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Morning Show Ep 3: Will BJP’s freebies win them voters?

Atul and Manisha are joined by Ashwini Sharma, a former bureau chief at the Indian Express who is currently with Outlook, and Rajeev Khanna, associate editor with Citizen. They discuss BJP’s manifesto promises and compare them with what the Congress is offering.

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Deadly Gujarat bridge collapse: What do we know so far?

At least 134 people killed, 170 rescued after a bridge collapsed in the western Indian state during Diwali celebrations.

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‘From Age of Empire to Rishi Raj’: Rishi Sunak is front-page news across India’s English papers

Rishi Sunak is the UK’s new prime minister, and Indians across the world are tripping over themselves to claim him as one of their own. The Conservative leader, whose parents migrated to the UK from East Africa, met King Charles last evening and was officially invited to form a new…

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In 2019, Indian media had zero SC or ST journalists in leadership roles. In 2022, it’s still zero

In 2019, there were zero journalists from SC or ST backgrounds in leadership positions in India’s mainstream media newsrooms, spanning print, broadcast and digital.

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Hate speech by media: Will regulation really work?

In the flurry of political developments around the election of the Congress party’s president, perhaps the significance of the Supreme Court’s recent observations on the media and hate speech has been overlooked.

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TRP scam: Republic gets clean chit, India Today under ‘further investigation’

The enforcement directorate has given a clean chit to news channels Republic TV and R Bharat in a case related to the manipulation of television rating points, or TRPs. The central agency said in its chargesheet that it found no evidence against the channels, Indian Express reported.

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DD News journalist alleges he was ‘thrashed’ by Delhi school employees, FIR filed: Indian Express

An FIR has been filed against employees of a government school in Delhi’s Bhajanpura after a DD News journalist claimed he and his colleagues were “thrashed and their camera broken at the school”, the Indian Express reported today.

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Assam has seen the highest number of sedition cases since 2014

The highest number of sedition cases between 2014 and 2021 were filed in Assam, according to an Indian Express analysis based on data from the National Crime Records Bureau.

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From Bilkis Bano to Zakia Jafri, the media needs to ‘keep the pot boiling’

August 15, 2022 will be remembered. Not for the flag-waving or declarations made by the prime minister from the Red Fort, but for the fact that, on this day marking 75 years of India’s independence, 11 men convicted of a heinous crime were granted remission from their life sentences.

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US journalist Angad Singh denied entry into India, ‘deported’ from Delhi airport to New York

Vice journalist Angad Singh, who is based in the United States, was denied entry into India on Wednesday and allegedly deported to New York from Delhi airport. Singh’s family members told Indian Express that he was visiting India for a family reunion and was “sent back because of his work”.

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NITI tells staff to get media articles cleared before publication: Indian Express

Officials of the NITI Aayog have been told to get all “all op-eds/ articles” approved before sending them to any media outlet for “external publication”, according to a report in the Indian Express.

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In times of ‘breaking news’, a reminder that good journalism needs patience

There was a time, at least in print media, when reporters were encouraged to find what were called “good news” stories. These days, if you find one, it is entirely accidental. Even so, it is a relief to read something other than stories of political shenanigans, murders and rapes and…

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Suspected gas leak sickens over 50 workers at Indian apparel plant - media

More than 50 women at an apparel manufacturing unit of the Brandix Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near the Indian city of Visakhapatnam fell sick on Tuesday due to a suspected gas leak, The Indian Express reported.

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India made the most demands of any country for Twitter to block content by journalists in 2021

India accounted for the highest number of legal demands to block content posted on Twitter by verified journalists and news organisations in the last six months of 2021, according to an Indian Express report citing the social media giant’s latest transparency report. The country also topped the list in the…

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Filmmaker Avinash Das held for posting picture of Amit Shah with IAS officer

The Gujarat police on Tuesday detained filmmaker Avinash Das over a social media post. Das had shared a photo of union home minister Amit Shah with IAS officer Pooja Singhal, who has been arrested by the enforcement directorate in a money laundering case, the Indian Express reported.

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Tourist fakes her own kidnapping after running out of money in India

Her ransom messages stated she was in an ‘unsafe enviroment’, facing physical and emotional abuse

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Unicorn in the room: What the Uber-Times Internet story tells us about the business of media

On December 5, 2014, a female passenger was raped in an Uber cab by its driver. This incident happened in New Delhi.

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How the Times Group covered Uber after their ‘strategic partnership’

Uber’s ties with the Times Group are raising eyebrows. On July 12, the Indian Express shed light on the media group’s “strategic partnership” with the cab firm.

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Times Group made Rs 150-crore deal with Uber after taxi company was banned in Delhi: Report

According to an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times of India group, invested in American taxi service provider Uber in India in 2015. The deal was reportedly valued at around Rs 150 crore and allowed Uber to “leverage the reach…

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In case filed by Sudarshan News staffer, UP court sends Zubair to judicial custody for 14 days

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today sent Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair to 14 days in judicial custody. This is in connection with a case filed against Zubair last year by an employee of Sudarshan News.

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How global media are covering the Uber law-breaking revelations

From Washington Post’s reporting of the company thwarting government probes to Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung on Uber’s ‘wild west’ tactics

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ED records statements of top officials of Bennett, Coleman under FEMA: report

“Among BCCL’s financial transactions under the scanner are those to the tune of over ₹900 crore between the company and entities in global tax haven British Virgin Islands”

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Times Group under scanner as ED probes ‘FEMA violations, money laundering’

Top executives at Bennett Coleman and Company Limited – the Times of India publisher and media conglomerate – have been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Indian Express has reported.

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Nine members of same family found dead after suspected 'suicide pact over debts'

Nine family members have been found dead after a suspected suicide pact due to financial problems. They have been described as "caring and animal loving" by locals

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Prophet comments row: FIRs in Delhi against journalist Saba Naqvi, Naveen Jindal, Nupur Sharma

Journalist Saba Naqvi, expelled BJP Delhi media head Naveen Jindal, and Hindu Mahasabha member Pooja Shakun Pandey are among those named in an FIR registered by the Delhi police on Wednesday, Indian Express reported. The police’s special cell also filed a separate FIR against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

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