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Argument over seats to hate campaign: The story behind the Mumbai Press Club row

For more than five decades, the Mumbai Press Club has been a home for the city’s journalists. Founded in 1968 along with the Bombay Union of Journalists, it was built on values of honesty, independence, and public service in order to protect the dignity of journalism and the freedom of…

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Adani lawyer claims journalists funded ‘by China’, court quashes gag order

A Delhi court on Thursday set aside a lower court’s September 6 order that had restrained journalists and publishers from publishing articles deemed defamatory to Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), led by Gautam Adani.

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Bulk SMS request for Maharashtra ‘vote theft’ film turned down, Cong points to ‘bid to suppress’

A documentary on alleged vote manipulation in Maharashtra has triggered a controversy after an attempt by the Congress to circulate it via bulk SMS was blocked. The party claims the rejection was on the grounds that the film amounted to “protest content”, something it has described as censorship.

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‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India

Attacks and self censorship, draconian anti-terror laws and tycoons’ control over the media, are all seen as eroding the country’s democracy

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SC says nothing wrong with using Pegasus for security but protect right to privacy

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said there was nothing wrong for the country to use Pegasus spyware for security reasons. The court, however, remarked that use of the right of privacy of “private individuals” will be protected under the Constitution, reported Bar and Bench.

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‘Need for independent probe into Madhabi Buch’: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on SEBI saga

The Hindenburg Research report alleging multiple conflicts of interest by SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch came out on August 10. Since then, many other questions have been raised about alleged improprieties. But so far, the Narendra Modi government has remained quiet on the issue, neither initiating an investigation nor action…

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No diversity, govt dependent, paying the price: State of the media at event in memory of Gauri Lankesh

“Maybe the killers of Gauri Lankesh were angry that a woman was questioning the Hindutva ideology. This shows how much danger women journalists are in for merely doing their job,” said Meena Kotwal, founder of digital news platform Mooknayak.

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‘Worst time for journalism in India’: Outrage at Press Club protest over NewsClick searches

“Free the press”; “stop harassing Indian media”; “say no to persecution of the media”. These were jottings on several posters and banners as the clock ticked past 4 pm, and journalists, academics, writers and activists began to fill the courtyard at the Press Club of India in Lutyens’ Delhi.

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NewsClick arrests: Journalists asked about farm protests, views on Oppn

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the news outfit’s HR head Amit Chakravarty were arrested after hours of questioning by the Delhi Police special cell on Tuesday.

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Q&A: ‘Chilling’: Journalist sued by Adani, cited by Hindenburg

Veteran Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talks about his reporting, meeting Adani and the cases he faces.

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Could trouble for Adani trip up Narendra Modi?

Repercussions from Hindenburg report reach into political sphere as spotlight falls on tight-knit relationship between India’s prime minister and the billionaire

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