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Kolkata case sensationalism: Republic’s graphics, Zee News’ lie detector, Liyaquat’s self-promotion

Welcome back to TV Newsance, where we break down the madness that is today’s television news!

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Hafta letters: Crime against women, athletes, environment desk

I don’t agree with the two arguments in the episode:

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How Bangladesh turmoil is changing what’s on Indian dinner plates

The fallout of the political upheaval in Bangladesh is being felt in Indian kitchens, particularly due to the adverse impact on trade of fish between the two countries. Hilsa, or Padma Ilish fish, is dominantly imported by India from Bangladesh.

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Shoorvir programme is Hindus’ ‘own ecosystem’, calling for an economic boycott of Muslims

In June 2024, the Hindu Janjagriti Samiti organised the Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav in Goa. The theme of the event was “From Hindu Nation to Hindu World” and one of the speakers was Virendra Pandey, the founder of Shoorvir Programme, a service dedicated to connecting Hindu service providers with Hindu…

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‘Infringement of press freedom’: Press body slams journos’ arrest at pro-Palestine protest in Chicago

Two days after three photojournalists were detained at Chicago in the USA while documenting a protest against the Democratic National Convention outside the Israeli Consulate, US-based press body Women Press Freedom has called it a “blatant infringement of press freedom”.

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Beyond the outrage: Media coverage of Kolkata rape-murder case has many blind spots

Independence Day this year will be remembered not for the predictable statements made by politicians but for the images of thousands of women and men who came out on the streets of Kolkata to “Reclaim the Night”. They were protesting about the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior…

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Asked about hill cutting in his constituency, Sarma hints at reporter’s Muslim identity

A local reporter became the latest target of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s communal rhetoric as the CM attempted to dodge his question about the ongoing hill cutting in his constituency Jalukbari by referring to his identity.

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Zee Media website hacked, defaced for ‘making fun’ of floods in Bangladesh

The official website of Zee Media Corporation has been hacked and defaced allegedly by a Bangladeshi hackers group, as claimed in a message displayed on the homepage of the website.

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The power and peril of Dr Sandip Ghosh: From ‘reserved teen’ to principal who ran Kolkata college as ‘fiefdom’

Amid questions about the Mamata Banerjee government’s role, and remarks by the Supreme Court and Calcutta High Court, the spotlight has turned to Sandip Ghosh, who was the principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital when the Kolkata rape-murder was reported.

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Sand mafia nexus, jailed cop: Arrest of 4 Bastar journos for ‘15 gms cannabis’ under scanner

Five days after four Bastar journalists were detained by the Andhra Pradesh police at the state border, the Chhattisgarh police arrested its Konta police station in-charge last week for tampering with CCTV footage related to the journalists’ arrest.

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Hema Committee report hints even minors faced sexual harassment in Malayalam cinema

The Hema Committee Report on workplace harassment faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, released to RTI applicants on Monday, hints that there could be one or more minors among those who recalled their experience of sexual harassment before the Committee.

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Kanpur: 7 FIRs against ‘extortionist YouTubers’ after TV journalist’s Rs 1,000-cr ‘land grab bid’

Police in Kanpur have filed seven FIRs as part of a crackdown on an alleged network of “extortionist” YouTubers.

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‘Won’t let her retire. In our eyes, she won gold’: locals at Olympian Vinesh’s village

After reaching the final round of the Paris Olympics, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight by 100 grams. With this, her hopes to win a gold were dashed. Subsequently, she approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a silver medal. But that too was rejected.

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‘150 mg of semen’? What the Kolkata doctor’s post mortem actually says

The case of rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has drawn national attention, highlighting both the dire working conditions of junior doctors in general and raising questions about the lack of security for women in workplaces.

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Doctors’ protest over Kolkata rape and murder case intensifies. What are their demands?

The outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9 has continued, with the protesters demanding death penalty for the accused and passing of the Central Protection Act, 2022, to provide protection to health workers and hospitals.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 333: Herbal firm fraud, Indian media’s Bangladesh coverage

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.

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Hafta letters: NL app, Olympics, scam calls

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TV Newsance 263: Kolkata rape and murder case, Hindenburg meltdown

The big news of the week was an incident in Kolkata, in which a 31-year-old trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College. Subsequently, during a night protest, the doctors at the hospital were attacked by a mob of 150 people. In this episode, we take a…

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‘How will we help patients when we’re not safe?’: Delhi women doctors protest against rampant workplace dangers

“Don’t play the female card.”

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Monk accused of molestation flees Bengal village, locals allege police delay

There are allegations of “delayed police action” as a Buddhist monk named Bimal Lama, 55, allegedly “molested” a woman at his house-turned-monastery at Gorabari village in Darjeeling district of West Bengal and absconded days after an FIR was lodged.

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Indian mission’s Berlin project in limbo over faulty agreement: CAG cries foul

The Ministry of External Affairs had approved a proposal for nine homes for the Indian mission in Germany in 2011. But 13 years later, the project is in limbo, due to repeated changes in cost estimates and a failed agreement with a German firm, according to a Comptroller and Auditor…

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The Dalit revolutionaries from Chambal’s ravine

“Beehad mein baaghi hote hain, dakait milte hain parliament mein (The ravines have rebels; the bandits are in parliament).”

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BJP MLA slams Rs 50 crore defamation suit against 4 journos, hundreds ‘beg’ to crowdfund, protest

On August 11, locals of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh met with a peculiar sight: about 200 journalists, with their shirts unbuttoned and torn, stood at traffic signals and roamed crowded markets holding out steel bowls, begging for money – and sloganeering “patrakaron ko dabana band karo” or “stop muzzling journalists”.

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Muslim families in Ghaziabad slum labelled ‘Bangladeshi’, assaulted, homes set ablaze

Amid reports of violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, volunteers of the Hindu Raksha Dal purportedly assaulted Muslim families and set their huts ablaze at a slum in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on August 9. The attackers labelled the Muslim residents as “Bangladeshi”.

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In Hindenburg fallout, serious questions cordoned off by the media’s noise

The Modi government is lucky. The latest bombshell from Hindenburg Research landed in India a day after the budget session of parliament had concluded. Had it come a couple of days earlier, one can just imagine the scenes in both houses of parliament, given that the name “Adani”, mentioned by…

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