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I have watched two hours of television in 2024. Two hours too many, it would seem. Here’s a snippet of primetime television on January 22, 2024.

The Delhi High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on a man who wanted a gag order against two newspapers while claiming that their reports mentioning his name could adversely impact the cases filed by him in different fora, LiveLaw reported.

As a long winter draws on, an uneasy thaw between two neighbours on 1, Anne Marg, and 10, Circular Road, in Patna has run out of steam. The occupants – JD(U) president Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad – are back as political opponents after almost a year-and-a-half.

The World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risk Report has suggested that disinformation and misinformation are more severe short-term risks for a two-year period as compared to extreme weather events or lack of economic opportunity. And India is on top of the list of countries with the highest risk of misinformation…

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज ज्यादातर एक ही ख़बर- को प्राथमिकता से छापा है. सभी अख़बारों ने बिहार में हुए घटनाक्रम के बाद नीतीश कुमार ने राष्ट्रीय जनता दल का साथ छोड़ भारतीय जनता पार्टी के साथ मिलकल सरकार बनाई है. नीतीश ने नौवी बार मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ…

“I can prove it was Sony’s criminal design to start the merger process and then withdraw,” Zee Entertainment Enterprises chairman emeritus Subhash Chandra has told The Economic Times in an interview.

Nitish Kumar has switched sides again, with his fifth crossover in around a decade set to mark his ninth as the Bihar chief minister.

Over the last two years, the union environment ministry amended the Forest Conservation Rules and the Forest Conservation Act, the former in June 2022 and the latter in December 2023. Both moves were widely criticised for making it easier to give away forest land to corporate interests, thereby undermining the…

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari and independent journalist Srishti Jaswal.

More than 3,000 editors, reporters and news industry professionals have lost their jobs in the past year, Bloomberg News reported. These include the recent layoffs at Los Angeles Times, Time and Sports Illustrated.

The sudden demise of singer and musician Bhavatharini Raja has shocked the Tamil public. She was only 47 years old, by no means an age for anyone to depart their existence. Bhavatharini was always associated with her youthful and mellifluous voice. How could someone like that, with the magical ability…