A coalition of 21 major Indian publishers and broadcasters has approached the Supreme Court against contentious clauses of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, warning that the absence of a statutory exemption for journalism threatens investigative reporting. With provisions mandating individual consent, enabling data erasure, and tightening RTI disclosures under Section 44(3), the media petition argues that the law could be weaponized by powerful interests to unmask whistleblowers and shield wrongdoing under the guise of digital privacy.

The Congress failed to open its account in the by-elections held for 28 Legislative Council seats across four states, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mock the opposition party with a sharp taunt and an emoji.