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Jharkhand reporter in Pegasus list arrested, family and journalists say targeted for his work

Independent journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, who had approached the Supreme Court after his name figured in the alleged Pegasus snooping list, has been arrested and charged in a case lodged last year against top Maoist leaders.

Newslaundry · Jul 18, 2022

Stamp out this hate speech manufacturing network

The online trolling of the judiciary is a new low, highlighting a sustained and organised campaign of intimidation

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2022

Press meet on Zubair’s arrest: Why journalists need more than just shows of solidarity

The conference hall of the Press Club of India was packed on Monday afternoon. It contained more than 70 journalists who had gathered to discuss, as PCI put it, the “creeping infringement of media freedom and assault on personal liberty of journalists”.

Newslaundry · Jul 4, 2022

Journalist 'shot dead' outside his home in Bihar's Begusarai

A journalist in Bihar's Begusarai was "shot dead" on May 20 outside his home in Sakho village, the Wire reported today.

Newslaundry · May 23, 2022

40 years of the Wire magazine: ‘Music deserves intelligent treatment. If that’s elitist, so be it’

From free jazz to doomy drones, outsider artists have always found a home in the Wire. Its creators reflect on upending the orthodoxy, coining genres – and their hatred of big-name rivals

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

India’s media is under siege, but what will it take for the public to care?

Do ordinary people really care about press freedom? Or is this just an elitist concern, although the elite in this country would not exert themselves to defend this particular freedom?

Newslaundry · May 11, 2022

5 Undervalued Stocks to Scoop Up in May

The market selloff caused by the difficult macroeconomic and geopolitical issues has led many quality stocks to now trade below their intrinsic values. Agilent Technologies (A), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Nissan Motor (NSANY), Bausch Health (BHC), and Encore Wire (WIRE) are examples. These names are currently trading at discounts to their…

StockNews.com · May 4, 2022

India’s overt and covert chilling of press freedom

The Pegasus spyware scandal triggered more questions than answers about how long the Indian government has been weaponising social media data.

360info · May 2, 2022

‘Absolutely staggering’: the true story behind TV’s buzziest new show

We Own This City, the anticipated new drama from The Wire’s David Simon, cracks open the story of a corrupt Baltimore police unit fallen from grace

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2022

Now ‘naukri jihad’: Sudarshan News is back to targeting Muslims over employment

Days after Sudarshan News went on a rampage at a Haldiram’s store, the news channel decided to ramp it up and take on the scourge of “naukri jihad” – a conspiracy the channel fashioned itself after it discovered that Pawan Hans, a government-owned helicopter service provider, had hired nine Muslims…

Newslaundry · Apr 18, 2022