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Dutee Chand wins Vogue’s Sportsperson of Year 2019
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has won the Sportsperson of the Year 2019 in the 3rd edition of the Vogue Women Of The Year awards. Besides winning the prestigious honour, Dutee will also feature on the cover of Vogue India’s November 2019 edition. Dutee broke the national record in the 100-metre event at the National Open ..
Topics: Dutee Chand • Gender verification in sports • Magazines • Mass media • Sport of athletics • Sports • Vogue
Financial Literacy Week 2019
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing Financial Literacy Week 2019 from June 3-7 on the theme of “Farmers”. The theme aims to highlight how farmers can benefit from being a part of the formal banking system. About the Initiative The Financial Literacy Week of RBI aims to promote awareness on key topics every ..
Topics: ATM • banking system • Doordrshan • Farmers • Financial literacy • Financial Literacy Week 2019 • Mass media • RBI • Reserve Bank of India
SCO Mass Media Forum
The Second Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Mass Media Forum was inaugurated by the President of Kyrgyz Republic Mr S. Jeenbeko. Objectives of the SCO Mass Media Forum To strengthen the exchange and cooperation in the field of mass media amongst SCO countries. To provide a platform for active work through mass media to create an ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: China • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Mass media • Pakistan • Russia • SCO • SCO Mass Media Forum • Shanghai Cooperation Organization • Tajikistan • Uzbekistan
Islamic State (IS) claims for first time that it established a “province” in India
Islamic State (IS) has claimed for the first time that it has established a “province” in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. The new ‘province’ is called “Wilayah of Hind ” by the militant group. IS’s Amaq News Agency ..
Topics: Amaq News Agency • Geography of Asia • Indo-Pakistani wars • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant • Jammu and Kashmir • Kashmir Conflict • Mass media • Terrorism in Pakistan
Kyaw Soe Oo chosen for 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize
Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone (Myanmar) has been chosen for 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize. Both laureates are serving 7-year prison sentences. At the time of their arrest in Yangon on 12 December 2017, they were working for the Reuters news agency, reporting on alleged human rights violations in Myanmar’s state of ..
Topics: El Espectador • Guillermo Cano Isaza • Journalists • Kyaw Soe Oo • Luis Gabriel Cano • Mass media • News media • Reuters • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • Wa Lone • World Press Freedom Day