Chhota Hafta 318: Digital media rules, E Sreedharan and the BJP in Kerala, and CJI Bobde’s remarks on rape

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan.

Abhinandan explains India’s new digital media rules and their implications on organisations like Newslaundry. Manisha notes that such stringent laws are not in place for the television media, while Jayashree and Mehraj point out why these are “rules” and not “laws” because the government did not get them ratified in the Parliament. Mehraj quotes from Caravan’s story on a government report on how the Centre “consulted” with journalists and editors while identifying its media strategy.

To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.