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Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) The trial run of China’s first 3D TV channel will start Jan 1. The channel will officially start later in January, reported Shanghai Daily. The satellite channel will have 3D programmes every day from 10:30 a.m. to midnight, said the official. China Central Television, Radio and Television Beijing, Radio and Television Shanghai, Radio and Television Tianjin, [...]
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Discarded Christmas cards and wrapping paper can fuel 20 moon trips by a double-decker bus and back — the staggering equivalent of 18 million km. Imperial College of London scientists have shown how waste paper could be turned into high grade biofuel, with the help of micro-organisms, to power motor vehicles. Some 1.5 billion cards and [...]
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) Government regulators punished six newspapers and magazines for illegally leasing local branches to advertising agencies that allegedly indulged in extortion and for employing non-journalists for reporting and publishing work. The violators include China Urban Economy Magazine, China Quality Journey Magazine, China Technology Market News, China Food Publishing Co., Ltd., Shandong Legal News and Enterprise Party Construction [...]
Ghaziabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Journalists here Tuesday attended a workshop on reporting guidelines for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. The session was organised by Ghaziabad District Magistrate Shashi Bhushan Lal on the directions of the state election officer. Lal said the election commission had come across complaints of biased media coverage, paid news and other malpractices.
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as former British prime minister Tony Blair is aged just 58, the BBC has started filming his obituary! The ‘ghoulish’ decision to ask former cabinet colleagues to contribute to the programme about Blair’s life has shocked some within the Labour party, the Sun reported. ‘It seems in pretty poor taste that the Beeb is already [...]
Santiago, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) Chile’s Supreme Court upheld Monday a verdict ordering a newspaper to pay damages to 13 people hurt in explosions that resulted from preparing fritters according to a recipe they found in the daily. La Tercera, published by Copesa, must pay a total of 85 million pesos ($163,460) to the 13 victims. The claims of two other [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Editors of Urdu newspapers from India, Pakistan and other countries will participate in the World Urdu Editors Conference to be held here Dec 30-31. The two-day event, being organised by Urdu daily Siasat, will discuss the problems faced by Urdu newspapers and Urdu journalists. ‘It is the first conference of its kind aimed at bringing Urdu [...]
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Church bell chimes and midnight masses with special prayers heralded Christmas celebrations in the national capital Sunday. Christian homes were decorated with Christmas trees and lights to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. ‘It is a festival of peace and harmony. People of all religions have come here today. They feel one with Jesus here,’ [...]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If the periodic table developed by Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleevhelped chemistry students understand the arrangement of elements in order of increasingatomic mass, the number theory developed by Indian mathematician T V Padmakumar can aid students learn the periodic table in a jiffy. “The mathematical base can assist in identifying the atomic number of elements in each group of the periodic table. Even identification of [...]
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) Seven Pakistani scribes were among at least 43 journalists who died in conflicts or were murdered this year worldwide, a media rights group said. In the past five years, 29 journalists were killed in Pakistan, Xinhua quoted a statement of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as saying. Political conflict and unrest proved deadly for journalists [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The government Tuesday said there was no unanimity on hiking foreign direct investment (FDI) in the print media from the existing 26 percent and stressed that its current policy has benefited the domestic newspaper industry. ‘There is no unanimity over increasing the FDI quotient in print media… the debate in this regard has not been [...]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The government Monday told parliament that it had spent Rs.4.79 crore and Rs.2.46 crore, respectively, on print media advertisements on the occasion of birth anniversaries of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. This information was shared in the Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting C.M. Jatua while replying to [...]
Moscow, Dec 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three Russian journalists covering riots in western Kazakhstan were detained without any reason Sunday, Russia’s Kommersant business daily said on its website. ‘The journalists were detained Sunday by people with automatic rifles in the square of the town of Zhanaozen without the explanation of any reasons,’ Kommersant said. The three journalists were Kommersant special correspondent [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Anna Hazare was honoured with the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2011 award late Friday while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was feted for her contribution to politics. Hazare, who has been campaigning for a strong Lokpal bill, also won an award in the public service category, along with members of his team. Trinamool [...]
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) You have been looking out for a new microwave oven that would suit your budget and requirements but the simple quest becomes quite an ordeal over a period of time. After reading dozens of product reviews and asking your friends and acquaintnces, you finally conclude the deal, only to fret endlessly over whether it was the [...]
Beijing, Dec 16 (IANS) Beijing Friday asked users of Twitter-like microblogging services to provide their real names. Beijing’s government published new rules requiring users of microblogging services to provide their authentic identities, reported Xinhua. According to the new rules, web users need to give their real names to website administrators before being allowed to put up microblog posts. The bloggers, [...]
London, Dec 16 (IANS) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, has launched a new programme that will allow passengers to pick their ‘seat-mates’ on Facebook. The airline will start the ‘meet and seat’ service early next year that will link travellers’ Facebook and LinkedIn profiles to their check-in information, said Sky News. The service will allow [...]
Beijing, Dec 16 (IANS) Beijing Friday asked users of Twitter-like microblogging services to provide their real names. Beijing’s government published new rules requiring users of microblogging services to provide their authentic identities, reported Xinhua. According to the new rules, web users need to give their real names to website administrators before being allowed to put up microblog posts. The bloggers, [...]
Agra, Dec 16 (IANS) Authorities have cracked down on stray buffaloes, cows and ‘dhobis’ in the Taj Mahal town of Agra for polluting the Yamuna river. Environment Officer Rajiv Rathi told IANS that 143 buffaloes and 10 cows were rounded up Thursday from the river and for obstructing traffic on the busy Yamuna Kinara road. The campaign also targeted washermen [...]
San Francisco, Dec 16 (IANS) Microsoft Thursday announced that it will automatically upgrade the Internet Explorer (IE) to the latest version to give Windows customers more protection against malicious software. According to the company’s blog post, starting from Australia and Brazil next January, users of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 will get the IE updates if they have turned [...]
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