Bhubaneswar, Oct. 5 -- The Foundation Day of Sambad and Kanak News was celebrated on Saturday at Swosti Premium in Bhubaneswar, where eminent media personalities reflected on the challenges before Indian journalism and stressed the need to bring back people's trust in the press.

Speaking on the occasion, Dainik Bhaskar's Group Editor Prakash Dubey highlighted that India ranked 138th globally in 2018 in the Press Freedom Index, showing how far the country still is from achieving full freedom of expression. He said the Indian media often failed to maintain objectivity, citing instances such as the Operation Sindoor coverage, where a BBC journalist in Pakistan exposed false narratives run by Indian channels.

Dubey emphasised that a change ...