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New Delhi: India’s government was under fresh fire on Friday over its relationship with the media after it emerged a farmer was coached to lie in a televised chat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Journalists in India say they have faced increasing threats and intimidation aimed at stopping them from criticising Modi and his rightwing government ahead of general elections due next year. During a conference between Modi and farmers aired across multiple channels in June, one woman farmer from eastern Chhattisgarh state said her income had doubled thanks to a...