The opposition alliance INDIA on Thursday announced that it will boycott shows of 14 television anchors on several platforms, a decision the Bharatiya Janata Party compared with the Emergency.
The International Federation of Journalists, a group representing 600,000 journalists in 131 countries, called on the Mumbai police to reveal full details of the grounds on which senior journalist Jigna Vora was arrested on charges of conspiracy, murder and involvement in organised crime in the J Dey murder case.
According to IFJ's list for 2018, armed conflict and militant extremism accounted for most journalists' killings.