Ananya Bhardwaj, who received the award for her coverage of this year's Manipur ethnic violence, calls the assignment among her 'most challenging', because of language barrier & lack of access.
You might expect authoritarian govts to be more like the old totalitarian regimes that pulled out all the stops to silence any dissenting voices. It's different this time.
Rajya Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, by voice vote. Information & broadcasting minister Thakur also attacks Congress for 'red-tapism'.
Modi will meet US President Joe Biden on 22 June when rights advocates in Washington plan to protest against targeting of religious minorities, dissidents, and journalists in India.
The defective methodologies or bias in such indices facilitate sweeping denialism as a response. And while 'emerging' India isn't weak, it also can’t be blind to its systemic imperfections.
ARY News said its journalist Ammad Yousaf was arrested as retaliation by the govt, which had earlier alleged that the channel was airing 'false, hateful and seditious' content.
Digital News Report 2022 from Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism says 63% Indian respondents used social media to access news in the week preceding the survey period.
3-member team visited Tripura to probe alleged attacks on media in particular. Since September, state has seen spate of alleged attacks on political & media offices and mosques.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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