The guide by Committee to Protect Journalists has specific advice, including editor’s safety checklist while deploying staff on a hostile story, and detailed information on digital safety. Photo: cpj.org The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with The Hindu, launcheda ‘Safety Guide for Journalists covering Indian elections 2024’ at an online event on March 8. … Read more
Representational image only. The Pegasus spyware, which the Union government has not categorically denied buying or using, allows attackers to extract all the contents of smartphones by leveraging software weaknesses that are known to a select few hackers, and sold for millions of dollars. The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in … Read more
A flood affected locality at Singtam, in Gangtok district, Wednesday, October. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim; PM Modi dials CM At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst … Read more
The Supreme court of India. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Raids at journalists’ homes and seizures of their laptops and mobile phones have ignited a debate on whether the right to privacy and the right to protect work stored in these devices can be compromised by the state in the name of security. “Members … Read more
The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), whose Manipur fact-finding team is facing the risk of arrest from the State. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of … Read more
Randor Guy | Photo Credit: File Photo Actors, film producers and journalists paid rich tributes to writer and film critic Randor Guy, who passed away recently. Film producer Muktha S. Ravi said he knew Randor Guy from when he was a young boy. “He would come on a Jawa bike and would bring a chocolate … Read more
The Karnataka Congress demanded a judicial inquiry into what it called the “Chief Minister’s Office sweet box bribe to journalists”. The Karnataka Congress demanded a judicial inquiry into what it called the “Chief Minister’s Office sweet box bribe to journalists”. The Congress on Saturday alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai tried to bribe journalists … Read more
By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An editorial written jointly by the editors of more than 230 medical journals worldwide has a grim warning for humanity: Climate change is making people sick – and it’s going to get worse. As reported by CNN, the same global warming that’s causing extreme … Read more
Last year, a large number of front-line workers such as doctors, health workers and policemen lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Which is why, when India started its immunisation drive, they were given priority vaccination. Priority inoculation had a positive impact as the number of frontline workers who lost their lives in the … Read more