An independent report published on Tuesday that was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found there was no gender bias when it came to the salaries of the organisation's employees.


Report commissioned by BBC denies gender pay gap


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An independent report commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and  published on Tuesday found there was no gender bias when it came to the salaries of the organisation's employees, the BBC said.


Independent report commissioned by BBC denies gender pay gap


Politicians and civil society members remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 70th death anniversary on Tuesday, comparing the 'Father of the Nation' with Lord Buddha and Jesus Christ.


Gandhi will remain ever relevant as Buddha and Christ, say politicians, journalists


Pyongyang has cancelled one of the joint events it had agreed to hold with Seoul following a "historic" meeting earlier in January, and has blamed the South Korean media for it.


Pyongyang cancels joint event, blames S.Korean media


Lebanon's public prosecutor has filed a lawsuit against ad-Diyar newspaper and its owner and editor-in-chief Charles Ayoub on charges of insulting Saudi King Salman, the daily has said.


Lebanese newspaper, editor sued for insulting Saudi king


US President Donald Trump's "nationalist and protectionist" foreign policy has caused America's international approval rating to decline, which hit a record low of 30 per cent, the Russian media has pointed out.


Trump's foreign policy incurs record low global approval: Russian media


The Congress in Kerala on Sunday slammed the Left government over its "fake morality talks" a day after NCP leader A.K. Saseendran was acquitted in a sleaze chat case filed by a woman journalist, saying the woman was forced to change her statement.


Scribe forced to change statement on 'sleaze talk': Congress


Terming the Western media propagandist, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Friday that India, for whom he had a special message on its 69th Republic Day, should develop its own sources in his country, even as he termed US President Donald Trump's aid cut to Pakistan "a bit too late but welcome".


Western media propagandist, Indian media should have own sources in Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai (IANS Interview)


A total of 150 literary figures from 14 nations will take part in the three-day Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters to be held here from February 2, the organisers said.


Top names to attend Kerala's Mathrubhumi fest


The Shree Rajput Karni Sena on Thursday denied any role in stone pelting on a school bus in Gurugram in Haryana over the screening of "Padmaavat".


Karni Sena denies role in stone pelting on school bus


A journalist was assaulted allegedly by timber smugglers in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, police said on Wednesday.


Meghalaya journalist assaulted by timber smugglers


A media report on alleged fraud committed by a top CPI-M leader's son triggered a major controversy in Kerala, with the Congress-led opposition demanding that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan or the CPI-M leadership respond to the allegations, even as the ruling Left party denied there had been any wrongdoing.


Fraud allegations against Kerala CPI-M leader's son triggers controversy


Britain's competition regulator provisionally rejected on Tuesday the proposed $15.5 billion acquisition by 21st Century Fox of the British satellite broadcaster Sky on the grounds that it was "not in the public interest".


Fox takeover of Sky rejected by UK regulator


Facebook, which controls a lion's share of the online advertising business along with Google, should pay a fee to publishers if it wants to promote trustworthy and accurate news on its platform, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said.


Rupert Murdoch wants Facebook to pay publishers


Two persons, including a manager of a private telecom major, were arrested on Saturday for alleged involvement in a murderous attack on a senior journalist in the state capital, police said.


Two arrested for murderous attack on senior journalist in Lucknow


The Pashto-language station of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been closed by the Pakistani government, officials said on Saturday.


Pakistan closes US-funded Radio Mashaal


Google has suspended its fact-check feature in its Search and news results after its algorithm wrongly linked a Washington Post fact check to a Daily Caller article about US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation team, the media reported.


Google suspends flawed fact-check feature


The Supreme Court on Friday gave the CBI time till January 22 to respond to the application of Mohanan Rajesh -- a witness in the INX Media case -- seeking permission to go abroad to meet his son.


SC gives time to CBI on plea by INX Media case witness


Continuing with their protest against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat", the Shree Rajput Karni Sena on Friday warned that Censor Board chief Prasoon Joshi will not be allowed to enter the city during the Jaipur Literature Festival and will be "thrashed" if he does so.


Karni Sena warns Prasoon Joshi against entering Jaipur


A former Ecuadorian President has said the current administration's decision to grant citizenship to WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange "will not convince the British to let him exit the UK".


'Granting Ecuadorian citizenship to Assange won't sway UK'


Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, was on Thursday questioned by the ED officials for over 10 hours in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in a FIPB clearance accorded to INX Media in 2007.

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