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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…

Newslaundry · Oct 26, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Oct 14, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Sep 30, 2022

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”.

Newslaundry · Aug 25, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2022

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…

Newslaundry · Aug 11, 2022

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.

Reuters · Aug 2, 2022

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…

Newslaundry · Jul 29, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Jul 19, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022