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Old swings in new Panchsheel & NSD’s new ‘acting course’ for news anchors

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

Sushant Singh Rajput forgotten, his death now all about Kangana Ranaut, Rhea Chakraborty

Three months on, visuals of Kangana Ranaut and Rhea Chakraborty — one being zealously guarded and the other being systematically hounded — dominate our news feeds.

Dear viewer, you supported Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial. Republic TV, Times Now TRPs show

On the three days that Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the NCB, the live feed began outside her home by 9 am and continued till 11 pm.

Rhea Chakraborty’s TV trial for TRPs shows why TRAI should stop fixing channel prices

In countries like the US and the UK, regulators distance themselves from economic rulemaking and prescribing price ceilings for TV. Trai should do the same.

Watchdog PCI slams ‘media trial’ in Sushant Singh Rajput case, says don’t publish gossip

In advisory issued Friday, print media watchdog PCI has urged against giving excessive publicity to victim, witnesses, suspects and accused as it amounts to 'invasion of their privacy rights'. 

Indian news TV has a god bigger than Modi

TV news bends before Modi, crawls before TRP. We need institutional reform to tame the vulture.

Sushant Singh Rajput death dominated TV news airtime for past 4 weeks, industry survey finds

The findings are from a report compiled by industry body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and market research firm Nielsen.

FOX News and CNN can teach Ravish Kumar and Rajat Sharma a new TV language

Unlike Indian news channels, on Fox News and CNN, the anchors know their place in the debate — they remain silent when the panellists speak.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s death & ‘shocking revelations’ about Rhea Chakraborty rule TV news

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?