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What is TV news doing in Manipur? Reporting what is known after ignoring for three months

TV news can't divert attention from its own omissions by attacking the govt. Had it given Manipur the coverage it's now lavishing, Modi-Biren govt might have responded more firmly.

Modi-media love affair takes a break. It’s INDIA that has come in between

What had been described as ‘Modi ya Mahagathbandhan’ by India TV on Monday became ‘NDA v/s INDIA’ on TV9 Bharatvarsh by Tuesday.

Indian news channels need to learn from China. Propaganda with a silver tongue, no shouting

A week of watching China's CGTN has taught me that Chinese insert their point of view into the news while maintaining a veneer of neutrality, under the cover of facts.

Indian TV serials are still stuck on ‘evil women snatching husbands’. OTTs race ahead

The physical violence in soap operas is children playing cops and robber compared to what we witness in OTT specials like Mirzapur.

Hussain Obama, Modi UCC pitch, Bakr-Eid goat—TV channels’ unhealthy obsession with Muslims

What Indians newspapers don’t do is chase after ‘Musalmaan’ like India TV news. And the stories can be anything as long as Muslims are involved and can be named.

Star-struck TV channels lavish praise on Modi like Americans spread peanut butter on bread

When Modi's plane touched down in New York, TV reporters who had flown out for the state visit were thrilled. Arnab Goswami on Republic TV was screaming: 'The entire world is looking.'

This is the difference between TV news and newspapers’ coverage of Jack Dorsey vs Modi govt

A subject that united the media was the World Test Championship final between India and Australia at The Oval. They took us from ‘hope’ to ‘despair’ within a few hours.

Wrestlers’ protest coverage a cocktail of confusion

On Wednesday, Times of India referred to Brij Bhushan as ‘ex-WFI chief’. Other newspapers and TV news disagreed.

TV coverage of Delhi murder shows why you want IPL to continue forever

Only a ‘Foreign attack by Ra Ga’ pressed pause on the video of the grotesque crime in the capital relayed by every news channel since Monday morning.

Between ‘Boss’ Modi and G20 Kashmir, TV news had a tough time picking

Most TV journalists in Kashmir were tactful about the situation in Srinagar during the G20 meeting. They prefaced all their reports by saying they were in a ‘Naya Kashmir’.

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Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.