Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in $6.75 billion deal

Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in .75 billion deal

Bengaluru: AI-powered customer survey software maker Qualtrics has agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey Forsta in a $6.75 billion deal, both companies said on Monday. The deal comes at a time when tech giants are racing to secure proprietary datasets to train their artificial intelligence models. The deal would give Qualtrics access … Read more

PM Modi lacks courage to have ‘undoctored’ press meets: Congress

PM Modi lacks courage to have ‘undoctored’ press meets: Congress

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Sunday (June 8, 2025) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “scripting” his media interactions and said, unlike his predecessors, he lacks the courage to hold “undoctored” press meets. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said leaders across the world … Read more

Indians fear fake news but are less concerned about press freedom

Indians fear fake news but are less concerned about press freedom

While distrust in fake news is high, confidence in systemic solutions such as a free press remains low | Photo Credit: EVGENIY MALOLETKA In India, while there is widespread anxiety about misinformation and fake news, people largely do not attribute it to government influence. Instead, a relatively large share do not mind greater state censorship, … Read more

MDMK to hold protest on August 14 against Union Budget, press for cancellation of NEET

MDMK to hold protest on August 14 against Union Budget, press for cancellation of NEET

MDMK chief Vaiko on Sunday said his party would hold a protest at its All District Headquarters on August 14 against the Union Budget, and press for the cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Addressing reporters here after the party’s 30th general council meeting, Mr. Vaiko said Tamil Nadu was ignored in the Union … Read more

Press Council should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news: Vice-President Dhankhar

Press Council should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news: Vice-President Dhankhar

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said fake news, wrong and mischievous information, political ambitions and preferences, tendency to play power brokers, and monetary considerations, had eroded the people’s faith in the media. “The Press Council of India [PCI] should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news and compromising professional ethics. It is not … Read more

Editors Guild raises concerns over data protection and press Bills

Editors Guild raises concerns over data protection and press Bills

New Delhi, Aug 03 (ANI): Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks during the discussion on Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. | Photo Credit: ANI The Editors Guild of India on Sunday expressed concerns over certain provisions of the Digital Personal Data … Read more

Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet

Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet

A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on July 11 stayed the arrest of a woman lawyer who took part in a fact-finding mission to violence-hit Manipur and subsequently held a press meet for the National Federation of Indian Women. Appearing before a Bench led by … Read more

Committed to supporting press freedom, U.S. says on Kashmiri journalist Mattoo’s travel block

Committed to supporting press freedom, U.S. says on Kashmiri journalist Mattoo’s travel block

In March, writer Rana Ayyub, who has been deeply critical of the government, was barred from boarding an international flight In March, writer Rana Ayyub, who has been deeply critical of the government, was barred from boarding an international flight The U.S. State Department has said it is tracking the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri … Read more