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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicCensorship

Topic: Censorship

Twice in a week, India moves to clamp down free speech

Madhav Khosla -
Legal and policy-related implications of the proposed amendment raise serious concerns.

Didn’t cut Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mention from Pak finance minister’s interview, says BBC

Aastha Singh -
Here’s what’s happening across the border: US to ensure Pak doesn't use IMF bailout to repay Chinese debt, and Voice of America’s Urdu and Pashto websites blocked in Pakistan.

Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

Maneesh Chhibber -
It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.

The meeting at which Netflix is said to have agreed to self-regulate in India

Sanya Dhingra -
Netflix is said to have committed to look at global best practices and come up with a solution to self-regulate after meeting Modi govt officials.

China’s censorship policy could end up clipping its economic prospects

Adam Minter -
China's information gap only worsens an income gap,  which remains among the country's most chronic problems.

Imran Khan, once a critic of ISI, now claims it’s the best intelligence agency of all

Aastha Singh -
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Nawaz Sharif didn’t apply for parole after wife’s death; and horrifying graffiti appears on girls’ school walls.

Censored, yes, but China’s versions of Instagram and WhatsApp are a global rage

Sanya Dhingra -
Apps like TikTok and We Chat reportedly have millions of users around the world, and a bike-sharing app has already reached 200 cities.

Once atheist, Russia now books people for religious jokes, and crises aplenty for Trump

Sankalita Dey -
Warming hits Arctic's 'last bastion', and a 'green' Haj. 

Cartoonist Satish Acharya censored because some people are mightier than the pen

Neera Majumdar -
Censorship exists because Indians believe denial is better than cure.

How Sundar Pichai caught employees off-guard with censored Google for China

Mark Bergen -
Pichai, who has been vocal about his desire to take Google to China again, is taking a stance at odds with the beliefs of the founders.
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Opinion

How ancient manuscripts are writing the next chapter of India-UK cultural cooperation

Debanjan Chakrabarti -
When the Programme of Cultural Cooperation (PoCC) was signed between India and the UK in May 2025, it acknowledged that cultural heritage knows no borders.

Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

News channels dialled up the science on artificial rain all day — then asked us to pray

Economy

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

Udit Bubna -
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Defence

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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