Paris, April 11 (IANS/AKI) Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Tuesday condemned the killing of Palestinian photographer Yaser Murtaja and welcomed an Israeli probe into the incident.


Unesco deplores Palestinian lensman's killing in Gaza


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Actress Raveena Tandon says a public figure is open to criticism, but if they retaliate, all hell breaks loose and then they are subjected to social media trolling.


Public figures are open to criticism: Raveena Tandon


The Supreme Court on Monday directed a Goa court to complete, within a year, the trial against Tehelka's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, charged with raping a junior colleague in Goa in 2013.


Tejpal case: SC asks Goa court to complete trial in a year


FMCG major ITC Ltd on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it will change its controversial advertisement where it challenged PepsiCo's juice brand Tropicana, asking the company to join a campaign to abandon concentrates.


Will remove references to Tropicana from ad: ITC to HC


Ghaziabad journalists on Monday demanded the suspension of a police officer following a murderous attack here on a journalist, Anuj Chaudhary.


Journalists want action against SHO after murderous attack


A journalist working with Sahara Samay Hindi news channel was on Sunday shot at and seriously injured at his residence in Ghaziabad, police said.


Hindi news channel journalists shot, seriously injured in Ghaziabad


Comedian and TV host Kapil Sharma and Mumbai-based film journalist Vickey Lalwani have lodged police complaints against each other after a telephonic spat on Friday evening.


Now, Kapil Sharma in oral spat with journalist


The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Friday said its Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld complaints against 171 advertisements out of 247 in January 2018 for mainly "gross exaggeration of product efficacy" and violation of acts and rules.


Complaints against 171 advertisements in January upheld: ASCI


The Delhi High Court has stayed the Press Council of India (PCI)'s decision regarding rejection of nomination given by the Indian Newspapers Society (INS) for filling up vacancies in its 13th term.


HC stays PCI decision rejecting INS nomination for membership


Rome, April 3 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government on Tuesday urged Serbia to release from prison "without delay" photojournalist Mauro Donato, who was arrested last month on suspicion of robbing three Afghan migrants.


Italy calls on Serbia to free photoreporter


The Arab League, the largest organization of Arab countries, has presented Arab League award to Syed Vicaruddin, Chairman of Indo-Arab League, a Hyderabad-based organisation working to promote Indo-Arab ties.


Arab League award presented to Vicaruddin


Nearly seven years after journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was gunned down in full public view, a special court her will pronounce the verdict in the case, in which among the accused is mafia don Rajendra S. Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan - on May 2, the prosecution said on Tuesday.


Verdict in Mumbai journalist J. Dey murder case on May 2


The Malaysian government has pushed a law through Parliament that makes "fake news" punishable by a maximum six-year jail term following days of heated debate.


Malaysia okays 6-year jail term for fake news


Amnesty International on Tuesday welcomed the government's move withdrawing an executive order on suspending accreditation of journalists if accused of disseminating fake news, saying the threat was a brazen attempt to control the media.


Crackdown on press freedom no solution to curb fake news: Amnesty


Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's company 21st Century Fox has offered to sell Sky News to Disney to allay fears among regulators about its plan to buy 61 per cent of Sky, according to a company statement on Tuesday.


Murdoch proposes to sell Sky News to Disney


A school dropout from Chandigarh who is now a cyber security expert has made it to the Forbes "30 under 30" Asia 2018 list.


School dropout makes it to Forbes' U-30 list


The opposition and the media fraternity in Goa have slammed a fresh set of guidelines issued by the state assembly which makes circulation of newspapers and earnings of news portals a criteria of accreditation.


Goa assembly journalist accreditation guidelines slammed


Prominent editors and media figures from a media rights network across South Asia on Thursday condemned the killing of journalists in the region and said there is a pattern of violence against media workers.


Alarming pattern in attacks on media, says rights body


Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad abruptly drew curtains to a media briefing on Thursday as journalists shot a volley of questions at Ministers over the CBSE Class 10 and 12 exam paper leak.


Prasad ends Cabinet briefing amid posers on CBSE leak


A group of parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said on Wednesday that a proposed bill regulating fake news in Malaysia violates freedom of expression and called for its withdrawal.


Malaysian Parliament urged to reject fake news draft bill


A Pakistani news channel has hired the country's first transgender TV newsreader.

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