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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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Topic: newspapers

ED takes note of leading dailies for ‘surrogate ads’ of illegal betting platforms ‘preying’ on users

Thousands falling victim to misleading promotion, often by celebs, through QR codes with the ads, ostensibly of sporting merchandise brands but redirecting to betting platforms, sources say.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Kursi Bachao’ stuck to Budget 2024. TV news to papers, all knew where to look

'It’s raining jobs, jobs, jobs,' said an elated Rahul Kanwal on India Today’s Budget Special. But Rajdeep Sardesai was dubious: 'right intent, reality different'.

Newspapers are pushing Modi to inside pages more and more while TV channels remain faithful

Why are PM Modi and the BJP no longer commanding the news the way they did at the beginning of the Lok Sabha campaign? Is this a deliberate pull back or has the news media changed track?

News channels smiling their way to the bank with Modi-Yogi ads. It’s ‘Modi ki Guarantee’

You do wonder why the BJP is making such a splash when the election tide already seems to be in its favour. If the return of Modi is imminent, why this flood of advertisements?

Wrestlers’ protest coverage a cocktail of confusion

On Wednesday, Times of India referred to Brij Bhushan as ‘ex-WFI chief’. Other newspapers and TV news disagreed.

Registration of Press & Periodicals Bill: Law to bring ‘digital & print on par in cabinet soon’

Draft of the Bill was first made public in 2019 & it had drawn criticism as it was seen as an attempt by Modi govt to regulate digital media, which is not subject to any registration at present.

NFHS shows double-digit drop in Indians reading papers, watching TV & listening to radio

NFHS data shows fall in mass media consumption between 2015-16 and 2019-21. However, it does not take into account the rise of digital media.

Tripura, Nawab Malik, demonetisation — what India’s Urdu press focussed on this week

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

BOC officials, 3 others booked by CBI for empanelling newspapers with ‘fake’ govt ads

The CBI has alleged that these newspapers fraudulently and dishonestly got empanelled with the DAVP and received advertisements of Rs 62.24 lakh from 2016 to 2019.

Local newspapers can reduce polarisation with opinion pages that focus on local issues

Economic crisis in local US news is making it harder for the opinion page to realise its potential as a vibrant community forum.

On Camera

RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

Modi govt’s PM internship scheme saw high attrition in Year 1. Just 30% joined, 41% quit midway

According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.