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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicFreedom of Press

Topic: Freedom of Press

Slipping since 2014, India ranks 119 out of 165 in Human Freedom Index by US-Canada think tanks

Annual Human Freedom Index, by Cato Institute in US and Fraser Institute in Canada, has used 82 indicators to rate countries from 2008 to 2019.

SC asks 3 journalists of The Wire to move Allahabad HC for quashing FIRs lodged in UP

The apex court granted interim protection to them but observed that Supreme Court can't create a separate avenue for journalists to directly come to it for quashing of FIRs.

French media watchdog lists Modi as ‘predator of press freedom’, govt rubbishes it as ‘baseless’

International non-profit Reporters Without Borders alleges Modi preys on the press by using a method based on national populism and disinformation.

Paid news not recent concept, Bihar saw it 35 years ago. But Germany, China, US started it

In ‘Power, Press and Politics’, Alok Mehta gives us an insider account of the workings of the Indian media — both print and electronic.

India now as autocratic as Pakistan, worse than Bangladesh: Sweden institute’s Democracy Report

After Freedom House report said India is only 'partly free' now, V-Dem Institute's Democracy Report has downgraded India from 'world's largest democracy' to 'electoral autocracy'.

Patricia Mukhim case reflection of threat to freedom of speech in India, says Editors Guild

Editors Guild of India Sunday issued a statement condemning the criminal proceedings launched against journalist Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. Here's the full text.

Editors Guild asks UP CM Adityanath to release jailed journalists, ensure freedom of press

In letter to CM Yogi Adityanath, Editors Guild says there are compelling cases of authorities harassing journalists working in UP, and cites several cases that were registered this year.

Modi govt defends news reports on Markaz event, says they were neither fake nor false

The I&B ministry opposed a batch of petitions filed in the SC alleging that a section of the media spread 'communal hatred' over the Nizamuddin Markaz event in March.

Journalists want novelty in Covid coverage and end up amplifying the trivial

When novelty replaces context, the result is a less-informed but more up-to-date public. Rushing journalists can mistakenly inflate the importance of small updates.

Modi’s politics of lockdown, issue with world press rankings & ThePrint’s ‘corona warriors’

In episode 460 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the government's lockdown response, new vaccine developments and the importance of the freedom of press.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.