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Govt bans 16 Pak YouTube channels, writes to BBC India head over Pahalgam coverage

Acting on the recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Centre has reportedly banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for disseminating provocative and communally sensitive content as well as misinformation against India, the army and security agencies in the backdrop of the Pahalgam attack.

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ED slaps fine of over ₹3.44 crore on BBC India over alleged foreign exchange violations

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 3.44 crore on British broadcaster BBC for alleged foreign exchange violations. The agency has also slapped a fine of Rs 1.14 crore each on three BBC India directors.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 301: Changes at BBC India, Haryana’s weakened pollution board

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Basant Kumar from Newslaundry, and Astha Savyasachi and Tapasya from The Reporters’ Collective.

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BBC India will now be ‘Collective Newsroom’ to comply with FDI norms

The BBC has metamorphosed into a new firm, ‘Collective Newsroom’, for its India operations – to conform to the changes in rules of the Foreign Direct Investment policy.

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At least 44 times over 5 years: The NIA, ED and I-T ‘crackdown’ on the media

In September 2022, Paojel Chaoba, the editor of daily Frontier Manipur, was summoned by the National Investigation Agency, as part of the agency’s probe into Manipur journalist Bijoy Kakchingtabam’s alleged links with insurgents.

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Modi’s handling of BBC was a ‘terrible mistake’: Satya Pal Malik to The Wire

Two days after the Enforcement Directorate filed a case against BBC India for foreign exchange violations, Kashmir’s former governor and politician Satya Pal Malik said prime minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the BBC is a “terrible mistake”.

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ED files case against BBC for irregularities in foreign funds

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a case against BBC India under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for irregularities in foreign funding. Read further on Dynamite News:

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As media bodies slam Asianet ‘attack’, Kerala CM says no comparison with BBC searches

Amid several journalist associations coming out in support of Asianet, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan defended the police action against the Malayalam channel, telling the Kerala assembly that it could not be compared to the tax searches on BBC India premises.

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‘Tea breaks, keyword searches’: Inside the BBC ‘survey’ as it enters Day 3

The income tax “survey” at BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices entered the third day on Thursday. A team of two dozen tax officials are probing alleged transfer pricing violations and diversion of profits.

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‘Why didn’t you open the door?’: Inside the tax survey on BBC offices

The knock on the door came at noon on Tuesday. Two dozen officials from the Income Tax department landed at the entrance of the BBC office – on the sixth floor of the 17-storey Hindustan Times House in central Delhi. The door was opened after the staff’s initial hesitation.

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Mirabai Chanu wins 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year' award

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Monday won the BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award. Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.

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