Kolkata : With less than one-third of India's internet users being females, the country's girls and women risk becoming further marginalised in society and at home if they remain digitally illiterate in the backdrop of the country making a public push towards a more...
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to share their ideas for this year's last edition of his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' slated for December 31. "The final 'Mann Ki Baat' of 2017 on the final day of the year... Looking forward to your...
New Delhi : The media and entertainment industry will be able to generate both direct and indirect employment of four million jobs in the next four to five years, according to a report. The finding is part of the CII-BCG Report Media and Entertainment - The Nucleus of...
Guwahati : Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the media was supposed to avoid sensationalism, report news without coloring with views and appealed them to create awareness about the challenges confronting the nation. The media must always be free, fair...
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday inaugurated a two-day India-Myanmar media interaction programme here and said his government is trying to introduce a bus service between the two places to bring the people closer. Eleven journalists from...
Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows the government to list any foreign media operating in the country as a foreign agent. The bill, in retaliation for Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT being told to register as a foreign agent in the US,...
Agartala : The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo-moto cognizance on the killing of a journalist by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper and sought a report from the Tripura government, an official said here on Friday. "The PCI has taken up a suo-moto...
Washington : Major American cigarette manufacturers will begin publishing anti-smoking ads in 50 dailies to correct the misleading statements they made over the years about the effects of smoking, a move that complies with a court order filed in 2006. On Wednesday,...
Washington : As the US Congress investigates Russia's interference in the 2016 US election by using social media giants, a new trove of confidential documents has revealed that Facebook and Twitter received major investments from firms with ties to Kremlin-owned...
Geneva : More than 30 journalists have been killed in targeted attacks this year, two UN Special Rapporteurs announced. Speaking ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Special Rapporteurs on arbitrary, summary and...