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Yahoo News Shuts India Website; Email Service To Continue
Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India including Yahoo News, Yahoo Cricket, Finance, Entertainment and MAKERS India. The reason is the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, which limit foreign ownership of media companies that…
Condolences Pour In As Media Icon Pradeep Guha Loses Battle To Cancer
Bhubaneswar: Pradeep Guha, MD of 9XM, breathed his last on Saturday.
According to media reports, he was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer ( Stage 4 ) three weeks ago and was being treated by top specialists in Mumbai in consultation…
Income Tax Raid On Dainik Bhaskar Group Offices
New Delhi: An Income Tax raid was conducted at the premises of the Dainik Bhaskar Group across the country on Thursday morning for suspected tax evasion.
The searches were carried out in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan as…
New York Times’ Toxic Anti-India, Anti-PM Job Ad Triggers A Storm
New Delhi: A job posting by The New York Times (NYT) for a correspondent in India has triggered a storm in the country for its biased prerequisites and conditions.
The job posting on NYT’s official website is for a South Asia business…
Journalist Arrested For Supplying Sensitive Info To Chinese Officers For Remuneration
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a Delhi-based journalist in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged supply of sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers.
Freelance journalist Rajeev…
New IT Rules: Google Publishes First Transparency Report; What Does It Reveal?
New Delhi: As mandated by the new IT rules in India, Google has published its first monthly transparency report.
As per the guidelines, social media platforms with over 5 million users have to disclose number of complaints they have…
We Follow Our Own Policies, Twitter India Tells Parliamentary Panel
New Delhi: Twitter, in the midst of a bitter feud with the Central government over compliance of IT rules in India, showed defiance while facing a Parliamentary panel on Friday.
According to ANI, when asked if it follows law of the land, a…
Supreme Court Quashes Sedition Case Against Journalist Vinod Dua
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua, news agency ANI reported.
The case was filed by a BJP functionary in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh over a YouTube show by the journalist on…
Defiance Over: Facebook, Google, WhatsApp Agree To Comply With New IT Rules
After days of showing defiance, social media platforms like Facebook, Google and WhatsApp have finally agreed to comply with new IT rules of the Indian government.
As per the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)…
Families Of 67 COVID-Victim Journalists To Get Rs 5 Lakh Each From Centre
New Delhi: The Centre has identified 67 journalists who have succumbed to COVID-19 in India so far, and will provide financial relief to each of their families.
A sum of Rs 5 lakh will be given to the families of 26 newspersons who have…