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Indian democracy is at a critical juncture, with the world’s largest elections underway, and misinformation rampant. While the country’s press freedom ranking has slipped to 161 and Indian democracy has been categorised as an “electoral autocracy” in the latest V-Dem report, is the media making voters aware of key issues,…

A day after her journalist visa was renewed for two months by the ministry of external affairs, Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s South Asia bureau chief Avani Dias abruptly left India – on April 19 – as her reportage on Sikh separatism “crossed a line”.

This week, we have an exclusive for you. Newslaundry analysed the debates of six prominent TV news anchors and collated data on the themes of their primetime shows in the run up to the Lok Sabha election. 

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by political analyst Suhas Palshikar, tech expert Madhav Deshpande, and professor Shruti Kapila.

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A string of violations of the model code of conduct during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls were reported to the election commission by the Indian Civil Liberties Union, a network of lawyers, students and activists. This time, the organisation is gearing to relaunch its #WeAreWatching project to create awareness about…

At the grassroots, a new crop of journalists is creating a wave – independent, operating on social media, and focusing on hyperlocal issues and dialogues. But without the backing of big media outlets and money from advertisements, how are these journalists faring, especially in the election season?    

Himanshu, an 18-year-old resident of Khurshidpura village of Gautam Buddha Nagar’s Dadri, was surprised when told that his income had doubled, that he owned five acres of land, and earned Rs 5 lakh each year.