trying to cross Rohtak road when vehicles, allegedly overspeeding, knocked them down.

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A DDA official went missing a month ago. His family alleges cops are involved

Shiv Kumar’s family has printed another 1,000 posters, in addition to the 4,000 already pasted at various locations across Delhi, in the hope that these will lead them to their son – who went missing over a month ago after he was briefly detained at the Model Town police station…

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Network18 leads news broadcasters in getting ad money from Modi government

The Narendra Modi government released its media advertisement expenditure in the parliament earlier this week. Since it assumed power in 2014, the government has spent Rs 6,491 crore on advertisements in print and electronic media.

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TMR 2022: Is online education furthering inequality?

How did India’s education sector cope with the disruption of the pandemic? Did the resultant push to conduct classes online affect marginalised groups adversely? What lessons did the industry learn?

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TMR 2022: Can legacy and digital media be allies?

Why do legacy and digital media in India seem to be caught in a tussle? Can they not learn from and work with each other? Are there no grounds for cooperation to begin with?

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‘Tall claim’: Tribune reporter calls out India Today for taking credit for LAC clash report

It could have been just another day in the unexamined life of the breaking news ticker.

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NL Playoffs Ep 32: The best and worst of the FIFA World Cup

Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh Kalur and Gowtham Kode discuss the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 249: The 2022 mandate and road to 2024

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as Ayush Tiwari is joined by Basant Kumar and Akanksha Kumar.

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