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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: Journalists

Delhi Court quashes gag order in defamation suit by Adani, says journalists should’ve been heard

Gag order triggered two separate appeals, one by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, and the other by the four journalists. Different bench reserved order on Thakurta’s appeal earlier in the day.

NPR, La Croix, The Intercept among global media organisations that protest journalists’ killings in Gaza

At least 266 global news outlets across radio, broadcast, print & digital platforms registered their protest, calling on Israel to give the international press safe access to Gaza.

‘Shocking, deeply regrettable’—India condemns killing of journalists in Israel attack on Gaza hospital

The fresh deaths raise number of journalists killed in Gaza in 2 yrs of conflict to 192, says Committee to Protect Journalists. AP, Reuters demand official explanation from Israel.

‘Risked their lives, now fighting for survival’. Al Jazeera, AFP say journalists in Gaza are starving

Al Jazeera network's director-general Dr Mostefa Squag says stakeholders owed it to reporters on the ground to 'amplify their voices and put an end to their suffering'.

Delhi’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club elects new governing panel after prolonged power tussle

Waiel Awwad, senior journalist from Syria, and Prakash Nanda of EurAsian Times were picked as president & secretary after polls on 25 May.

Govt’s priority seems to be arresting journalists rather than nabbing Pahalgam terrorists—Congress

Oppn party questions arrest of Bahubali Shah, one of the owners of newspaper Gujarat Samachar. Congress leader Jignesh Mewani says Gujarat govt should clarify its position on the case.

Firestorm in South Asian media persons’ WhatsApp group after Pahalgam, some Pakistani journalists exit

Pakistani journalist’s condolence message—critical of India's reaction to the attack—ended with ‘Allah o Akbar’, leading to a fiery debate in a WhatsApp group of South Asian Women in Media.

Chennai’s media unions have sought ‘democratisation’ for yrs. Press Club polls after 25 yrs ‘encouraging’

Chennai Press Club elected its managing committee members last month after a long period of protests & legal battle, leading to discussions about pushing for elections in other unions.

Mumbai Press Club slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘slave’ remark about journalists

The club advised him to redirect his critique towards media owners, and highlight structural issues within the industry.

After month-long power tussle with tit-for-tat ‘expulsions’, Delhi’s FCC reconstitutes governing panel

Drama at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia saw the 'ousting' of its core committee over budgetary concerns & 'expulsions' of members of its interim body.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.