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Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, had reportedly delayed access to links to the New York Times, Reuters, and its rival apps and websites, including Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack – allegedly targeting companies that have “drawn the ire” of Musk, the Washington Post reported.      

A spate of national highways bending along the Himalayan rivers have cropped up in Himachal Pradesh over the past years. Several of these roads, built by the National Highways Authority of India by cutting up mountains, are deemed “all-weather” – but the recent floods have uncovered a different reality.   

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

In the last four weeks, I’ve done two trips, scared and as a nervous wreck, one from Gurgaon to my flooded hometown in Punjab where my parents were stuck, the second from Punjab to riot-filled Gurgaon where my wife was stuck. 

Monu Manesar is again in the news. This time, the context is the communal violence across parts of Haryana. Just months ago, the lack of tough police action against him had seen public anger spill onto the streets in Nuh – after two Muslim men were allegedly abducted and set…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared today that a new Bill will “completely repeal the offence of sedition” – something that human rights groups have long demanded.

In Churachandpur’s Tuibuong, Kuki children staying in the Grace Academy relief camp line up with copies of the Bible to attend Sunday mass. Once a school for Tuibong’s Meitei and Kuki children, the building now serves as a makeshift relief camp for displaced Kuki families from Kangpokpi – sheltering 124…

On July 9 and 10, eight-foot waves of water crashed across Pandoh village, which lies on the banks of the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh. The furious torrent tore through a bridge and homes, carrying people and possessions along with it. 

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has led the opposition’s no-confidence motion to corner the Narendra Modi government in Parliament over the conflict in Manipur.

The Indian media landscape has been riddled with bias, declining press freedom, and dipping public trust. These are deemed as ‘tough times’ for media companies. But what about Indian journalists? 

The Editors Guild is “deeply concerned” by some of the “draconian provisions” of the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill 2023, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 3.