Will India have its own world media on Modi's watch? (Comment: Special to IANS)
Outside SAARC, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was the first world leader to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This was followed up by Beijing sending Foreign Minister Wang Yi to New Delhi on Sunday....
View ArticleJavadekar to restructure Doordarshan along BBC lines
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar Saturday said he intends to restructure Prasar Bharati along the lines of BBC by augmenting its "editorial freedom" and...
View ArticleRussian journalist's killers get life sentences
London, June 9 (IANS) A duo who killed a Russian journalist in 2006 was given life sentences by a court in Moscow, media reported Monday. Anna Politkovskaya, 48, was a journalist and a human rights...
View ArticleGovernment to ensure larger audience for AIR, DD
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The government will work to ensure that national broadcasters All India Radio and Doordarshan get larger audiences, specially in the border areas, Information and Broadcasting...
View ArticleIndian community paper in US wins ethnic media award
New York, June 12 (IANS) The South Asian Times, a leading newspaper for the Indian community in the US, has bagged an Ippies award given to the ethnic and community press for "Best Investigative/In...
View ArticleFree World Cup telecast in Thailand
Bangkok, June 12 (IANS) The Thai military junta has intervened in a dispute over broadcast rights and has decided to broadcast the World Cup matches so people watch tehse for free, media reported...
View ArticleDress that bares all as your online activity increases!
New York, June 12 (IANS) You have to be careful before liking a picture on Facebook or sending a tweet while you are wearing this dress. Scientists at New York University have designed a dress that...
View Article'Our model of development is carbon intensive'
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) There might not be any end to the debate on how to develop without harming the environment, but an environmental journalist and author feels the problem lies in our...
View ArticleJournalist shot dead in Libya by militants
Tripoli, May 26 (IANS) Suspected Islamic militants Monday shot dead a local journalist in the Libyan city of Benghazi, an official said. Muftah Awad Bouzid, the chief editor of Birnieq, one of...
View ArticleGeo TV, Jang group apologise to ISI
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) Geo TV network and Jang media group Monday tendered apology to Pakistan's armed forces and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for hurling allegations its chief Lt. Gen....
View ArticleNo plan to regulate media, says I&B minister Javadekar
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The new government has no plans to regulate the media, said Prakash Javadekar who took charge as information and broadcasting minister Tuesday. "The media has experimented...
View ArticleBajwa condoles death of scribe’s father
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, May 28, 2014: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President, Partap Singh Bajwa, today condoled the death of Mr. Pritpal Singh Bhalla, father of the Jalandhar...
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