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Topic: Journalists

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.

Slugfest continues at Delhi’s FCC. Now interim president & general secretary ‘expelled’

'Ousted' Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia president S Venkat Narayan has written to them saying 2 members had admitted they were forced to sign resolution for his removal.

Power tussle continues at Delhi’s FCC, interim office-bearers get show cause notice for ‘anti-club’ acts

Eight FCC members called an ‘emergency meet’ on 4 Oct and unanimously passed a no-confidence vote ousting president, V-P & gen secy alleging lack of transparency in running club.

High drama at Delhi’s FCC ahead of big convention. Club president, V-P ‘voted out in emergency meet’

Certain members of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, who were not at the meeting, have called the removal of the president, vice president & general secretary ‘illegal’.

Hong Kong court finds 2 editors of now-defunct Stand News media guilty of sedition

Chung Pui-kuen, Patrick Lam, could face a maximum jail term of 2 years, first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.