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This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The Caravan’s Hartosh Singh Bal and Delhi University professor Tanvir Aeijaz. 

Amid the escalating standoff between the Donald Trump administration and The Associated Press over Gulf of Mexico’s name, the White House on Friday said that it has indefinitely banned the news wire agency from accessing the Oval Office and Air Force One, CNN reported.

This week, the internet’s favourite influencer – BeerBiceps aka Ranveer Allahbadia – became the punching bag for TV news anchors. His crime? Appearing on comedian Samay Raina’s show India Got Latent and cracking a (borrowed) joke. As if on cue, every anchor jumped in to defend Indian culture from this…

Shivani 

बीते कुछ दिनों से जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया के छात्रों और प्रशासन के बीच टकराव चल रहा है. इस बीच छात्रों ने धरना दिया तो दिल्ली पुलिस की मदद से उन्हें कैंपस से हटा दिया गया. लेकिन बात यहीं तक नहीं रुकी पुलिस कार्रवाई के बाद कुछ छात्रों को अब विश्वविद्यालय…

The Jamia Millia Islamia administration on Friday, February 14, put up lists with details of 17 students allegedly involved in the ongoing protests at the university across the campus. The university also served suspension notices to several students identified in the list. 

Earlier this week, a Gujarat sessions court granted anticipatory bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in connection with an extortion case filed last month, Live Law reported.

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday quashed an FIR filed against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly airing fake news about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Bar and Bench reported.

On February 9, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh handed in his resignation to the governor of the state. A little over a day later, 20 armed men barged into the home of a senior journalist in Imphal, abducted him, and held him captive.

Bustling with shops of all kinds and packed with cars that never seem to stop honking, the crowded streets of Gautam Colony, a neighbourhood in North Delhi’s Narela, are chaotic and loud. But tucked away in one of its lanes, a shroud of sorrowful quiet has taken over the Singh…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be proud of his “culture” of avoiding press conferences when he’s in India. But now that he’s in the United States meeting President Donald Trump, he attended a press briefing where a journalist asked him a question anyway.