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Robust Mechanism In Place To Regulate Media Channels, Supreme Court Told
Asserting that there is no statutory vacuum, the central government has told the Supreme Court there exists a robust mechanism for regulation of the content of private television channels.
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PM Modi Overrules Smriti Irani, Cancels "Fake News" Order: 10 Points
After it was widely attacked as a brazen attempt to curb freedom of the press in an election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled an order that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was issued late last night by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which is headed by Smriti Irani. After top editors and opposition...
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NDTV Ban Uncalled For, Reverse It Immediately: Press Club Of India
The protest meeting representing various media organisations resolves that the decision of the Inter-Ministerial Committee of the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry, to take NDTV India off the air for a day is arbitrary and violates the fundamental principles of freedom of expression as enshrined in our Constitution.
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Opinion: Outrageous Challenge To Freedom Of Expression
Freedom for the Indian news media is incomplete, with a big hole in it.
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Opinion: The First Sign a Government is Losing Its Nerve
One of the first tell-tale symptoms of a government losing its nerve is when it starts attacking news media, says Shekhar Gupta.
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Press Freedom a Must, No External Regulation: Prakash Javadekar
Narendra Modi's government believes in freedom of the press, acknowledging it as the essence of democracy and no "external" regulation has worked in media, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said on his first day in office.
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Robust Mechanism In Place To Regulate Media Channels, Supreme Court Told
Asserting that there is no statutory vacuum, the central government has told the Supreme Court there exists a robust mechanism for regulation of the content of private television channels.
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PM Modi Overrules Smriti Irani, Cancels "Fake News" Order: 10 Points
After it was widely attacked as a brazen attempt to curb freedom of the press in an election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled an order that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was issued late last night by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which is headed by Smriti Irani. After top editors and opposition...
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NDTV Ban Uncalled For, Reverse It Immediately: Press Club Of India
The protest meeting representing various media organisations resolves that the decision of the Inter-Ministerial Committee of the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry, to take NDTV India off the air for a day is arbitrary and violates the fundamental principles of freedom of expression as enshrined in our Constitution.
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Opinion: Outrageous Challenge To Freedom Of Expression
Freedom for the Indian news media is incomplete, with a big hole in it.
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Opinion: The First Sign a Government is Losing Its Nerve
One of the first tell-tale symptoms of a government losing its nerve is when it starts attacking news media, says Shekhar Gupta.
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Press Freedom a Must, No External Regulation: Prakash Javadekar
Narendra Modi's government believes in freedom of the press, acknowledging it as the essence of democracy and no "external" regulation has worked in media, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said on his first day in office.
