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TV news was confused this week. Went from Comedy Hour with Kalyan to Kharge vs Modi real quick

'Has the Pakistan government got rid of Dawood?’ TNNB wanted to know. Nobody knew, and nobody seemed to care.

News anchors playing musical chairs on TV. And it’s giving us a real identity crisis

Many anchors and well-known TV news reporters are no longer where they are supposed to be—they’ve taken on new assignments and left us scratching our heads.

2023 results show Modi is the Messi of mass politics. But don’t rush to watch TV channels

And the winner is… ‘Modi Magic’. The losers are the exit polls and TV news—besides the Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi, of course. In fact, I’m wondering...

For once, TV news chose sensitive over sensational—Uttarakhand tunnel rescue coverage shows

The government deserves compliments for placing a barrier between the public and the rescue mission. Or news channels would have done everything to enter the tunnel.

Hindi TV news has no time for the Uttarakhand tunnel collapse. Gaza & Ayodhya rule the air

No channels have made the effort to track down families of trapped workers. But channels like Desh News & India Voice have reams of footage of bereaved families in Gaza & Israel.

TV channel melodrama has its uses this week. It’s about Delhi air pollution

TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.

Israel, Mahua Moitra, Kerala, world cup—TV news covered everything but upcoming state polls

The case of Hindi news channels is more intriguing. With elections in Hindi heartland states, you’d expect them to be all over the place. Not quite.

‘Mad Max’ fury to Afghanistan’s triumph, newspapers to TV—India in grip of World Cup

The audience and media jubilation on TV and in the newspapers of Afghanistan’s victory over Pakistan was such you thought India had beaten Pakistan.

‘Bombing’ of Gaza hospital changes opinion on Israel and media headlines in quick succession

Is the news about hard facts perceptions? “The optics are not looking good” for Israel, said a CNN International anchor. A guest on BBC World said the hospital attack would have an “appalling impact” on international opinion.

Travel guides of terror tourism—Indian news anchors land in Israel before debris is cleared

Less than 72 hours after Hamas attacked Israel, India's Hindi and English news channels promptly mobilised their forces and sent correspondents to Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Sderot—and Gaza.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

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.