New York, Oct 20 (IANS) If you cannot take your eyes off the innumerable selfies posted on social networking sites like Facebook, take heed. Researchers have found that the more often people view their own…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Srinagar journalist who runs a news portal said he was questioned and “harassed” by police over a video statement by Hizbul Mujahideen he had published on his website a…
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Amid rising tensions with India, Pakistan’s media regulatory authority on Wednesday approved a complete ban on airing of Indian content in Pakistan from October 21. The decision was taken at the…
Mogadishu (Somalia), Oct 19 (IANS/AKI) Somali security force have arrested two journalists in capital Mogadishu who work for satellite TV channel Al Jazeera, a local radio station reported on Wednesday. The reporters, named as Hamza…
IANS has entered into an agreement with Sputnik International, a leading Russian news agency to exchange news on a wide variety of subjects. Consequently, IANS would be moving news from Sputnik about Russia and other…
Beijing, Oct 19 (IANS) A television series adaption of the classic, “Red Star Over China”, written by American journalist Edgar Snow, will be screened in China on Saturday. It is one of the most influential…
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) NewsDistill, a leading news aggregator, has introduced a unique feature that allows users to search and get news based on their current location or from the place of their choice. The…
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) In what is an obvious reference to Pakistan’s use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the invitation to member states…
London, Oct 18 (IANS) WikiLeaks have announced that Ecuador has shut down internet access for its founder Julian Assange. “We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange’s internet access Saturday, 5 pm GMT, shortly after publication…
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (IANS) Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore on Monday called upon the media to develop a self-regulatory mechanism so as to project before the government the right picture of the issues relating to…
By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The BJP-led union government may have attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi for its spending on advertisements, but it spent more than Rs 36…
Benaulim (Goa), Oct 15 (IANS) A scuffle broke out between members of the Chinese media delegation and Goa Police personnel late on Saturday at the beach resort where bilateral talks between India and China were…
Benaulim (Goa), Oct 15 (IANS) A scuffle broke out between members of the Chinese media delegation and Goa Police personnel late on Saturday at the beach resort where bilateral talks between India and China were…
Kochi, Oct 15 (IANS) With lawyers still keeping the media away from the courts in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday issued a stern warning, asking them to behave or face tough action. Inaugurating…
Islamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Pakistani authorities on Friday lifted the travel curbs imposed on a journalist who had revealed alleged differences between the civilian and military leadership vis-a-vis terrorists. Dawn staff writer Cyril Almeida’s name…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14 (IANS) The efforts of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala High Court Chief Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar for peace between media and lawyers seemed to have failed with angry lawyers on Friday…
New York, Oct 14 (IANS) The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has declared Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a threat to press freedoms. “Donald Trump, through his words and actions as a candidate for president…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) There is too much negativity in news put out by media outlets in India and China, which was adversely moulding perceptions among the people in the two countries. This was…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Technology giant Google on Wednesday announced the roll-out of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for mobile search results in India that will load web pages at a lightning fast speed. With…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Instant messaging service provider Flock on Wednesday launched a new app “Mailcast” that integrates mailing list functionality directly into Flock. With Mailcast, every group created on Flock is automatically converted…