NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi have received the International Press Institute (IPI) India Chapter Excellence in Journalism Award, 2021. The award recognises an investigation by the NDTV show Reality Check, exposing the UP police's legally dubious 'love jihad' cases against inter-faith couples. The IPI jury is headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, former Supreme Court judge. IPI, based in America, is a global body that is dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom.