Tag: media
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Saudi media minister meets editors-in-chief of local newspapers
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia’s Media Minister Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah met the editors-in-chief of Saudi newspapers at the headquarters of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed media-related subjects and means to support and develop them. They also discussed the projects, initiatives and ideas to develop work in journalism. Al-Shabanah stressed…
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Responsible media vital for nation building: Minister
New Delhi : On the occasion of National Press Day, Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore on Friday said that a responsible and objective media was one of the most important institutions for nation building. “Today on National Press Day, I convey my best wishes to all journalists. A responsible, objective media is one of…
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Myanmar jails 2 Reuters reporters for 7 years
Yangon : Two Reuters reporters were jailed on Monday for seven years for violating a state secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a court said, in the case that has drawn outrage for its attack on media freedom. The two journalists were being tried since 2017 for breaching Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act…
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Why stop foreign journalists from reporting from Kashmir, asks Omar
Srinagar : Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday wondered if the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had deteriorated so badly that the government was afraid of allowing foreign correspondents to report freely from the state. Annie Gowen, the India bureau chief of Washington Post, tweeted on Tuesday that she was in Kashmir for a…
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J&K bans cable TV carriage of 30 channels
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir has directed cable television operators to stop airing 30 television channels, including controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV, among several others that originate from Pakistan. Sources said the decision was taken by Governor N.N. Vohra after the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting took up the issue with the state…
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Journalist organisations seek accountability over Shujaat Bukhari’s killing
New Delhi : Journalist organisations held a remembrance-cum-solidarity meeting here on Monday in memory of Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief of Rising Kashmir and said his killing demands accountability at various levels. In a joint statement, 11 media organisations demanded that the government of Jammu and Kashmir bring the perpetrators of the dastardly crime to book at…
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Killers of Kashmir journalists have never been caught — will Bukhari’s killers too get away?
By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : The murder in broad daylight of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of the English daily Rising Kashmir, has shocked the entire media fraternity in the Valley — and has them wondering whether the killers will ever be brought to justice. Bukhari is not the first journalist who has fallen to…
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S.Korea media denied permission to cover n-site closure
Seoul : North Korean authorities on Tuesday morning denied permission to South Korean journalists to attend the dismantling of their nuclear base scheduled to take place between May 23-25. Pyongyang had originally invited the South Korean media along with those from Russia, the US, the UK, and China, but the South Korean journalists’ list was…