-TheWire.in A survey of mazdoor mandis in Surat, Lucknow and Pune shows that even many months after the lockdown ended, workers are struggling to make ends meet. “Since the time of COVID-19 lockdown, there has been a severe crisis of employment opportunities in local labour markets. Getting work for even two days a week is difficult for us. Daily wages too, for any work possible, have dipped by half,” says Rajesh Singh,...
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How an NDTV report undid police’s dubious Delhi carnage murder theory -Ayush Tiwari
-Newslaundry.com The cops used a report aired on Ravish Kumar’s show to prop up its theory about Shahid Alam's killing. The Delhi High Court cited the report to disprove it. On February 19, the Delhi High Court granted bail to three men accused of murdering Shahid Alam during the communal carnage in Delhi’s northeast last February. In a chargesheet filed in June, the Delhi police had claimed that Shahid, 25, a rickshaw driver...
More »Price risks make farmers wary of private markets -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com For over 12 days now, farmers have been pressing the Centre to repeal a set of agriculture laws passed in September. Centre argues that the agenda is to offer choice to farmers while growers see unregulated private markets as a threat to minimum support prices. Mint explores. * Why are farmers more wary of pvt markets? Over the last five years, low global and domestic commodity prices have taken a toll on...
More »TRP fraud case: Police file 1,400-page chargesheet
-The Indian Express The owners of Republic media and News Nation have been named as wanted accused in the chargesheet. The police said they were likely to charge them in a supplementary chargesheet later. The Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Monday filed a 1,400-page chargesheet in the alleged fake Television Rating Points (TRP) case, naming six channels, including those of Republic Media Network and News Nation, as allegedly paying money to boost...
More »Online News Portals, Content Providers Now Under Government Regulation -Arvind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com New Delhi: The government has issued an order bringing online news portals and content providers such as Netflix under the Information and Broadcasting ministry. At present, there is no law or autonomous body governing digital content. The Press Council of India takes care of the print media, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) monitors news channels, the Advertising Standards Council of India is for advertising while the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)...
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