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Topic: Free Press

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Our opinions & ideas are shaped by our parents, friends and the environment around us till the very end of our lives. Press is merely an extension of such groups of individuals.

“We support free press around the world”: US on India banning BBC documentary on PM Modi

Ned Price, the US State Department spokesperson, underlined that it is a matter of utmost importance to highlight democratic principles like freedom of expression.

Attacks on journalists in Delhi & Bengaluru reprehensible, action must be taken, says Editors Guild

The Editors Guild said the freedom of the media to discharge its responsibilities without fear or harassment is an indispensable attribute of a functioning democracy.

Off The Cuff with Fareed Zakaria

The world is now America and China. We’re entering a bipolar world, says Fareed Zakaria, author and Washington Post columnist, in conversation with ThePrint’s...

Pakistan Army to take on role of strict invigilator for media ahead of elections

Army's dominance has raised concerns that Pakistan is backsliding democratically after Sharif's ouster. 

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

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.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.