New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Amnesty International on Tuesday welcomed the government’s move withdrawing an executive order on suspending accreditation of journalists if accused of disseminating fake news, saying the threat was a brazen attempt…
London, April 3 (IANS) Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s company 21st Century Fox has offered to sell Sky News to Disney to allay fears among regulators about its plan to buy 61 per cent of Sky,…
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) A school dropout from Chandigarh who is now a cyber security expert has made it to the Forbes “30 under 30” Asia 2018 list. Trishneet Arora, 25, made his way to…
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday said the central government has a responsibility to protect press freedom without violating the basic civil rights. He found fault with the Centre’s…
Panaji, April 3 (IANS) The opposition and the media fraternity in Goa have slammed a fresh set of guidelines issued by the state assembly which makes circulation of newspapers and earnings of news portals a…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this time using Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘enlightening’ speech in Raigad on March 30. “Corruption has increased…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Prominent editors and media figures from a media rights network across South Asia on Thursday condemned the killing of journalists in the region and said there is a pattern of…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad abruptly drew curtains to a media briefing on Thursday as journalists shot a volley of questions at Ministers over the CBSE Class 10 and…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Times Now channel on Wednesday told the Election Commission (EC) that it got the Karnataka assembly poll date from “informed sources”, but argued that it could not be called…
Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (IANS) A group of parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said on Wednesday that a proposed bill regulating fake news in Malaysia violates freedom of expression and called…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Veteran journalist Veturi Sriharsha passed away here on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 62. He is survived by his wife and son. He was the younger brother…
Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) A Pakistani news channel has hired the country’s first transgender TV newsreader. Marvia Malik, a journalism graduate who has also worked as a model, told the BBC Urdu she was moved…
Bhopal, March 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Bhind-based television channel journalist who was run…
Brasilia, March 27 (IANS) Female Brazilian sports reporters have come together to speak out about the sexual harassment they suffer in the course of their work, the media reported on Tuesday. A campaign video with…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against the Station House Officer (SHO) of Delhi Cantt for molesting a woman journalist and sent him to district line, a senior officer…
New Delhi March 26 (IANS) Rights organisation Amnesty International India on Monday sought an independent probe into “mowing down” of a journalistin Madhya Pradesh and demanded the state government bring the guilty to book and…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) A news website on Monday alleged that a sting operation on some media houses has revealed that they were ready to peddle Hindutva agenda to polarize voters on communal lines…
Cairo, March 25 (IANS) To curb fake news, Egypt has announced a new hotline for citizens that will run on WhatsApp and will allow them to report news that aims to “to endanger the nations…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Over 100 journalists protested here on Saturday, as the Delhi Police failed to register an FIR into an alleged molestation of a woman reporter of an English national daily by…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Journalist associations on Saturday demanded strict action against Delhi Police personal involved in assault and molestation of journalists covering a protest by students and teachers of the Jawaharlal Nehru University…