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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicIndian Media

Topic: Indian Media

Govt to award media houses for encouraging participation in yoga campaign

I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said 33 awards will be given, 11 each for newspaper organisations, TV and radio channels.

Ministers who spoke to media before swearing-in get pulled up by PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells ministers who spoke to TV channels ahead of swearing-in to assume charge, take stock and then speak to the media.

IAF admitting friendly fire in chopper crash is professional, but criminal charge avoidable

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Modi and Rahul Gandhi were friends in 2019 Lok Sabha polls – whenever the enemy was media

Indian media is confronted with a big crisis today: its credibility is dwindling among people, the section from which it derives its power and independence.

Is Modi correct in saying media is biased against him in his pre-election interviews?

PM Narendra Modi questioned the 'neutrality' of the media in a recent interview with The Indian Express.

Poynter withdraws list of 513 ‘fake news’ websites after furore over ‘flawed’ survey

Days after the 'fake news' list — with 3 Indian websites — was published, Poynter.org managing editor Barbara Allen said they found 'weaknesses' in methodology.

Narendra Modi interview no exception. Indian media rarely asks PMs tough questions

PM Modi’s New Year’s Day interview with ANI has been criticised by some for what they say are ‘soft’ questions.

When SEBI’s image and credibility took a beating because of ‘false reports’

In this excerpt from the book 'A Game Changer's Memoir', ex-SEBI chief G.N. Bajpai revisits the times when, he writes, the Indian media published downright inaccurate and unverified news about the market regulator

M.J. Akbar is not the only predator, sexual is not the only harassment for woman journalists

There was so much misogyny and such oppression and humiliation of women in the many organisations I have worked at that M.J. Akbar was just one of them. 

Blatant reliance on social media needs to be checked by citizens themselves, says CJI Dipak Misra

CJI Misra delivered the presidential address at an International Law Association event in New Delhi Wednesday. Here's the full text of his speech. My esteemed peers,...

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Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.