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Thursday, August 13, 2026
TopicMedia coverage

Topic: media coverage

Nikki’s death deserved facts. What we got was a carousel of theories from TV news

The death by fire of Greater Noida’s Nikki Bhati has been a puzzle surrounded by a maze of conflicting claims and evidence. Worse, television news — and some newspaper reports — have confused...

Pahalgam, Pakistan generals, pitches—what readers wrote to us in May

Quite often, I receive backhanded compliments that are actually complaints.

‘Riding the wave of hysteria’: Post-Shraddha case, here are 12 ‘gruesome’ murders that made news

Last month, Aftab Poonawala was arrested for murdering and dismembering Shraddha Walkar. Such murders aren’t new — it’s media that’s suddenly shone spotlight on them, say experts.

Why most Indians don’t trust news? A study of land conflicts answers

CSEP researchers studied 714 land conflicts in India to find that beyond being ‘influenced’ or ‘sensationalised’, there are objective reasons that decide media coverage.

Indian media’s priorities, and the collective victory of Covid vaccine

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi govt warns Indian media against broadcasting images of anti-citizenship law protests

The Prime Minister wants broadcasters to 'abstain' from showing content that is 'against the maintenance of law and order or which promotes anti-national attitudes', says Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Ahead of crucial polls, a new media hub to be the Centre’s watchdog on the ground

At least one person will be employed to monitor each of India’s 716 districts. Staff will be tasked with broadcasting the govt’s success stories via WhatsApp.

‘Fashionista’ to ‘Trump ki beti’: The sexist media coverage of Ivanka Trump’s Hyderabad visit

Ivanka Trump may be here for an entrepreneurship summit, but on some television channels the focus was firmly on other matters.

Questions raised over judiciary’s bid to ‘regulate’ media coverage of courts

A committee appointed by Delhi high court has sought suggestions from public to regulate reporting of court proceedings.

On Camera

The tank isn’t dead. It just needs a robotic army around it

Russia's 22 July mechanised assault southeast of Dobropillia deserves closer scrutiny than another declaration of the tank's death.

Dalit finance body beneficiaries nearly halve as House panel flags funding drought, board vacancies

NSFDC beneficiaries fell from 1.18 lakh to 61,394 in a year as a Parliamentary panel flagged no fresh equity, nine board vacancies and weak state agencies.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.