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Sunday, May 5, 2024
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BBC is swimming in poisonous waters. It needs to be truly impartial to survive

Twitter bans aren’t the answer to BBC’s bias problems. Correspondents should give due respect to counterarguments from outside the Left-liberal bubble.

Google comes around, will pay select publishers over $1 billion for news content

Google will pay publishers to provide blurbs for its news app and to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles.

HSBC orders social media blackout fearing ‘negative reactions’ after suspect funds report

HSBC is one of about 90 banks named in leaked documents that show about $2 tn in transactions between 1999 and 2017 were flagged as possible money laundering or other criminal activity.

‘Drugwood’, ‘Umar Lobby Secret Tape’, ‘UPSC jihad’ — You aren’t watching news but masala TV

A reporter climbs Ladakh mountain, another asks a postman why he tore down Kangana Ranaut’s office, and yet another calls an FB session a ‘secret tape’. TV isn’t news anymore.

Vajpayee took journalists, analysts to Kargil frontlines. In 2020, Modi can’t even say ‘China’

In 1999, the government allowed the world to see Pakistan’s Kargil invasion and the Indian army's resolve. But Narendra Modi has reversed gears on transparency.

DGCA tells IndiGo to take action after media violates safety rules on flight with Kangana Ranaut

The DGCA pointed to several issues from the incident, including photography within the aircraft, violating social distancing norms and unruly behaviour.

This is how China deployed psy-war after Ladakh. And why India isn’t replying

The LAC is not the only place India has to fight China. We can’t be silent and let Chinese psy-ops manipulate truth.

Aatma, autopsy, jadu—After Ayodhya, TV news went right back to magnificent Sushant obsession

As soon as the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan was done and PM Modi had spoken, news channels scuttled back to their favourite obsession — conspiracy theories about Sushant Singh’s death.

Editors in Modi’s India have two choices — speak up or give in to intellectual slavery

The press, which is the fourth pillar of Indian democracy, is not given the same status as the other three pillars today. Journalists have to make their choice.

Sachin Pilot has done the unthinkable — united all TV channels from NDTV to Republic

Nearly every single anchor on English and Hindi news channels praised Sachin Pilot – from NDTV to Republic. But they just couldn’t get the headline they wanted.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.