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Myanmar will draft a media law with help from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the official media reported Saturday. The information ministry is drafting the law in accordance with international and regional norms, Xinhua quoted the daily New Light of Myanmar as saying. Both sides will hold a discussion on the proposed law that guarantee press freedom, [...]
Following is the chronology of events leading to the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 telecom licenses given out during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja Nov 29, 2008: Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking sanction to prosecute Raja under the Prevention of Corruption Act May 4, 2009: Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) receives complaints [...]
Following are the salient features of the Indian telecom sector which was jolted Thursday by the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 telecom licenses given out during A. Raja’s tenure as the communication minister: – Total subscribers (wireless and fixed-line) in December: 926.53 million – One of fastest growing markets in the world – Total players: 15 – Dominant players: Bharti [...]
Most websites advertising statins for sale contain rather sketchy information relevant to safe use of the medicine and side-effects, reveals a study. The study led by researcher David Brown, professor School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, simulated a customer search and evaluation of 184 retrieved sites using evaluation tools focusing on quality and safe medicine use. Results [...]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi feel the media should not play the role of a judge — because it can hurt a person’s image. “We don’t have any problem with the truth. But if you (media) create something and want us to believe that a snake is a rope because that’s your breaking [...]
Social network Facebook has made compulsory its Timeline feature through which all of a user’s photographs and wall posts would be seen by friends on their homepage. The feature had been voluntary till now and Facebook has given all of its 800 million users a seven-day period to delete content before Timeline goes online, The Sun reported. Timeline makes everything [...]
The Tamil Nadu government Monday filed a defamation petition against Tamil bi-weekly Nakkheeran editor R.R. Gopal for publishing an article defaming Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa. A defamation case against N.Ram, former editor-in-chief of The Hindu and the newspaper’s correspondent B.Kolappan has also been filed for reproducing Nakkheeran’s report in the daily. The petitions were filed by the Chennai public prosecutor before [...]
The US Congress has indefinitely postponed debate on two disputed anti-piracy bills, two days after protest blackouts by hundreds of websites including online encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Senate majority leader Harry Reid Friday postponed a planned vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA). “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT IP Act,” Reid wrote [...]
Dozens of celebrities and politicians have settled damages claims over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, the Telegraph reported Thursday. Actor Jude Law, politician Lord Prescott, Shaun Russell, whose wife and daughter were killed in Kent in 1996, and Sara Payne, the mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah, are also among 36 claimants who have reached settlements. Details of some [...]
The Prime Minister is pleased to announce the appointment with immediate effect of Shri Pankaj Pachauri as Communications Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office. Shri Pachauri, who will report to the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, will advise on communicating the Governments programmes, policies and achievements to the media and the public at large, particularly using the electronic, print [...]
People who stay up-to-date with news and current affairs are more health-conscious and will live longer, says a new study. The study found that people who were most exposed to newspaper, television and the internet had healthier diets than those who were less well informed, the Daily Mail reported. More than 1,000 adults were interviewed in the study. The researchers [...]
A 70-strong contingent of heart patients from the renowned Asian Heart Institute (AHI) will join 39,000 fit runners Sunday at the high-profile 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, an official said here Saturday. They have been inspired by none other than ace tennis champion Vijay Amritraj, 58, who has undergone an angioplasty and a multiple muscular surgery. The contingent would be [...]
Most are gamers who get so involved they go without food and water for extended periods Internet addiction has for the first time been linked with changes in the brain similar to those seen in people addicted to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. In a groundbreaking study, researchers used MRI scanners to reveal abnormalities in the brains of adolescents who spent [...]
Amit Saigal, founder and editor of music magazine the Rock Street Journal, drowned while swimming off a Goa beach Thursday, officials said. Saigal was swimming with his friends near their anchored sail boat off Bogmalo beach, 35 km from here. “Saigal’s friends who were present there said that he was asthmatic and could have had an asthma attack when he [...]
A new report on ethical standards of British police officers warns them against “flirting” and having “secret conversations” with journalists. The report titled “The ethical issues arising from the relationship between police and media” was prepared by former parliamentary commissioner for standards, Elizabeth Filkin, and was released Wednesday. It said that “the close relationship which developed between parts of the [...]
Expressing concern over the practice of paid news in the Indian media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said there should be no “external control” over media as it can battle the “evils” like paid news on its own. He also stressed the need for media to promote objectivity and reduce “sensationalism”. “There should be no external control on the media, [...]
There should be no outside control on the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday while stressing that it should focus on issues of national importance and uproot evils like paid news. “I am very happy that our media is independent… it has an important role in the country. There should be no external control on the media but [...]
In a cricket-crazy nation, how could a reality show on the popular sport be far behind? UTV Bindass is set to launch “Cricket Champs”, a nationwide hunt for cricket talent, waiting to find the right mentoring and platform to excel in the sport. The show is being launched in association with New Delhi-based Indraprastha All India Sports Foundation. Cricketers like [...]
The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation — popularly known in the subcontinent as Radio Pakistan — is facing a severe financial crunch due to which the future of over 3,000 employees and artistes all over the country has become uncertain. Permanent employees of the corporation have not been paid the 15 percent increase in salary announced in the federal budget 2011-12, while [...]
(IANS) The US department of homeland security reportedly makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles in a bid to track down people who use “sensitive” words. If anyone uses a word or phrase from the department’s list, American spies might read the posts, investigate the online account and even attempt to identify the person from it, the Daily Mail reported. Some words [...]
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