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In a statement on Friday, the Digital Media Publishers and Journalists Association strongly condemned the “systematic and calculated harassment of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar” and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s remarks about the journalist.

With Indian tax authorities revoking the non-profit status of investigative news outlet The Reporters’ Collective, press outfits and experts on tax disputes have expressed concerns about the financial sustainability of news outlets that could face similar action. 

The government’s new Telecommunications Bill has been widely criticised for threats to privacy, expanding the scope of government control and maintaining surveillance powers. This is why it was the topic of discussion at Digital Dialogues, a day-long event organised by Digipub to explore India’s digital ecosystem.

Three new legislations give the union government power to censor news content, imperil encrypted communication, make it easier to shut down the internet, and intercept communications with minimal accountability. 

On June 9, on a visit to her parliamentary constituency of Amethi, BJP MP and Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare, Smriti Irani got really annoyed with a journalist. He never got around to asking a question. He merely requested her to say something. 

Hours after the police searched The Wire’s office and its editors’ homes in Delhi and Mumbai, the Digipub News India Foundation said the “arbitrary” action, based on a private complaint of defamation, “smacks of mala fide intentions”. It pointed out that the danger of these searches “being used as an…

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Two days after an oped in Rising Kashmir called 11 independent journalists terror sympathisers and sought action against them for their work, the Digipub News India Foundation on Friday said the “defamatory accusations” have put the journalists in “greater danger than ever”.