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By Kaisar Andrabi Delhi – Thirty-two-year-old Salman Ali, a photojournalist with Hindustan Media, is grappling with the challenge of managing his tasks with just one arm. His other arm sustained a fracture when he was pushed down by the Delhi Police while covering the protest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders amid the arrest of Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal. Ali, who has been in the profession for over a decade, told BOOM the events that unfolded while covering the protest of AAP workers and leaders at Delhi’s Patel Chowk metro station. He recalled how, amid the chaos of the Delhi Pol...
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By Hera Rizwan A collective of 16 media organisations and journalists including Digipub News India Federation, Mumbai Press Club, Press Club of India, Network of women in India among others has written a letter to D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, in the aftermath of the Delhi police raids and seizure of devices of those associated with the digital news outlet, NewsClick. According to the letter, "Sweeping seizures and interrogations surely cannot be considered acceptable in any democratic country, let alone one that has begun advertising itself as the ‘mother of democracy’." On Tuesda...
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By Hera Rizwan A collective of 15 media organisations and journalists including Digipub News India Federation, Mumbai Press Club, Press Club of India, Network of women in India among others has written a letter to D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, in the aftermath of the Delhi police raids and seizure of devices of those associated with the digital news outlet, NewsClick. According to the letter, "Sweeping seizures and interrogations surely cannot be considered acceptable in any democratic country, let alone one that has begun advertising itself as the ‘mother of democracy’." On Tuesda...
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By Hera Rizwan DIGIPUB News India Foundation, a collective of digital news organisation, has written a letter to D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, in the aftermath of the Delhi police raids and seizure of devices of those associated with the digital news outlet, NewsClick. According to the letter, "Sweeping seizures and interrogations surely cannot be considered acceptable in any democratic country, let alone one that has begun advertising itself as the ‘mother of democracy’." DIGIPUB represents digital news media organisations, as well as media commentators and independent journalists...
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By Irshad Hussain The Kashmir Walla, an emerging independent media house, also known for doing its critical journalism in Kashmir has remained under extreme pressure for the last few years. Staffers working with Kashmir Walla along with founder Fahad Shah have been facing several FIRs for their reporting on Kashmir. Shah has been in jail since February 2022. The Srinagar-based digital media outlet, a 12 years old with its office in Srinagar, claimed that the Union government has blocked its website and removed all of its social media accounts, terming it "opaque censorship" to its operations i...
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By Kaisar Andrabi Last week, Aakash Hassan, a Kashmiri independent journalist was stopped by immigration officials at New Delhi Airport from flying to Sri Lanka. The 25-year-old journalist said that he was not given any reasons by the authorities and was simply told that "he cannot fly." Hassan shared photos of his tickets and passport stamped with "Cancelled without prejudice" by the immigration officials on Twitter. "Immigration officials at IGI airport New Delhi barred me from boarding a flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. I was headed to report on the current crises in the country. The immigrati...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Over the last few years, several global socio-economic and political indices have either ranked India poorly or criticised the country for its poor track record on these indicators. But on analysing the government's response in the Parliament regarding these indices, BOOM found that the responses ranged from denial to disallowing discussion on questions raised by parliamentarians. These indices span issues like corruption, hunger and press freedom. In its disagreements, the government has either pointed out flaws in the data or the methodology of the index, saying that it d...
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