Asianet Suvarna news shows Indian Muslim's figures with Pakistani flag while reporting on population
Bengaluru: A viral video clipping of a news program aired on Kannada news channel, Asianet Suvarna set off firestorm on social media after it allegedly depicted Indian Muslims using a Pakistan flag, during its reportage on the EAC-PM report.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), which in its study titled "Share of religious minorities: A cross-country analysis," claimed that the Hindu population in India experienced decline, while Muslim population witnessed significant growth.
The program hosted by the channel’s Head of news and programs and senior Anchor Ajit Hanumakkanavar, was seen doing a detailed discussion on the EAC-PM report. A pictograph chart displaying data from the report on the percentage share of population Hindu’s and Muslims was aired, in which the Hindu's were depicted using the Indian flag while the Muslims were depicted using a Pakistan flag.
The videos of the viral clipping are supposedly removed from the network’s official social media handles.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) recently published a study that analyzed the shifts in religious demographics across various countries from 1950 to 2015. According to the findings, India's Hindu majority population experienced a decline of 7.81 per cent during the 65-year period.In contrast, the Muslim community in India witnessed a significant increase of 43.15 per cent within the same timeframe.
Meanwhile, Independent Think tank, Population Foundation of India (PFI) has expressed deep concerns about media misrepresenting data from the EAC-PM report on religious minorities' share in populations. They highlighted the broader demographic trends, including declining decadal growth rates among Muslims and converging fertility rates between Hindus and Muslims and also called for media houses to present accurate and contextual presentation of data.
Here is a video clip.. pic.twitter.com/hVpiX995hl
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India flag for Indian Hindus and
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Pakistan flag for Indian Muslims.
This is how @AsianetNewsSN and its Anchor Ajit Hanumakkanavar portrayed 20 crore Indian Muslims while discussing the EAC-PM report. Hope organisations in Karnataka register a complaint against the Anchor and… pic.twitter.com/OVFB8MAoF5
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
