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Topic: Paid news

Make paid news electoral offence, create legal options to counter fake news: IT panel to govt

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The standing committee on IT has unanimously adopted its report on Ethical Standards in Media. The report will be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament.

Don’t publish election surveys without verification — PCI issues new advisory for newspapers

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
New guideline part of PCI’s updated Norms of Journalistic Conduct, edition 2020, which was uploaded to media watchdog’s website Friday. Also includes advisory on Covid reporting.

Modi govt plans media policy to ensure people get its message right

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The draft policy, which awaits clearance by I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, focuses on ensuring a multimedia approach to the message put out by govt. 

Election Commission seeks Fali Nariman’s advice on fighting paid news menace

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
EC move comes weeks after Delhi High Court held that the poll panel can’t regulate content of media articles.

Cobrapost sting: Editors Guild of India urges media houses to explain position to readers

ThePrint Team -
Editorial freedoms must be fully respected; paid news, even a suggestion of it, is ruinous for the media’s image, the Guild says in a statement.

Paid news sets alarm bells ringing in Gujarat again, EC probing 400 cases

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Gujarat saw 414 cases of paid news during the 2012 assembly election campaign, and even five years later, the EC is struggling to combat the problem.

Paid news: Court to hear Madhya Pradesh minister’s case soon, EC moving next on Madhu Koda case

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
The verdict in Narottam Mishra’s case could be critical to how the menace will henceforth be dealt with in the country Anubhuti Vishnoi

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Opinion

India’s workforce is stuck in low productivity. Here’s what must change

Farzana Afridi -
India’s workforce continues to exhibit disproportionate concentration in agriculture and self-employment, and limited expansion in salaried work.

How Scotland protects what India neglects. Chicken Tikka Masala for a start

Indian companies sourcing from Chinese suppliers are the latest victims of US-China trade war

Economy

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

Julian Luk -
The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Defence

76 yrs on, exhibition on Korean War brings to life independent India’s 1st overseas military deployment

Akshat Mohan -
'Guardians of Neutrality: India's Korean Mission', organised in Delhi, brought out unknown and forgotten aspects of the war.

National Interest

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

Shekhar Gupta -
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.

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