Indore, July 13 (IANS) Veteran journalist and Dainik Bhaskar Group Editor Kalpesh Yagnik passed away early on Friday in Madhya Pradesh following a heart attack, newspaper sources said. He was 55. Yagnik was working at…
Washington, July 13 (IANS) The US has denounced the ongoing pattern of intimidation and violence against those who express dissent across Russia, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “The…
London, July 12 (IANS) The Britain government on Thursday cleared media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s move to buy Sky News, removing the final regulatory obstacle to a head-to-head battle between his 21 Century Fox and US…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The government clarified on Thursday that Aadhaar card was not mandatory for taking benefits under Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission. Nobody would be denied health facilities for not…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday waived the penalty imposed on Globecast and reduced by 30 per cent the penalty imposed on Essel Shyam Communication Ltd (ESCL) for…
Geneva, July 11 (IANS) UN human rights experts on Wednesday demanded that a Myanmar court drop charges against two Reuters reporters. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested in December and were…
Damascus, July 11 (IANS) The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday said at least 70 journalists and media workers were trapped in southernwestern Syrian districts of Daraa and Quneitra due to the Syrian government’s…
San Francisco, July 10 (IANS) Video sharing platform YouTube has announced that it will invest $25 million to fight against fake news, especially for the urgent coverage of breaking news. YouTube, which is owned by…
Yangon, July 9 (IANS) A Myanmar court on Monday charged two Reuters reporters with breaching a colonial-era law and illegally obtaining state secrets, according to the news agency. The court approved the plea of the…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has hired former Fox News executive Bill Shine as deputy chief of staff for communications, the White House said on Thursday. In a statement, the White House…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for taking the same route as Prime Minister Narendra Modi to silence the media who criticise the government….
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Union Minister Rajnath Singh’s bold decision to back his Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj, who was battling trolls alone with help from the opposition but none from own party, on Tuesday…
Nay Pyi Taw, July 2 (IANS) A Myanmar court on Monday concluded the pre-trial hearing in the case of two Reuters reporters accused of violating the Official Secrets Act while investigating the killing of 10…
Mexico City, July 1 (IANS) A Mexican journalist was shot dead in a bar in the state of Quintana Roo, the eight such murder case this year. Jose Guadalupe Chan Dzib was a well-known journalist…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday launched an “Unfollow Trolls Challenge” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unfollow trollers on Twitter, who abuse, harass and give threats to people on internet….
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the people on the occasion of World Social Media Day, saying the new medium has played a key role in democratising discourse, and…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) A comedian claims to have spoken for several minutes with US President Donald Trump by pretending to be Senator Robert Menendez while on board Air Force One. Comedian John Melendez said…
Washington, June 29 (IANS) Five people were killed and two others injured when a man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades shot through a glass door into the newsroom of a newspaper in the…
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Friday warned that the upcoming Nanar refinery-petrochemicals complex in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri would prove to be “a poisonous gas chamber and lead to a genocide of the Konkan…
Washington, June 29 (IANS) Five people were killed and two others injured when a man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades stormed into the newsroom of a community newspaper chain in the US state…