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Public Service Broadcasting Day: November 12

November 13, 2018

Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year across India on November 12 year to commemorate first and last visit of Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation) of All India Radio Studio (AIR), New Delhi in 1947. On this occasion, artistes of Akashvani Bhawan, Delhi  performed Vaishnav Jan Toh and other bhajans and school children ..

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Home Ministry revokes security clearance to Qatar-based English news channel Al Jazeera

August 25, 2018

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revoked security clearance of Qatar government’s state-funded English news broadcaster Al Jazeera. It is believed that main reason for this revocation is considered to be over documentary made by Qatari channel on militancy in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), which Indian Government viewed as “biased”. Al Jazeera has reportedly ..

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Videsh Aaya Pradesh ke Dwaar: MEA launches engagement programme with Regional Media

March 23, 2018

The External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched ‘Videsh Aaya Pradesh ke Dwaar’, an engagement programme with regional media in Hyderabad, Telangana. The initiative aims enhance public diplomacy outreach of MEA and its commitment to take objectives of foreign policy to people at grassroot-level. Videsh Aaya Pradesh ke Dwaar ..

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India, Ethiopia sign agreements on trade, communication

October 6, 2017

India and Ethiopia have signed agreements on trade, communication and media to boost bilateral ties. The agreements were signed after wide ranging talks between President Ram Nath Kovind and his Ethiopian counterpart Mulatu Teshome at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The agreement was signed during President Ram Nath Kovind’s second leg of his maiden visit abroad ..

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Union Government puts ban on NDTV India on hold

November 8, 2016

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put hold its order imposing a oneday  ban   on Hindi  channel  NDTV  India. Earlier, the ministry had imposed oneday ban (on November 9) on NDTV India over its live coverage of the Pathankot terror attack, violating Programme/Advertising Code. Opposition parties and media bodies have criticised arbitary punitive ..

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