Tag: Journalists
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3 in 5 journalists in India face work-related threats: Survey
76 per cent journalists said that either no safety protocol existed in their organisations or that they were not trained for safety issues.
November 15, 2019 -
Which govt wing purchased Pegasus, who gave instructions for snooping: Congress to Centre
Kapil Sibal's remarks came a day after the government, under fire from journalists and the Opposition, demanded a clarification from WhatsApp and questioned why it had kept the information about spying on Indian citizens hidden from the Indian authorities despite recent meetings with the company CEO.
November 2, 2019 -
‘Quickly resolved privacy breach issue, notified Indian authorities in May’: WhatsApp
The explanation comes after the Union government on Thursday asked WhatsApp for a report on allegations of breach of security.
November 2, 2019 -
The Statesman Awards 2018: Four journalists awarded for rural and environment reporting
Rakhi Ghosh , a freelance journalist, writing for The Wire, has secured the first prize while Shruti Jain, also writing for The Wire, has secured the second prize.
September 17, 2019 -
Govt to frame legislation to protect jobs of journalists facing retrenchment: CM
Miss Banerjee also announced a slew of measures to extend help to journalists.
July 24, 2019 -
Putting the brakes on media?
Significantly, although the Trinamool Congress has a longstanding feud with Chowdhury, it decided to bury the hatchet for the moment on the Karnataka crisis.
July 17, 2019 -
Sports Journalists Day: Celebrating sports as vehicle for global peace
Sports Journalists Day is celebrated to encourage the members of the sports media fraternity to strive for further excellence in their profession.
July 2, 2019 -
‘Not murder’: SC orders release of journalist arrested for ‘defaming’ Yogi Adityanath
Five people including three media persons were arrested in a span of two days for allegedly uploading 'defamatory' post on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
June 11, 2019 -
3 journalists among 5 arrested for ‘defamatory’ post on Yogi Adityanath; police action sparks outrage
The Editor's Guild has termed the police action as 'high-handed, arbitrary and authoritarian misuse of laws'.
June 10, 2019 -
Video shows BJP ‘bribing’ Leh journalists; poll officer says charges ‘prima facie correct’
State BJP chief, Ravinder Raina, had on Sunday threatened to initiate defamation proceedings against the journalists if they did not issue a written apology for 'defaming' the BJP.
May 8, 2019 -
Noida: 3 journalists, cop arrested for bribery; Rs 8 lakh, Mercedes car seized
The accused were extorting money from a call center owner in the name of removing the latter's name from an FIR registered in November 2018, police said.
January 30, 2019 -
‘Some journalists are self-saffronised’
Navaid Hamid, president of the All India Muslim Majlis-e- Mushawarat (AIMMM) ~ the umbrella body of over a dozen leading Muslim organisations in the country ~ has brought many changes to the AIMMM after becoming its chief in 2016. For the first time since the AIMMM’s inception in 1964, a woman was elected to the …
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December 1, 2018 -
Armed men barged into Karachi Press Club, harassed reporters
"They forcibly made videos and took pictures with mobile cameras of different portions of the club. It caused panic amongst the journalists," Joint Secretary of the club said.
November 9, 2018 -
Reuters reporters file appeal against prison sentence in Myanmar
The reporters were investigating a massacre of the Rohingya minority in the village of Inn Dinn in Rakhine state.
November 5, 2018 -
Asean lawmakers urge governments to protect journalists
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) comprises of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
November 3, 2018 -
Former Asian Age editor, a US journalist now, accuses MJ Akbar of rape
Pallavi Gogoi alleged that she had to 'pay a very big price' for being the editor of the op-ed page of a prominent newspaper at the age of 23.
November 2, 2018 -
Free for now
The discharge on bail of three journalists of Myanmar’s Eleven Media group, two weeks after they had been charged under provisions of the country’s penal code that allow no bail, suggests that the country is belatedly realising there are lines it cannot cross if it wishes to prolong the fiction that it is a democracy. …
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October 28, 2018