The Philippines’ new military chief has warned media not to present “biased” news reporting on the country’s communist insurgency. Journalists responded by suggesting that threatening them wasn’t part of his job description. Armed forces chief, Lt. Gen. Noel Clement, said media should be “factual” in their reporting so as not to be construed as rebel […]
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Northeast Now, a Guwahati-based regional news portal, has filed a complaint against the Meghalaya Police’s move to gag the media, its spokesperson said here on Friday reports IANS. The spokesperson said the portal lodged the complaint with the Press Council of India, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, Indian Journalists […]
Like the lyrics in the Beatles’ iconic song (Hey Jude!), Jude Bothelo could take on a sad song and made it better – Frank Krishner, past president Signis Bijhan Region. Catholic communicators and media educationists all over India have expressed their gratitude for the life of Fr Jude Botelho, and tributes have poured in from […]
“I just can’t believe it, a new tax on books! Imported books will be more expensive. This is unacceptable. Absolutely weird!” that’s the reaction of my 20 year old sister, who is an avid bookworm. A couple of lecturers from Cotton College just shook their heads in disbelief, and laughed derisively when I asked them […]
Angkor Fake News Initiative To Find Out Measures To Check Fake News In a world where the spread of fake news has become a major problem, the media seems to be waking up to the danger. More than 600 media representatives from 42 countries have discussed numerous approaches to combat fake news in 16th Asia […]
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the National broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s autonomy would be retained, after launching high-definition DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) vans at Doordarshan Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday (June 5). “Autonomy of the Prasar Bharati is important and one must remember it gets its autonomy from an Act that […]
Media students, please note. Always cross-check before you publish. When two Indian TV news channels showed a lack of professional ethics, they were slammed by the former PM of Bhutan. This ‘small’ piece of news which was ignored by most of the larger media houses shows how the mushrooming of TV channels has led to […]
Caste and religion has been always used as trump cards in Indian politics, when nothing works these two always do. Our society has always been divided in the name of caste and religion by the politicians for their vote bank. But not only politicians, media have also been playing an active role in widening the […]
GUWAHATI; Sorry Chief Minister, we are not covering your press conference! Newspapers in Assam will not carry any government news, photographs, or advertisements for three days, in protest against the apathy of the Assam Government towards newspaper houses The North East Newspaper Society has announced a three-day boycott of all State Government advertisements, any news […]
सामने वाला आपकी बात किस तरह से समझ या अपना रहा है, यह एक हद तक आप पर निर्भर करता है। बातो की प्रस्तुति बहुत मायने रखती है, बातो को अलग-अलग तरह से बताया जा सकता है। जैसे कि कोई हमारे ज़िन्दगी में भी ऐसा हुआ होगा कि कोई सामने से बात ऐसे बताये जैसे कुछ […]
Sir Journalism is considered as the fourth pillar of India. It is an intrinsic part of society. The two cannot exist without each other. Society depends on the journalist for all kinds of information. It acts as the watchdog of society and becomes voice for the voiceless. But in the past few years the crimes […]
NEW DELHI, Aug 23 – Eminent journalist and author Kuldip Nayar, who fought fiercely for press freedom and civil liberties, is no more, reports PTI. He was 95. Nayar died around 12.30 am at the Escorts hospital, his elder son Sudhir Nayar said. He was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital five […]
