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To counter disinformation and fake news, Austria’s opposition social democrats have promised to fund newspaper’s digital or print subscriptions for voters between 16 and 30 years of age, the Politico reported.     

For thirty years, VK Sasikala was known for her association with the most powerful woman in Tamil Nadu. Described by most as Jayalalithaa’s friend, a ‘shadow’ by some others, it was the late Chief Minister, who saved the kindest words for Sasikala, describing her as “almost like a sister”.

While authorities probe the Kanchanjunga Express-cargo train accident near West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, the toll has raised serious questions over accountability, safety and policy priorities.

दरबार पुराने ढर्रे पर लौट रहा था. फिर से सरकारें बुलडोज़र पर सवार होकर न्याय बांट रही थी. आर्यावर्त फिर से मीम और ट्विटर ट्रेंड के ओवरडोज में मस्त हो गया था. दरबारियों का एक बड़ा हिस्सा इस बात पर मगन था कि डंकापति ने तीसरी बार शपथ लेकर नेहरू की…

Over a year into detention in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial in an espionage case will begin in secrecy on June 26, the WSJ reported, citing the Russian state media. The US is reportedly trying to get access to the trial and consular access to Gershkovich. 

Two Chinese diplomats allegedly blocked an Australian journalist, who was jailed for three years in China, from camera view at an event part of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s Australia tour, news agency AFP reported.

Granting anticipatory bail to Prajwal Revanna’s mother Bhavani Revanna, the Karnataka High Court has warned against a “media trial”, LiveLaw reported. “Because, when we...common man read newspapers they believe it. Print media, social media in case of a woman should be cautious, they should not disturb the family life,” it…

The Delhi High Court has dismissed two defamation suits filed by 1999 batch IFS officer Mahaveer Singhvi against Hindustan Times and Hindustan over two reports published in 2002, LiveLaw reported.

Days after Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee’s exit from the newsroom, the publication has reported that its incoming executive editor Robert Winnett’s links to a “self-described thief” in connection with his reporting has “raised questions” about his “journalistic record”.  

Let’s start this one with a small story. 

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.