The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Republic TV and journalist Arnab Goswami on a plea by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor that the news channel was "misreporting" on his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.


HC issues notice to Republic TV on Tharoor's plea


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Indian filmmakers are living in "absurd and scary" times, given how they don't know what the "rules" really are, says Vikramaditya Motwane, who is one-fourth of the Phantom Films banner that produced the controversial "Udta Punjab".


'Curbing freedom of expression is absurd, scary' (IANS Interview)


Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday filed an application before the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain Republic TV from making defamatory publications against him with regard to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.


Tharoor moves HC to restrain Republic TV from defaming him


The Delhi High Court has formed a six-member committee to make recommendations to the court on "how court proceedings ought to be covered in the media in Delhi".


Delhi HC sets up committee on how to report court proceedings


The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here on Tuesday launched a new Post Graduate diploma programme in Marathi journalism, which will be conducted at the institute's Amravati campus in Maharashtra.


IIMC launches PG diploma course in Marathi journalism


After shutting down one of its artificial intelligence (AI) systems as chatbots defied the human-generated algorithms and started communicating in their own language, Facebook has acquired an AI startup Ozlo to enhance its Messenger's personal assistant.


After shutting chatbot system, Facebook now acquires AI startup


The Jordanian government has banned the country's first online gay magazine, citing license violation.


Jordan bans first online gay magazine


Mexican journalist Luciano Rivera was shot dead in a bar in the northwestern state of Baja California, the media reported on Tuesday.


Journalist shot dead in Mexico


Pitching it as a step towards 'Make in India' initiative, Samsung India on Monday launched 'Newsroom Bharat' that will host press releases, stories, interviews and opinions for the Hindi audiences in the country.


Now read Samsung stories in Hindi on 'Newsroom Bharat'


Myanmar police have arrested a prominent journalist after he criticised and allegedly defamed a Buddhist monk and leader of an influential extremist organisation, the media reported Monday.


Myanmar journalist arrested after criticising monk


Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has nothing to do with Omung Kumar's "Bhoomi", but he is enraged by claims that the first poster of the Sanjay Dutt-starrer is copied from a Hollywood film. He says he is not in favour of "some bizarre, out of work, useless pests" who put people's hard work down.


Comparisons between 'Bhoomi' poster, Hollywood film upset Anubhav Sinha


Istanbul, July 25 (IANS/AKI) Seventeen staff reporters and directors of the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were among 19 people who went on trial in Turkey on Monday charged with aiding "armed groups".


Turkish media employees in terrorism trial


India faces a "real danger to freedom of expression", says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a veteran journalist, who quit as editor of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) after he was asked by the trust that manages the internationally respected journal to withdraw two articles critical of the government for favouring the Adani business group.


Free speech faces 'real danger', says former EPW editor


Seventeen journalists and managers at Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were facing trial on Monday on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation, the media reported.


Turkish journalists face terror trial


US President Donald Trump supports a bill announced on the weekend by Congress to increase sanctions on Russia, in part due to Moscow's alleged interference in last year's election, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.


Trump backs law expanding Russia sanctions: White House


War between India and China over Doklam is a possibility and diplomats from both sides must prevent an armed conflict, a Chinese expert has said.


Indian, Chinese diplomats must prevent war: Chinese expert


A majority of US voters say that it was not appropriate for one of US President Donald Trump's sons to accept an offer to meet with a Russian lawyer who promised "damaging information" about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.


Most Americans say Trump Jr. meeting Russian lawyer unfit: Poll


Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj lied to Parliament that all countries back New Delhi over the border dispute, a Chinese daily said on Friday, and warned India to be ready for war and lose even its own territory if it did not pull back troops.


Sushma lied about border, India easy to defeat in war: Chinese daily


A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.


This Facebook flaw may let strangers 'break into' your account


Telugu filmmaker Puri Jagannadh, who was quizzed by Telangana's excise officials probing a drug racket, has lashed out at television news channels, saying they destroyed his life.


News channels destroyed my life: Puri Jagannadh


A Pakistani newspaper on Thursday hailed as "a welcome development" the Lahore High Court's ruling striking down a ban on broadcast of Indian TV shows on private television channels.

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