New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Dr. Shahid Rasool, a communication technology specialist, has taken charge as the new director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). A Fulbright Fellow with an MS in…
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Four Indian women led by Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman of the county’s largest lender, the State Bank of India (SBI), have been ranked in the latest Forbes list of 100 most powerful…
Nay Pyi Taw, June 7 (IANS) A Myanmarese reporter with BBC Myanmar has been jailed for three months after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, officials said on Tuesday. Ko Nay Myo…
Hyderabad, June 6 (IANS) Hyderabad-based digital and entertainment start-up SillyMonks announced on Monday today they have raised Rs.3 crore from HNI (high networth individual)Sreenivasa Reddy Musani, CMD, Ektha Group. The deal will help SillyMonks, the…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti addresses at Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Srinagar on May 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, June 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on…
Mogadishu, June 6 (IANS) A female journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Sagal Salad Osman, a producer for state-run Radio Mogadishu, was killed on Sunday night when the armed men…
Kabul, June 6 (IANS) An American photojournalist and his Afghan translator were killed in an attack in Helmand province of Afghanistan. They were travelling with an Afghan army unit that came under fire in on…
Washington, June 6 (IANS) Award-winning US photojournalist David Gilkey, working for American broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR), was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday while on assignment. Gilkey, 50, was travelling with an Afghan Army unit…
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2016 (Xinhua) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she campaigns at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, the United States, May 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong/IANS) Washington, June 4…
New York, June 3 (IANS) Mark Zuckerberg, who holds majority voting control of the social networking site, may not be an absolute power at Facebook if he decides to quit or his services are terminated…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Sting operations on Thursday purportedly showed crores of rupees being “offered” to independent lawmakers in Karnataka to vote for Congress or JD-S nominees in the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) In an indication of its popularity on the social media, the Facebook page of Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has hit 2,00,000 ‘Likes’. In an attempt to apprise beneficiaries…
Manila, June 2 (IANS) Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte will not apologise for his controversial remarks justifying the killing of corrupt journalists, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Salvador Panelo, Duterte’s spokesperson, told Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN, the…
Seoul, June 1 (IANS) North Korean propaganda website DPRK Today hailed Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, for his intention to withdraw American troops from the Korean peninsula, terming him as a “wise politician”…
Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar during the 25th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Puraskar in Mumbai on April 24, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A report by The New York Times which mentions Indian icon…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has indicated that he doesn’t want to remain in the position after his tenure ends in September, a media report said on Wednesday….
Manila, June 1 (IANS) Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said journalists killed on the job in the country were often corrupt. “Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination,” Duterte said while speaking…
Washington, June 1 (IANS) US’ National Press Club President Thomas Burr slammed Donald Trump, ripping into the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for comments he made during a combative news conference. Donald Trump misunderstands – or,…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Women in any profession are are judged as women whereas men are judged as individuals, rued National Commission for Women chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Tuesday. “In any profession, women are…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Ajay Mittal, Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has been nominated President of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Society and chairman of its executive council. “The…