Vivek Agnihotri slammed a news portal for referring to Pallavi Joshi as his wife while reporting her CBFC appointment. He highlighted her decades-long career and achievements, calling the description “third-rate, malicious and deeply misogynistic” and criticising its patriarchal framing

The CBFC has been reconstituted by the Centre with a new 18-member board being named, which will take effect immediately. This comes at a time when the board has continually faced criticism