Media survives on money, but reliance on ads and sponsors often compromises independence. True freedom needs revenue models that put public interest above profit.
If a deity, a superstar prime minister, Bollywood’s blockbuster actors, cricket’s little master, and media circus aren't enough to get BJP the votes, nothing else can.
'Journalism' that has caused riots, lynching, and hatred must be called out. In the next step, name and shame those who write pay checks for these hate-mongers.
Navjot Sidhu's resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi had Rahul Kanwal of India Today grinning from ear to ear. And everywhere Modi went upon returning from US, cameras reached before.
As a Muslim, I am humbled that the Delhi court exonerated the much-maligned Tablighi Jamaat members, who were accused of intentionally spreading the coronavirus.
For India, the strategic ripples are significant. The immediate concern is Pakistan’s diplomatic gain as it embeds itself deeper into the defence framework of the Middle East.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
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.
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