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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to Philippines' journalist Maria Ressa and Russia's Dmitry Muratov on October 8 by Norway's Nobel Committee. They were honored "for their courageous fight for freedom of expression" in their respective countries. Notably, both the journalists have become the first to receive the award after Carl von Ossietzky received it in 1935 for disclosing Germany's ''secret post-war rearmament project''.

The death of Londonderry Journalist Lyra Mckee in 2019 raised unexpected anger in the British-run province, has now led to a charge on two men aged 21 and 33, on September 2021 by Northern Iris Police. Reportedly, "the accusers were also charged with rioting and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life," said the Northern Ireland Police. Both the accused were due in court on September 17.

Ritika Handoo, a Delhi-based journalist has issued a legal notice to the Air India management on July 5 for the recent leak of personal information of 4.5 million passengers. She and her husband along with all other national passengers of Air India across the world is the victim of the “sophisticated cyber-attack” on their passenger service system provider SITA. The airline informed her about the breach on June 1.

Commemorating the Hindi Journalism Day on May 30, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the kin of journalists who succumbed to COVID-19. Lauding journalists, CM Adityanath stated, "During such challenging and testing times, all journalists and media workers have risked their lives to bring to us relevant and authentic information." He further assured his support to all journalists.

A report by the Institute of Perception Studies has revealed that on each day in April 2021, at least three journalists have succumbed to COVID-19 on an average in India. Shockingly, in May, the average jumped to four deaths. As per the report, 238 journalists have died from April 2020 to May 16, 2021. Meanwhile, Telangana, with 39 deaths of journalists, is the worst-suffering state, followed by Uttar Pradesh (37).