Press Freedom
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Centre questions credibility of World Press Freedom Index in Supreme Court
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was responding to Justice KM Joseph’s observation that India was at the 161st place in the ranking by Reporters Sans Frontières.
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India’s rank on World Press Freedom Index drops to 161 out of 180 countries
India has slid from 11 spots and is now below Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, non-profit Reporters Without Borders said in a report.
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SC quashes Centre’s ban on MediaOne, says national security claims can’t be used to take away rights
The court said that independent media is crucial to the functioning of a democratic republic.
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Trending
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How the East India Company tried to use paintings to lionise Robert Clive – and failed
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Readers’ comments: ‘Most Kerala Hindus are already lost’
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For young readers: A new collection of 25 timeless tales about nature by Ruskin Bond
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Arrested, acquitted: Jigna Vora recounts her trauma after being accused in journalist J Dey’s murder
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Odisha train collision toll rises to 261, around 900 injured
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Suspension of Punjab journalists’ social media accounts undermines press freedom, says Editors Guild
The accounts were withheld last month amid the manhunt for Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh.
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Modi is trying to silence the foreign press. Here’s how
From visa uncertainty to deportation threats, foreign correspondents recount in surveys how Modi government is making it harder for them to report from India.
Arunabh Saikia
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Why India’s crackdown on BBC has left foreign correspondents anxious
Western governments have been silent on the Income Tax surveys at BBC offices in India. Reporters feel abandoned.
Arunabh Saikia
Video
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Watch: Ukrainian soldiers send a message to Russia with a parody of Oscar-winning song ‘Naatu Naatu’
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Eco India, Episode 226: We are producing much more than we can recycle. How can we change this?
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Watch: Devastating sandstorm sweeps across the Suez Canal in Egypt, causing death and closing ports
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Watch: Comedian mimics Bollywood celebrities explaining their absence from Cannes Film Festival
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Watch: Animal activist sit in cage to highlight the plight of confined birds
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PIB fact-check amendment: Centre extends deadline to submit feedback to February 20
The draft proposal was introduced on January 17 by the ministry as an amendment to the Information Technology Rules, 2021.
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‘We support free press,’ says US on India blocking BBC documentary
The Centre had directed YouTube and Twitter to remove links to the documentary, which revisits Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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SC asks Ghaziabad court to defer hearing in money laundering case against journalist Rana Ayyub
Ayuub had moved the Supreme Court against the summons to Ghaziabad court citing threat to her life and liberty.
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The Reel
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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‘Mumbaikar’ review: A dated, draining exercise
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Review: In ‘Fire in the Mountains’, the enormous burden of womanhood
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Centre to hold discussions with stakeholders before implementing PIB fact-check amendment
Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar made the remark when asked about the proposed amendment to the IT rules.
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Pakistani government says 42 journalists killed in past four years
An average of five Pakistani journalists have died every year since 2012 because of their profession, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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‘We don’t need to be told what to do on democracy,’ India says at UN
New Delhi’s permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks after India assumed presidency of the Security Council for the month of December.
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