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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicI&B ministry

Topic: I&B ministry

Irani removal, Goyal, Rathore elevation as much a political move as administrative

Ruhi Tewari -
Irani, known for her high handedness, frequent run-ins with bureaucrats & the media had become a 'political liability' for the party, especially with Lok Sabha elections due in 2019

Faiz’s daughter Moneeza is undeterred by conference visa denial, will return if invited

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Hashmi says she has attended conferences in 10 Indian states, but only lately has she started being snubbed. Insists she’ll attend if invited in future.

Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

Shekhar Gupta -
The media can disagree, fight and judge each other. But it can survive and thrive only by closing ranks when its first principles are under attack.

Last Laughs: Smriti Irani’s faux pas, fake news factories, and Mamata Banerjee’s dilemma

Neera Majumdar -
The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

TalkPoint: Does Smriti Irani episode show Modi losing control over his ministers, or is it a tactical retreat?

ThePrint Team -
Experts weigh in on PMO's intervention to reverse the guidelines released by Information and Broadcasting minister Smriti Irani.

Smriti Irani’s I&B ministry media unit wants to track movement of journalists through RFID

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Govt’s communication arm proposed RFID accreditation cards for journalists in January. Home ministry mulling proposal, but officers say tough to implement it.

Editors Guild condemns govt’s fake news order, says faith in Press Council is disturbing

ThePrint Team -
Journalist body says it can’t be left to governments to initiate action against fake news, when governments and parties in power themselves are charged with propagating it.

‘Angry’ over bad publicity, PMO directed PIB to ‘immediately’ withdraw I&B fake news order

Ruhi Tewari -
I&B minister Smriti Irani is said to have taken the decision suo motu, without consulting the PMO.

Govt to crack down on fake news, cancel accreditation of journalists publishing it

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Centre proposes six months’ suspension for a first violation, one year for a second violation and permanent cancellation for a third violation.

NFDC chief’s sacking shocks film industry, officials say internal audit sealed her fate

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
While Nina Lath Gupta was considered a top performer, NFDC under her allegedly flouted rules and favoured select media groups.
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US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

Shishir Priyadarshi -
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

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AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

Economy

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Defence

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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