RS members demand discussion on paid news
Cutting across party lines, members in the Rajya Sabha today took serious exception to paid news and demanded a discussion to find a solution. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley…
Journalists will not share Panama Papers with US
The media group that co-ordinated the Panama Papers investigation into offshore companies, has said, it would not participate in a criminal probe by the US Department of Justice. US Attorney…
Govt indifference to threats against journalists in India: RSF
AMN / The World Press Freedom Index, released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on 20 April revealed that Journalists and bloggers in India are attacked and anathematized by various religious…
Pakistani media among freest in Asia, says report
WEB DESK Even as media persons in in Pakistan are facing threat from extremist groups, Islamist organisations and the country’s intelligence agencies, yet media in Pakistan is among freest in…
JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN CHHATTISGARH MUST BE RELEASED: AMNESTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INDIA has asked authorities in Chhattisgarh to look into serious allegations of torture, drop charges against journalist Prabhat Singh for allegedly sharing a message on Whatsapp underlining the…
NEWS SCAN – March 23
NEWS SCAN – March 23 Terror strike in a series of explosions in Brussels airport and a city metro station killing 35 persons make front page news in all the…
NEWS SCAN- March 20
NEWS SCAN- March 20 The political uncertainity in Uttarakhand after 9 Congress legislators backed the BJP is major political story that is covered by the newspapers prominently.Writing about the trouble…
Lines between editorial and advertisement should be bold: Vice President
New Delhi / AMN The Vice President, M. Hamid Ansari has said that the examples of editorial daring and demonstrating the high professional and ethical standards are now few and…
Community radio powerful tool in reviving languages, culture: Jaitley
TIA NEWS / Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said that India is a land of diversity in terms of language, social practices, dialects and culture and Community radio…
NEWS SCAN- March 5
NEWS SCAN- March 5 The Election Commission declaring the schedule of assembly polls in the states of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry-between 4th…