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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: Journalists

Bangladesh journalist Rozina Islam held for ‘espionage’, could face up to 14 yrs in jail or death

Rozina Islam was detained late Monday under Bangladesh's ‘Official Secrets Act’ for allegedly stealing confidential documents. She recently reported on mismanagement in health sector.

Delhi govt to organise mass Covid vaccination drive for mediapersons, says official

The vaccination camps will be organised at offices of the media houses and the cost will be borne by the Delhi government, explained the official.

Mamata declares journalists as ’Covid warriors’, urges Centre to vaccinate citizens for free

Mamata Banerjee said that if a portion of the money that the Centre spent in elections was invested in the Covid vaccination then universal vaccination would have already be done.

After Odisha and Bihar, MP declares journalists as ‘frontline workers’

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the journalists were risking their lives while doing their duty during this 'dangerous period of covid pandemic'.

News hunters or ad-getters? The insecure world of rural stringers in media

Despite their indispensable contributions to print media, the small-town/rural stringers remain invisible and their day-to-day struggles for livelihood go unnoticed.

Covid notwithstanding, journalists throng Press Club of India on sunny Saturday to vote

Election is between two panels of 21 candidates each and a handful of independents, who are aiming for many positions, including president & general secretary.

Caught between insurgents & govt, say Manipur scribes after attack at newspaper office

A hand grenade was lobbed inside the office of Manipur daily Poknapham Saturday evening, days after the the police booked the editor of The Frontier Manipur for sedition.

‘Hang them’ — YouTuber threatens journalists in now deleted video ‘exposing’ Greta toolkit

The video had been posted on a channel called ‘The String’, which has over 4 lakh subscribers. It was also amplified by BJP members on Twitter.

Kashmir duo says Al Jazeera took credit for story making ‘merit list’, portal claims ‘oversight’

A report co-authored by freelancers Adnan Bhat and Zubair Sofi made the Human Rights Press Awards merit list in 2020. But they only found out now. 

FIR filed against 3 journalists for news report on children at UP govt event

The journalists have been accused of public mischief and criminal intimidation in the FIR filed against them by a Basic Shiksha Adhikari official.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.