India’s Draft Broadcast Bill Explained: Will It Stifle Digital Creators?
A draft of India’s Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2024 has ignited a controversy – for its vague provisions, potential to stifle free speech and the...
Tag : freedom of press
Headlines: “Government Does Not Interfere With Press Freedom”: Anurag Thakur In Parliament
by Shashank
In pursuance of its policy to uphold the freedom of the Press, the government does not interfere in the functioning of the Press, Union Minister...
‘Mischievous, Fictitious’: Anurag Thakur Slams NYT For Opinion Piece On Press Freedom In Kashmir
by Aleesha Sam
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday slammed The New York Times or NYT for an opinion piece on the freedom of the press in Kashmir...
“Internal Matter,” Says India As German Foreign Ministry Invokes Zubair’s Arrest
by Tejas Joshi
The Indian government, reacting sharply to the criticism by German Foreign Minister over journalist Mohammed Zubair’s arrest, today said it was India’s “internal issue” and...
India’s Global Press Freedom Ranking Falls To 150 From 142: RSF
by Aleesha Sam
"The violence against journalists, the politically partisan media and the concentration of media ownership – all demonstrate that press freedom is in crisis in the...
Why Mamata Banerjee’s Alleged “Positive News For Govt Ads” Offer Is A Step Towards Godi Media 2.0???
“The video was shared by the Twitter handle of Mumbai Press Club. In it, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is purportedly seen having a media...
“Modi Tightens His Grip On The Media”; India Ranks 142 On Press Freedom Index
The RSF report says that journalists are “exposed to every kind of attack, including police violence against reporters, ambushes by political activists, and reprisals instigated...
Milind Khandekar and Punya Prasson Bajpai are just latest victims of self-censorship
The self-censorship imposed by the media owners on journalists is a classic example of how the mediums crawl when asked to bend. Henry Anatole...
UP Journalists protest FIR against media houses for showing DM allegedly taking bribe
The journalists decided to hand over a memorandum to the commissioner of Meerut zone and vowed to continue their protest until the case against the TV...