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


Pakistan TV gets first transgender newscaster


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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Bhind-based television channel journalist who was run over by a truck.


CM recommends CBI probe into MP journalist killing


Female Brazilian sports reporters have come together to speak out about the sexual harassment they suffer in the course of their work, the media reported on Tuesday.


Brazilian female sports reporters speaks about sexual harassment


Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against the Station House Officer (SHO) of Delhi Cantt for molesting a woman journalist and sent him to district line, a senior officer said.


FIR against SHO accused of molesting woman journalist


Rights organisation Amnesty International India on Monday sought an independent probe into "mowing down" of a journalistin Madhya Pradesh and demanded the state government bring the guilty to book and send out a clear message that such attacks will not be tolerated.


Amnesty seeks probe into journalist's death


To curb fake news, Egypt has announced a new hotline for citizens that will run on WhatsApp and will allow them to report news that aims to "to endanger the nations security or public interests", the media reported.


Egypt launches WhatsApp hotline for reporting fake news


Over 100 journalists protested here on Saturday, as the Delhi Police failed to register an FIR into an alleged molestation of a woman reporter of an English national daily by a police officer.


Journalists protest over no FIR against cop 'molesting' reporter


Journalist associations on Saturday demanded strict action against Delhi Police personal involved in assault and molestation of journalists covering a protest by students and teachers of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).


Media associations demand strict action on assault of journalists


Delhi Police on Saturday tendered their "deepest apologies" for the attack on two media personnel in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday when police undertook a baton charge on protesting students.


Delhi Police tenders apology to media persons


In a breather for RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap Yadav, the CBI on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not find anything against him in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan and gave him a clean chit.


Relief to Tej Pratap in scribe murder case


Do you let your toddler watch YouTube videos? It may not help them to learn new things, a study suggests.


YouTube videos may not help toddlers learn new things


Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, late on Tuesday asked users to "delete" the social media platform, Facebook, amid alleged data leakage of its users for political purposes.


'Delete' Facebook, says WhatsApp co-founder amid Cambridge Analytica scandal


The stereotype of an African-Arab Muslim nation, where women are expected to be seen covered from head to toe and not given prominence in public and social life, is being broken by progressive Moroccan women who are actively taking up positions in various spheres and professions, particularly the media, that require dealing with the public.


Breaking barriers: Moroccan women take a professional leap (Societal Feature)


News is rather ephemeral. Since it has most effect -- in these times -- when on TV, we may paraphase Shakespeare's Macbeth to term it something "full of sound and fury" but soon forgotten due to our limited memory and the sheer volume of round-the-clock programming. But there are ways of preserving it for posterity.


Bad news and 'verse': A poetic journalist's contribution (Column: Bookends)


Securities market regulator Sebi has fined media organisation NDTV, and four individuals for lapses in mandatory disclosure.


Sebi fines NDTV for disclosure lapses


The Supreme Court on Thursday lashed out at a section of the media for what it said was "irresponsible reporting" and observed that they should not feel like the "Pope sitting on the pulpit".


SC flays section of media for 'irresponsible reporting'


The in-camera trial into the allegations of rape involving former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal got underway in a Goa court on Thursday, with the court recording the statement of the victim.


Tarun Tejpal case: In-camera trial begins in Goa court


The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Wednesday urged all citizens of the country to be "vigilant and alert" and be the "leader of change by flagging misleading advertisements.


Exercise your right to report misleading ads: ASCI


Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is responding well to treatment in the US, his office said on Wednesday, dismissing media reports that he would return to India and get admitted again to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital.


Parrikar responding well to treatment in US: CMO


Former TV serial producer Suhaib Ilyasi on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court to challenge a trial court order to convict him for the murder of his wife in 2000 and imprisonment for life.


Ilyasi moves HC against conviction for wife's murder, pleads for bail


A narcoanalysis test would be conducted on the man arrested in connection with the murder of Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh six months ago here, an officer of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said on Tuesday.

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