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SC transfers all FIRs against Navika Kumar to Delhi in Nupur Sharma case

The Supreme Court directed that FIRs registered against journalist Navika Kumar in connection with remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma be transferred to the Delhi Police

Russia demands 24-year sentence for ex-journalist in espionage trial

The prosecution in the espionage trial of former Russian journalist Ivan Safronov has demanded a 24-year prison sentence

Journalist shot dead in Mexico, 15th media person to die so far this year

A journalist who ran an online local news programme was shot to death in southern Mexico, making him the 15th media worker killed so far this year nationwide. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said on Monday that Fredid Romn was gunned down in the state capital, Chilpancingo. Romn's programme, The Reality of Guerrero, focused heavily on state-level politics. He also wrote a column. Guerrero is a state where drug gangs, armed vigilantes and other groups regularly clash. 2022 has been one of the deadliest ever for journalists in Mexico, which is now considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone. Prosecutors did not immediately offer any further details on the killing of Romn, who local media said had previously published a newspaper under the same name and was shot inside his vehicle. The killing comes just one week after independent journalist Juan Arjn Lpez was found dead in the northern border state of Sonora. Prosecutors said he died from a

Hamas issues, then rescinds, sweeping rules on journalists covering Gaza

Palestinians who work with foreign journalists were ordered not to report on Gazans killed by misfired Palestinian rockets and were told to blame Israel for the recent escalation

Independent probe points to Israeli fire in Al Jazeera journalist's death

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American and a 25-year veteran of the satellite channel, was killed last Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

Veteran journalist Vinod Dua dies at 67

Vinod Dua, a Hindi broadcast journalism pioneer with stints in Doordarshan and NDTV, was moved to the ICU of Apollo Hospital on Monday

BS columnist Tamal Bandopadhyay wins Tata Literature Live! Award

Bandopadhyay won the award for his book Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy

Myanmar court sentences US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail

The harsh penalty is the ruling military's latest rebuff of calls from around the world for a peaceful end to Myanmar's political crisis

Mexico arrests businessman for using Pegasus spyware on journalist

Mexico had the largest list about 15,000 phone numbers among more than 50,000 reportedly selected by NSO clients for potential surveillance.

Woman with only recording of J D Salinger will take tape to grave

Betty Eppes has refused to sell the tape out of guilt over how she went about getting it

What is Pegasus & what can it do? All you need to know about the spyware

Danish Siddiqui to be buried at Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard

Slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui will be laid to rest at the Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard, according to a statement on Sunday

Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan wins Pulitzer prize

Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won Pulitzer Prize exposing China's mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs and other minority ethnicites

SC rejects plea against HC order granting anticipatory bail to journalist

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman

Why Belarus' arrest of dissident journalist appears legally dubious

The method by which Belarus seemingly ordered the pilot to make an emergency landing at Minsk may be legally significant

Delhi govt announces free Covid-19 vaccination drive for all media houses

Delhi Government on Friday announced that it will organise a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive for all the media houses--electronic, digital and print--in the national capital

Huge void in media: Modi expresses grief over journalist Sardana's demise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled demise of journalist Rohit Sardana

Pak SC orders release of prime suspect in journalist Daniel Pearl's murder

Pearl was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pak, investigating a story in 2002 on the links between ISI and al-Qaeda

Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan files complaint with Delhi Police

Razdan filed the complaint with the Delhi Police on Monday regarding commission of cognisable offences including forgery, cheating, identity fraud and impersonation by unknown accused against her

Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam for inciting unrest in 2017

Iran has executed once-exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam for his online work that inspired nationwide economic protests in 2017