Johannesburg, Aug 7 (IANS) A day after fake spam reports prompted Facebook to block Independent Online (IOL) stories on its platform, the social media giant has now restored its content but not divulged any details…
Jerusalem, Aug 7 (IANS) Israeli Communications Ministry on Sunday announced to close the local offices of Al-Jazeera, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Qatar-based TV news broadcaster of incitement. However, it is unlikely to…
New York, Aug 6 (IANS) Another famed TV host of American Fox News Channel has been suspended by the network amid allegations that he sent lewd images to female co-workers via text messages. Eric Bolling,…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Former TERI chief R.K. Pachauri could not appear before a court here on Saturday in a defamation case which he has filed against lawyer Vrinda Grover and others, blaming two…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) A 57-minute film that charts out the lives of women journalists from Afghanistan, Syria, India, Cameroon, Bangladesh and the Philippines, and showcases what is at stake for them and how they…
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Republic TV and journalist Arnab Goswami on a plea by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor that the news channel was “misreporting” on…
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian filmmakers are living in “absurd and scary” times, given how they don’t know what the “rules” really are, says Vikramaditya Motwane, who is one-fourth of the…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to probe a complaint by four Indian-American organisations and other Asian groups that Harvard University discriminates against students from the…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday filed an application before the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain Republic TV from making defamatory publications against him with regard to the death…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has formed a six-member committee to make recommendations to the court on “how court proceedings ought to be covered in the media in Delhi”. Setting up…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here on Tuesday launched a new Post Graduate diploma programme in Marathi journalism, which will be conducted at the institute’s Amravati campus in…
Panaji, Aug 1 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said the Indian media’s credibility is presently at 50-55 per cent and slipping. He stressed the need for credibility of news. During his earlier…
San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) After shutting down one of its artificial intelligence (AI) systems as chatbots defied the human-generated algorithms and started communicating in their own language, Facebook has acquired an AI startup Ozlo…
Amman, Aug 1 (IANS) The Jordanian government has banned the country’s first online gay magazine, citing license violation. Mohammad Outishat, director general of Jordan Media Commission, on Monday said the magazine is not licensed and…
Mexico City, Aug 1 (IANS) Mexican journalist Luciano Rivera was shot dead in a bar in the northwestern state of Baja California, the media reported on Tuesday. The murder took place on Monday in a…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Pitching it as a step towards ‘Make in India’ initiative, Samsung India on Monday launched ‘Newsroom Bharat’ that will host press releases, stories, interviews and opinions for the Hindi audiences…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday asked why at least three media houses took down articles on “300 per cent increase” in BJP National President Amit Shah’s assets, without…
Yangon, July 31 (IANS) Myanmar police have arrested a prominent journalist after he criticised and allegedly defamed a Buddhist monk and leader of an influential extremist organisation, the media reported Monday. The editor of news…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (IANS) Ahead of crucial peace talks between the BJP-RSS leadership and the CPI-M to stem the violence here that led to a murder of an RSS worker, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan…
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has nothing to do with Omung Kumar’s “Bhoomi”, but he is enraged by claims that the first poster of the Sanjay Dutt-starrer is copied from a Hollywood film….