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Indian women’s cricket Lorded over England in Test, but couldn’t excite Indian papers much

At Lord’s, the Indian women’s cricket team comprehensively defeated England. An epic victory couldn’t make it to the front page, though—not...

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Why Modi’s visits aren’t making news in Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand

One would expect more interest in Modi’s trips in the Asia Pacific region. But there hasn't been a build-up in the Australian or New Zealand press...

10.07.2026 10

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What ThePrint readers write to us about—and how we respond

For ThePrint, this conversation between readers and Team Print is essential to keep the communication channels open for us to know what you think...

01.07.2026 20

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TV news changes its tone on Ram Mandir—reverence & respect to no-holds-barred questioning

Anything associated with the Ram Mandir is usually sacrosanct. TV news channels usually report on it with respect or at least tread carefully around...

25.06.2026 20

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Trump is celebrating the Iran deal. The headlines are counting his failures

Did anyone defend the US-Iran deal? Yes, US Vice President JD Vance. It fell to him to meet the press.

18.06.2026 20

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Modi beats Nehru’s record. TV channels & newspapers choose a victory tune over band baaja

On Wednesday evening, after PM Modi made a grand speech to NDA colleagues, he soon became the man of the moment on primetime television news.

12.06.2026 20

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It wasn’t fun being a student in May. How Indian media covered chaos of NEET, CBSE, CUET-UG

CBSE also has the dubious distinction of making headlines in foreign news media: UK’s The Guardian and BBC, Singapore’s The Straits Times wrote...

05.06.2026 20

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How ThePrint School of Journalism’s Batch 5 interns learned journalism the hard way

Twenty-one TPSJ interns produced over 100 stories at ThePrint. Here's what they learned about reporting, rewriting, newsroom culture and journalism...

30.05.2026 40

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Shekhar Suman goes Stephen Colbert way as Saurabh Dwivedi ‘reinvents’ himself after Lallantop

Let’s hope Shekhar Suman's 'Tonite' show survives. If there’s one thing we’ve been missing on Indian television, it’s socio-political satire.

21.05.2026 40

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Global media gives Trump-Xi summit a thumbs down. Don’t expect a breakthrough

From NYT to Fox News, the verdict on Trump-Xi summit in Beijing is the same: don't hold your breath.

14.05.2026 30

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For TV news channels, BJP won because of ‘Modi magic’, ‘Modi wave’, ‘Modi ka Kamaal’

Times Now anchors celebrated the BJP victory in West Bengal with a Masala Mandate food stall in the studio. On live television, they proceeded to...

07.05.2026 40

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Newspapers, TV channels hesitate to name a victor in Bengal. ‘Kaante ki takkar’

The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored...

30.04.2026 40

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Eight journalists, four states and 1 UT—how ThePrint covered 2026 Assembly elections

As I read through the reports by these journalists, it became clear that ThePrint’s coverage was more about depth than breadth.

30.04.2026 40

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TV news was unusually sympathetic to Noida protest until Monday. Then came ‘toolkit’ talk

Late Monday afternoon, the tide began to turn. On TV news channels, such as Republic and CNN News 18, a ‘riot toolkit’ appeared on screen, with...

16.04.2026 60

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This is how Indian TV channels covered Trump threats, ceasefire and Pakistan’s role

Indian news channels were not pulling their punches; many seemed convinced that Trump lost the war.

09.04.2026 30

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How Indian and global media decoded Pakistan’s ‘vested interests’ in US-Iran mediation

‘Islamabad will have to support Riyadh in the event of an Iran-Saudi showdown. That is not in Pakistan’s interest,’ read an article in The Diplomat.

02.04.2026 50

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ThePrint’s Praveen Jain wins Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award

Nehru's blunders to Salman's RSS invite—what landed in ThePrint’s inbox this month.

31.03.2026 40

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‘Tehran Tames Trump’—Indian news TV mocks five-day pause as Western media scratches its head

Most analysts have admitted defeat: with Trump, there are no easy answers, only the Truth as announced through his social media posts and ad hoc press...

26.03.2026 40

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US headlines offended Trump. He’d better not watch Indian news channels’ Iran war coverage

Trump was enraged by what he called 'misleading headlines' about five US tanker planes reportedly hit in Saudi Arabia. He singled out NYT, WSJ, and...

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I&B’s TRP freeze can’t stop Indian news channels beating war drums—it’s ‘khooni takkar’

Despite BARC halting TRP reporting, Hindi and English news channels are still painting the Iran war red with music and drums.

12.03.2026 60

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‘Brat’, bouncers, or Lamborghini? What made TV channels angriest about Kanpur car crash

Once it was established that Shivam Mishra was a tobacco tycoon’s ‘rich, arrogant, shameless brat’ who drove a Lamborghini, news channels went...

12.02.2026 60

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‘Coward’, ‘chicken’, ‘kangal’— TV channels’ fury after Pakistan’s boycott of T20 match

Follow the money, viewers, follow the money.

05.02.2026 40

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How ThePrint’s foreign affairs team makes sense of the world for Indian readers

In a time of non-stop global churn, what shapes ThePrint reporters’ stories, sources, and choices behind their global coverage?

31.01.2026 30

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Cars cheaper, wine smoother — how TV news channels sold India-EU FTA to viewers

'Indian products will be VVIP,' declared News18 India. The India-EU FTA would make travel to Europe and working there easier for Indians, Bharat 24...

29.01.2026 40

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From the Bangladesh War to the Babri demolition—it wasn’t news until Mark Tully aired it

By the late 90s, radio news had given way to live TV news, and most of us tuned out, too. However, many of us stayed in touch with Mark Tully through...

25.01.2026 40

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How Noida techie’s death finally angered TV news channels & put the lens on the ‘system’

“If it had been a VIP, everyone would have been there, and they would have been saved,” said ABP News.

22.01.2026 50

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Hindi TV news has found Trump’s ‘secret file’ on Iran. They’re waiting for ‘world war’

‘Operation Tehran by US forces will take place in 12 hours,' said Zee News on Tuesday afternoon. Er, not quite…

15.01.2026 60

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Dear Amitabh Bachchan, put PM Modi in the hot seat in 2026

Why can’t we see BJP chief ministers like Devendra Fadnavis, Bhupendra Patel, Mohan Yadav or Vishnu Deo Sai and Mohan Chandra Majhi under attack?...

01.01.2026 40

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Readers have the last word at ThePrint. Keep sending us your mails

ThePrint prides itself on its exacting editorial standards. Each article goes through a thorough, detailed vetting and different levels of...

31.12.2025 50

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AQI and Aravalli showed a glimpse of what TV news could do. Then Bangladesh lynching happened

Times Now, India Today, News 18 India and ABP News showed live coverage of protests over claims that a new definition of the Aravalli Hills would...

25.12.2025 40

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IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

11.12.2025 20

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DKS-Siddaramaiah breakfast to Renuka Chowdhury’s dog—Indian politicians won’t stop the drama

On Monday, Modi delivered an aggressive speech, which TV news pounced upon with relish, sensing a good fight ahead—‘PM tears into Opposition’,...

04.12.2025 30

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Chaos, multiple angles, and a terror module—ThePrint took a deep dive into Red Fort blast case

With the major aspects of the immediate incident covered, the six reporters on the ground set about sending back stories as the smoke from the debris...

28.11.2025 30

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Death sentence for Hasina, acquittal in Nithari— how TV news covered two verdicts

The standout aspect of the Sheikh Hasina coverage on TV news was the speed with which it went from news to views.

20.11.2025 20

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TV reporters wandered through Delhi blast debris like a Sunday market. ‘Oh, there’s a hand’

Most TV channels called it a 'car blast' and then used 'terror attack' without explicitly calling it that— 'Terror angle being investigated.'

13.11.2025 30

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

The BJP often names him as the architect of India’s many shortcomings and failures, which are amplified on TV news. However, this week, Nehru’s...

06.11.2025 30

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Meet ThePrint’s new reporters — a lawyer, an ex-KPMG manager & an edtech founder

Udit Hinduja, Udit Bubna, and Ruchi Bhattar show how ThePrint School of Journalism gives people from diverse backgrounds a path into the newsroom.

31.10.2025 20

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News channels dialled up the science on artificial rain all day — then asked us to pray

TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times...

30.10.2025 30

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Not just Delhi’s AQI, IQ level of TV news anchors is in the ‘very poor’ category

Delhi's air pollution barely got airtime on TV. The debates were all about BJP vs AAP

23.10.2025 40

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TV news isn’t telling which way Bihar Assembly election will go — only who is unhappy

If it’s 'Mahagathbandhan mein Mahabharat’ for the opposition RJD-Congress, it’s ‘NDA mein Dangal' for the ruling BJP-JDU coalition.

16.10.2025 20

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Suryakumar Yadav beats Trump’s Gaza plan on Indian TV news. No global event can match cricket

Indian TV channels need not report extensively on war zones. But why don’t they have at least one bulletin of international news each day, prime time?

02.10.2025 20

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ThePrint is widening its lens. New shows on AI, economy, bureaucracy—and fresh newsletters

The latest additions to ThePrint’s properties will improve your understanding of the India we live in, whether it's through the prism of AI or civil...

30.09.2025 20

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Watch Bigg Boss 19 if you have nothing to do than watch men and women with nothing to do

The moment Salman’s Saturday and Sunday show time ends, the oxygen is sucked out of the Bigg Boss house. All that’s left is toxic dioxide.

25.09.2025 30

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Suryakumar Yadav was big news for TV anchors—his handshake snub to birthday wishes to Modi

On ABP News, Sandeep Chaudhary asked if it’s money or the bid to host the Olympics that forced India to play against Pakistan.

18.09.2025 30

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Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

11.09.2025 40

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Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Tango, triad, trinity, troika — TV news pulled out every T-word from its dictionary and paired it with Tianjin to target Trump on tariffs and trade.

04.09.2025 30

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ThePrint at 8. Readers are evangelists, critics, and asserting their ‘right’

We welcome criticism and accept it in the spirit it is made: to help us improve ThePrint.

30.08.2025 30

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Nikki’s death deserved facts. What we got was a carousel of theories from TV news

The death by fire of Greater Noida’s Nikki Bhati has been a puzzle surrounded by a maze of conflicting claims and evidence. Worse,...

28.08.2025 40

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KBC completes 25 years. No violence or weeping bahus, just Amitabh Bachchan and his questions

When facts have all but disappeared from political and social discourse, Kaun Banega Crorepati values them — and pays you to get them right.

21.08.2025 40

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Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called...

14.08.2025 20

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