The Kerala High Court has directed police to provide protection to Big TV journalist Aparna Kurup and her minor son following alleged death threats and cyber attacks after she anchored a television discussion on women's rights. Justice Murali Purushothaman passed the order on November 6, directing the Ernakulam South Station House Officer to provide protection whenever she reports any threat or intimidation. Kurup had alleged that she faced online harassment after hosting a programme discussing remarks by Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar on women's rights. The court disposed of her petition after the state assured it of adequate police protection, Lawchakra reported.    

  The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR against independent journalist Uvesh Khan for reporting on violence during a Ganesh immersion procession in Silwani, Raisen district, in September 2025. In an October 28 order, Justice Himanshu Joshi observed that reporting an incident of violence did not, by itself, amount to promoting communal enmity. The FIR alleged that Khan's YouTube report could create fear and confusion among members of the Hindu community. The court held that the report did not contain specific statements promoting enmity between communities and said continuing the proceedings would amount to an abuse of the legal process, Alt News reported.    

Tuesday, 10 November 2026 #1  ·  Times City / Let Delhi Breathe  ·  Data story / Investigative Data blackout: Likely Diwali AQI much higher than 370 By Amit Bhattacharya   ·   The Times of India  ·  Page Page 2 A forensic analysis of CPCB's hourly station-level data shows that 43 of Delhi's 59 monitoring stations reported missing data during peak pollution hours on Diwali night, with 12 stations going dark for nine or more hours — enough to be excluded from the citywide average. The paper's calculations show the official AQI of 344 would likely have exceeded 370 had data transmission not been interrupted, with the 12 excluded stations averaging a likely AQI of 403. The analysis establishes that outages were concentrated precisely when air quality was at its worst, and that stations were still recording AQI 500 when transmission resumed, making the interruption pattern statistically improbable as

Meta has paused proposed changes to its commercial terms following opposition from news publishers and regulatory scrutiny over whether the company could collect content from independently owned websites without separate consent or compensation. The changes, originally scheduled for October 30, would have allowed Meta to use automated tools to access content from websites associated with businesses using its platforms. Publishers warned that the provisions could enable commercial use of their journalism, potentially including AI applications, without their permission. The backlash led to complaints before European and UK competition authorities. On October 30, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into whether Meta was imposing unfair trading conditions on businesses dependent on its services. A Norwegian court also issued an interim injunction protecting ten publishers against the proposed terms. After initially postponing implementation to Nove

Cabinet ‘cut out’ of Treasury advice as Chalmers faces internal heat Fresh claims the full federal cabinet is no longer receiving unfiltered Treasury advice on tax proposals land amid a wider Labor focus on economic credibility and the political standing of Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The controversy feeds directly into leadership stability and budget decision-making, with competing narratives about whether the government is tightening message discipline or weakening independent scrutiny at the centre of policy. Covered by: The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Daily Telegraph. Big Build blowout warnings revive CFMEU and cost scrutiny in Victoria Evidence aired at Victoria’s building industry royal commission suggests senior ministers were warned a CFMEU push on traffic control could add more than $400 million to major infrastructure costs. The story sharpens the political stakes for Labor in a state already grappling with debt, project o

Journalist Rohit Jaiswal, 35, died after his motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Patti-Amargarh road in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district late Saturday night. The driver fled the scene after the accident. Jaiswal, a resident of Raipur Road in Patti town, was on his way to attend a function around 9 pm the accident occurred near Shobhava village. He suffered serious injuries and was found unconscious on the road, Dainik Bhaskar reported. A passerby, Rakesh Kumar, took him to the Community Health Centre in Patti. He was later referred to a medical college, where doctors declared him dead. Jaiswal is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.    

   DD News journalist Akash Raj, a resident of Jaiswal Market in Bihar's Hilsa police station area, has alleged that a neighbour threatened to kill him after repeatedly harassing him for the past two years. Raj has submitted applications to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and the local police station, seeking action against the accused, Dainik Bhaskar reported. In his complaint, the journalist alleged that his neighbour has been creating problems for him for the past two years by dumping construction materials in front of his house and parking a handcart there. He further alleged that whenever he objects to these activities, the neighbour threatens to kill him. Raj has also claimed to possess electronic evidence of the death threats and has sought police intervention.