New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Nominations for the 2018 Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women mediapersons in India have started, The Media Foundation, which confers the award, said in a statement. First awarded in…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) The White House Correspondents Association on Tuesday criticised the remarks of US President Donald Trump about press briefings. “This retreat from transparency and accountability sets a terrible precedent. Being able to…
Ankara, Jan 22 (IANS) Turkey is planning to launch an international probe into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take the necessary steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. Khashoggi,…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday said it will decide on January 29 whether to summon journalist Priya Ramani or not in the defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J….
Tehran, Jan 20 (IANS) Iranians demonstrated outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest against the detention of an Iranian-American journalist in Washington. The protesters chanted “Free Marzieh Hashemi” and demanded that the…
Ankara, Jan 19 (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become an obstacle in improving the US-Saudi ties and must be “dealt with”, US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump,…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Media houses taking up arms against fake news, publishers looking towards subscriptions to make up for the losses, which may fuel lay-offs and thus weaken further their ability to hold…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has disputed a BuzzFeed News story as “not accurate”, after the outlet reported that President Donald Trump had directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to…
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking release of a Kashmiri journalist who was arrested in August last year….
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) The Centre splurged more than Rs 2.64 crore on advertising in the media for the inaugural of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue, known as the Statue of Unity, a RTI reply revealed…
San Francisco, Jan 16 (IANS) Facebook has announced to invest over $300 million over the next three years to support local news organisations. In a blog post, Campbell Brown, Vice President, Global News Partnerships, said…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In a bid to popularise science, Union Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched two TV channels — DD Science and India Science — with the Department…
San Francisco, Jan 15 (IANS) To help small newsrooms overcome challenges in their strive to go digital, Google is creating a new publishing platform for local news publishers. Google News Initiative has partnered with web…
Riyadh, Jan 14 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told the Saudi King and Crown Prince that the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi must “be held accountable”, more than three months after the…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Devendra Swarup, an RSS ideologue who started his career in journalism under later Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and became Editor of RSS mouthpiece ‘Panchjanya’, died here on Monday. Swarup…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) As India gears up for general elections, owners of global social media platforms are in a huddle over how to curb the spread of misinformation and fake…
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and plans to address the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his upcoming visit to Saudi…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Ahead of the general elections, Doordarshan News is planning to vastly upscale its social media presence in the coming months with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) expected to keep a…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A Delhi Court on Friday concluded the recording of complainant witnesses in the defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar against woman journalist Priya Ramani who accused him…
Chandigarh, Jan 11 (IANS) A special CBI court in Haryana’s Panchkula town on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati. Three others,…