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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicBBC

Topic: BBC

When the internet tripped up NaMo at key BJP meet

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Google, Facebook should be forced to share ad revenue with content creators to help journalism

Local newspapers are losing out to digital giants in terms of readership and advertisements, thereby affecting their very survival.

Modi govt may turn DD and AIR into public sector firms, disband Prasar Bharati

Move raises concerns of increased state interference. Centre to cite Prasar Bharati’s ‘inefficiency’ as the reason for its dissolution.

Dark side of India’s night lights: As states prosper, rich-poor gap in districts widens

As states grow economically, the gap between the rich and poor districts within the state widens, as observed in night lights data from 1991 to 2015.

The internet is destroying democracy, says legendary journalist Harding

James Harding in his scathing Hugh Cuddlip lecture speech talked about news being weaponised and how the state must take a stronger stand.

Is there a channel India can be proud of like British are of BBC or US of CNN?

Whilst there are newspapers that I would unreservedly applaud I’m afraid there isn’t a single channel I can say that of without biting my tongue.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.