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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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‘No place for opinionated columnist, campaigner’ — New BBC chief on staff’s social media use

With the British public service broadcaster facing controversies this year, new chief Tim Davie looks to crackdown on social media use and push for impartiality among staff.

‘Gorgeous drama but flat dialogue’ — Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ opens to mixed reactions

The first episode of BBC’s first period drama starring only people of colour aired Sunday. An adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel, the show will come to India later in this year on Netflix.

BBC says stand by our reports after Prasar Bharati CEO calls its Delhi riots coverage biased

BBC World Service Group Director Jamie Angus tells ThePrint the broadcaster is willing to face consequences of 'independently' covering events on ground.

Prasar Bharati CEO declines BBC invite, says its Delhi riots coverage was ‘one-sided’  

In a letter, CEO Shashi Vempati says he won’t attend BBC awards night as broadcaster’s coverage of Delhi riots ‘insinuated communal behavior’.

Emotional emails & offers to crowdfund — how fans tried to keep BBC Hindi radio on air

The service fell silent last month with its last transmission on 31 January. The BBC management now plans to boost its digital and TV presence.

Zee News, Times Now, Aaj Tak must perish in 2020. India’s TV news needs to go back a decade

The biggest constitutional amendment that India needs in 2020 is this: abolish TV news channels.

BBC and Netflix are resurrecting the world’s favourite vampire

Gothic fiction projects contemporary anxieties onto supernatural monsters, allowing for a safe exploration of social and political fears.

BBC & Al Jazeera footage of Soura clashes were from security cameras, and Modi govt knew

Constables and jawans in Kashmir’s Soura are bewildered why Modi government couldn’t stick to the truth about police action against a murderous crowd.

BBC to New York Times – Why Indian governments have always been wary of foreign press

Be it India or China or Russia – you can be sure that when a country accuses the foreign media of biased coverage, it has something it wants to hide.

Should India be offended by BBC, Washington Post, New York Times coverage of Kashmir?

After the abrogation of Article 370 and clampdown on Kashmir, several international media houses such as BBC, The Washington Post, Reuters and The New York Times reported on the tense atmosphere in J&K, protests by Kashmiris and detentions.

On Camera

Why won’t Modi fix Delhi’s airpocalypse?

The Prime Minister has never been shy about centralising authority. Surely, he should treat this problem the way that the leadership in Beijing treated China’s smog crisis over a decade ago?

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

Op Sindoor hit Pakistan’s economy hard, we forced their navy to stay restricted to ports—Navy chief

Admiral Dinesh Tripathi at annual media interaction ahead of Navy Day celebrations announced that an operational demonstration is expected at Thiruvananthapuram, President Murmu to attend.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.