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Journalism and the Media’s Crisis of Credibility in an Age of Strident Nationalism
For the media to play its designated role, it must be impartial and unprejudiced in coverage of news and views connected with all segments of society, says former Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Former vice-president Hamid Ansari delivered the…
SAWM INDIA STATEMENT ON THE MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT ORDER OF MARCH 8.
South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) India is deeply concerned by the order of the Meghalaya High Court in a suo moto contempt proceeding initiated against “The Shillong Times” Editor Ms. Patricia Mukhim and its Publisher Ms. Shobha Chaudhury.…
Crackerjacks from India’s West
Modi and Shah have injected professionalism in the BJP that’s out of step with the ‘chalta hai’ ways of the past
India’s West has left an ineffaceable stamp on the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah , the party…
JARRING VOCABULARY AND ITS DUALISTIC IMPORT
MARGINALIA
A phrase post the Balakot air-strikes repeatedly used by prime minister Narendra Modi and his man Friday Amit Shah, "Hamne Dushman ko Ghar mein ghuss kar mara hai" (We have beaten up the Enemy by entering his house), is…
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: To Uphold Justice is to Release the Seven Convicts
CHENNAI, India—The seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have already spent 28 years in jail and the campaign to release them cannot be dragged on any further.
The Supreme Court commuted their death sentences to…
‘Overarching Climate of Fear in the Media Ecosystem’: N. Ram of The Hindu
In an interview with The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani, the chairman of The Hindu publishing group talks about the Modi government's recent threats over the media's Rafale coverage.
Earlier this week, the Narendra Modi government,…
Sri Sri Ravishankar Among Others to Form Ayodhya Dispute Mediation Committee
Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday referred the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land…
Watch | What Rafale Secrets is Modi Hiding by Threatening Journalists?
In this episode of Hum Bhi Bharat, the Centre's intent to prosecute newspapers for publishing documents related to the Rafale deal is discussed.
New Delhi: On Wednesday, attorney general K.K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court that the…
Ask no questions, and… In a post-truth age, easily lies the head that wants to wear the crown ?
It’s the Rapid Fire Round of the political quiz show, and we’re glued to the idiot box. Faced with a fusillade of questions over the truth of the Balakot attack, the C-in-C has been battling it out with a mix of text-book tactics: fitting…