Media: Coverage
| Title | Coverage | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prabir Purkayastha’s Bail Reignites Debate | Mentioned | Free media essential for democracy | |
| চিত্ত যেথা ভয়পূর্ণ | Mentioned | হারানো জমি ফিরে পাওয়ার লড়াই চালাচ্ছেন সাংবাদিকরা | |
| Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, consultant, NewsClick said on Supreme Court declaring NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha's arrest 'invalid'. | Mentioned | "(Supreme Court judge) BR Gavai has stated categorically that the manner and the circumstances under which Prabir Purkayastha was arrested by the Delhi Police on October 3, 2023, was illegal. This is a view that many of us, including me, and I have been associated with NewsClick from May 2018, that we have held. I am extremely happy that the Supreme Court has granted him bail."- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | |
| How the Indian government is weaponizing laws to silence, intimidate journalists | Mentioned | As India carries out the world’s largest-ever election this year, an alarming trend must not go overlooked: the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is weaponizing legislation to go after journalists critical of their policies. | |
| Prajwal Revanna Sexual Abuse Case Shows How Gag Orders Are Misused | Quoted | Experts told BOOM that gag orders go against public interest, are usually accused-centric and are used to create a chilling effect. | |
| The other side of Vantara | Mentioned | Possibly the first baby steps towards the conservation and rewilding of our diminishing natural ecosystems, including their wildlife | |
| The crooked timber of Modi’s India | Mentioned | WHEN Parakala Prabhakar published his essays in April last year in a book titled The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis, one ignored it on suspicion that as husband of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman he could not but be deviously trying to massage the anti-democratic image of the government his wife worked for. | |
| The paradox of Sanjay Pugalia: Chief of Adani’s business of news | Mentioned | From upholding liberal values to spearheading the campaign to takeover NDTV – what prompted the big leap? | |
| Watch: A musical take on our Prime Minister | Quoted | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a well-known journalist and writer, has made a music video called “Saheb” in Hindi. “With the nation’s political climate heating up and the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, we bring you a musical take on our Prime Minister,” read the description of music video. The song has beautiful singing by Aditi, lyrics by Rajesh Nirmal, and music by Vedi Sinha and Amartya Ghosh. | |
| Media ownership, diversity, censorship become topics at Gauri Lankesh memorial event | Quoted | The two-day workshop was held on January 27 and 28 at Bengaluru’s Indian Social Institute, where experts discussed the state of independent media in the country. |
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