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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicForeign media

Topic: Foreign media

Modi govt rapped BBC for ‘militants’. That leaves NYT, AFP, AP, and the rest

Calling terrorists ‘militants’, ‘gunmen’, ‘armed men’, ‘attackers’, or ‘assailants’ hurts our sensibilities and reminds us that Western media generally treats Kashmir as a disputed territory.

‘Blow to Modi govt claims’ to ‘shift in regional conflict’, global media reacts to Pahalgam attack

Calling New Delhi 'irresponsible' for pointing fingers at Islamabad, Pakistani media covers attack through reactions from officials & comments on Kashmir's socio-political climate.

India as future of manufacturing after China & New Delhi ‘exporting munitions to Tel Aviv’

Global media also reports about the plight of outdoor workers amid the ‘unprecedented' heatwave in India.

Adani Group’s plans to diversify and how cricket in India is intertwined with politics

Global media also analyses how Modi is doubling down on 'anti-Muslim' rhetoric ahead of election results, stoking fear among Hindus about potential dangers of opposition coming to power.

‘Put a sock in it’ — British analyst slams Guardian editorial, says Western media ‘biased’ against India

Editorial asked Indians to 'think hard' about re-electing PM Modi. Analyst Chris Blackburn says such pieces hinder work of foreign press in India.

Trudeau’s ‘diversion tactic’, Western ‘hypocrisy’, Modi cartoons — global media on India-Canada row

From calls for proof to betting it's 'solid', global media & experts weigh in on diplomatic spat over accusation that Indian agents killed Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

New book by US scholar reveals how 6 media barons in US & UK aided Hitler’s rise before WW-II

In her book 'The Newspaper Axis', Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor at UC Davis, writes that media's role was central to the western powers' ignorance of the Nazi threat in 1930s.

West read Emergency wrong. India’s democracy mattered little to US, UK, Russia

Archival documents on the Emergency show the incredible ease with which national capitals across the world pivoted to the new realities of India’s constitutional autocracy.

India’s apocalyptic oxygen crisis needs triage. Govt must save maximum lives, and its reputation

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

NYT under fire for ‘firing’ scribe over tweet, but many media houses now watch employees’ posts

From NYT, Guardian and BBC to Indian news outlets, stricter policies on social media usage for employees are in place.

On Camera

With Param Sundari, the North-South divide is back

Bollywood has clearly not learned anything from its past mistakes. The habit of stereotyping South Indians claims its latest victim in Param Sundari — the Malayalis.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.