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Several Indian news channels have allegedly deleted thousands of videos over the last few days to avoid penalties after copyright violation strikes – a legal process to remove copyrighted content – on YouTube. Most of these videos contained footage of natural disasters from across the globe. These strikes were initiated earlier this month after US-based firm Viral DRM, a digital rights management company partly owned by weather photographer Brandon Clement, submitted  takedown notices under Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The firm last week also filed a lawsuit in a federal court in California after receiving what it calls an unsatisfactory response from several channels.  The lawsuit seeks “actual damages and defendants’ profits attributable to the infringement, or, at plaintiff’s election, statutory damages,” as provided in the US copyright law. Clement alleged that News Nation has made the lion’s share of these video deletions, standing at over 51,000, to avoid penalty. The ch

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज एक नहीं बल्कि अलग-अलग ख़बरों को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. कुछ अखबारों ने असम के लिए अहम शांति समझौते तो कुछ ने नीतीश कुमार को फिर से जेडीयू का राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष बनाए जाने को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. वहीं, कुछ अखबारों ने राम मंदिर को लेकर अयोध्या में चल रही तैयारियों को भी पहली सुर्खी बनाया है.  आइए आज के प्रमुख अखबारों की अन्य सुर्खियों पर भी एक नज़र डालते हैं. लेकिन उससे पहले अगर आप रोज़नामचा को अपने ई-मेल पर पाना चाहते हैं तो यहां क्लिक करें. हिंदुस्तान अख़बार ने असम में अहम शांति समझौता किए जाने को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. ख़बर के मुताबिक, भारत सरकार, यूनाइटेड लिबरेशन फ्रंट ऑफ असम (उल्फा) और असम सरकार के बीच त्रिपक्षीय शांति समझौते पर शुक्रवार को हस्ताक्षर हो गए. गृह मंत्री अमित शाह ने इस समझौते को ऐतिहासिक बताते हुए कहा कि इससे असम में शांति का नया द्वार खुलेगा. केंद्रीय गृह मंत्रालय की ओर से कहा गया है कि उल्फा की मांगों को पूरा करने के लिए एक समयबद्ध कार्यक्रम और इसकी मॉनिटरिंग के लिए एक समिति बनाई जाएगी. बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार को तीसरी बार जदयू का

It’s that time of the year again! The Ramnath Roenka Awards 2023 are here, where Akash Banerjee and Manisha Pande recognise the worst of TV journalism. It’s been an action-packed year with iconic and comical scenes playing out on our TV screens, from journalists quarreling to grab the now infamous ‘smoke bomb’ to the Times Now studio turning into an Ekta Kapoor serial starring Navika Kumar. Meanwhile, stories like Atiq Ahmed’s murder and the Seema Haider love story played out for months, each show more outrageous than the last. So, we’re handing out some very prestigious awards to commemorate all the madness. We’ve got the No. 1 Reporting Of The Year award, Lappu Jaisa Media award, TRP Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega award, Hypocrisy Ki Bhi Seema Hoti Hain award, Taau Pe Mat Jaa award – and a lot more. Don’t miss it as you welcome the new year! And if you liked what you watched, show us some love. Do your bit to support independent media. Contribute here . TV Newsance: Ramnath Roenka Aw

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज एक नहीं बल्कि अलग-अलग ख़बरों को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. कुछ अखबारों ने कतर में आठ भारतीयों की सजा-ए-मौत रद्द होने को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. वहीं, कुछ अखबारों ने प्रियंका गांधी का नाम प्रवर्तन निदेशालय द्वारा चार्जशीट में लिए जाने को भी पहली सुर्खी बनाया है.  आइए आज के प्रमुख अखबारों की अन्य सुर्खियों पर भी एक नज़र डालते हैं. लेकिन उससे पहले अगर आप रोज़नामचा को अपने ई-मेल पर पाना चाहते हैं तो यहां क्लिक करें. हिंदुस्तान अख़बार ने कतर में आठ भारतीयों की सजा-ए-मौत रद्द होने को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. ख़बर के मुताबिक, भारत की तरफ से लड़ी जा रही कानूनी लड़ाई और कूटनीतिक प्रयास आखिरकार रंग लाए. कतर की अपीलीय अदालत ने नौसेना के आठ पूर्व अधिकारियों की मृत्युदंड की सजा को कम कर कैद में बदल दिया है. हालांकि, इस बाबत विस्तृत फैसले का इंतजार किया जा रहा है. ये अधिकारी पिछले एक साल से भी अधिक समय से कतर की जेल में बंद हैं. विदेश मंत्रालय ने गुरुवार को कहा है कि कतर की अपीलीय अदालत के फैसले पर उन्होंने गौर किया है, जिसमें सजा कम की गई है. राम मंदिर का प्रथम तल तैयार होने और

A day after a joint investigation by Amnesty International and Washington Post suggested that two Indian journalists had been targeted with Pegasus spyware, few prominent dailies carried a report from an Indian source. The investigation came two months after several politicians and journalists claimed they had received alerts from Apple about “state-sponsored attackers”. Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire , and Anand Mangnale, the South Asia editor at The Organised Crime and Corruption Report Project, were among those targeted, with “the latest identified case” in October, it said. Meanwhile, a Washington Post report claimed that after the Apple alerts, central government officials had called Apple’s India representatives “to demand that the company help soften the political impact of the warnings”.  While the media had given prominent coverage to the issue back in October, involving several top opposition politicians, with anonymous sources and algorithm tweak the

2022 was a mixed bag for the judiciary.  That year, India had an unprecedented three CJIs roll through. NV Ramana retired on August 26. He was succeeded by UU Lalit, who retired on November 8. Then DY Chandrachud was sworn in on November 9 as the 50th Chief Justice of India. And with him, he brought the winds of change.  Keep in mind that CJI Lalit’s tenure spanned a paltry 74 days and CJI Ramana was criticised for “judicial pusillanimity”. CJI SA Bobde’s term was “chequered” , CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s was defined by “deliberate omissions and commissions” (and a sexual harassment suit ), and CJI Dipak Misra’s was controversial , to put it mildly. Then came CJI Chandrachud, armed with a Harvard degree, an extraordinary career, and immaculate ‘pedigree’. To a layperson, he wore a cloak of progressiveness like no other in the judiciary. After all, he stood for LGBTQIA+ rights during the decriminalisation of section 377. He emphasised an adult’s right to decide on marriage and religion

Two months after several politicians and journalists claimed they had received alerts from Apple about “state-sponsored attackers”, an investigation by Amnesty International’s Security Lab in partnership with the Washington Post has now said that at least two journalists in India were recently targeted with Pegasus spyware on their iPhones. Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire , and Anand Mangnale, the South Asia editor at The Organised Crime and Corruption Report Project, were among those recently targeted with Pegasus, with “the latest identified case” in October, it said. Meanwhile, a Washington Post report claimed that after the Apple alerts, central government officials had called Apple’s India representatives “to demand that the company help soften the political impact of the warnings”. “They also summoned an Apple security expert from outside the country to a meeting in New Delhi, where government representatives pressed the Apple official to come up with alter

Malayalam news anchor Hashmi Taj Ibrahim, known for his passionate delivery of opinions on his show Encounter , unleashed a powerful monologue in defence of his colleague Vineetha VG, recently named in a bizarre case.  The drama unfolded on December 23, 2023 after Vineetha, simply reporting on a protest where a shoe was hurled at Pinarayi Vijayan’s vehicle, found herself accused of conspiring against Pinarayi. This absurdity ignited a wave of outrage among journalists, culminating in Hashmi's electrifying on-camera address. “Phone call snippets and flimsy accusations? That's not how you silence us,” Hashmi said. “Vineetha is one of us, and we stand by her.” He challenged the authorities: “If you are doing this only to scare us – knowing well that the case is a sham and will fail miserably in the court – register 100 cases, not just one. We are not going to cut off our tongues and place them in baskets to do your bidding.” Ironically, Hashmi is a former leader of the Student

उम्मीद है आपका क्रिसमस अच्छे से बीता होगा. नया साल आ रहा है. हमारी शुभकामनाएं हैं कि नया साल आपके जीवन में सुख, समृद्धि और खुशियां लाए. हर साल के रिजॉलूशन की तरह इस साल भी आप सब कोई न कोई रिजोलूशन जरूर लेंगे, उसे अगले साल मे पूरा करने की कोशिश करेंगे. आपके न्यू ईयर रिजोलूशन के लिए मेरी तरफ से एक सलाह है. इस साल आपका रिजोलुशन होना चाहिए मीडिया की आजादी. मीडिया की आज़ादी सरकार से, मीडिया की आजादी कारपोरेेट से, मीडिया की आज़ादी विज्ञापन से. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री इस सबसे से मुक्त मीडिया बनाने की दिशा में एक छोटा सा प्रयास है. क्योंकि हमारा नारा है- मेरे खर्च पर आज़ाद हैं ख़बरें.  तेइस के अंत और चौबीस के आगमन के मौके पर मैं आप सबको एक पुरानी यात्रा पर ले जाना चाहता हूं. बैक टू मेमोरी लेन. मीडिया की सुगंधित मूर्खता के दौर में दाऊद इब्राहिम की मौत डंकापति की दरख्वास्त, महुआ हुई बर्खास्त source https://hindi.newslaundry.com/2023/12/27/nl-tippani-episode-174-on-independent-media-happy-new-year

In a 2017 TED Talk , Shah Rukh Khan recalled his childhood as a simpler time where “migration was a term reserved for Siberian cranes and not for human beings”. Khan was a child in the late 1960s and early ’70s so this may not strictly be true, but it’s the essence of his latest film – Dunki , directed by Rajkumar Hirani. He plays a messianic figure, a fauji leading a group of people across India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey to their final destination of London, helping them slip over borders in search of a better life. The group is of ordinary, unquestioning people who adhere to the status quo designed by and for colonisers. Their resistance is the desire for a better life. And it’s Khan who finally challenges them to think.  The first half of Dunki unfolds in 1995, four years after liberalisation. The film is as political, if not more, than Khan’s previous venture Jawan . Announced in April 2022 , it stirred conversations once we figured out how to pronounce it and