The Congress-backed TV channel Jaihind TV got a rude jolt when a demand notice was published in newspapers by the Corporation Bank, asking the channel management to repay a loan of over Rs 3.19 crore within 60 days.


Congress-backed TV channel in Kerala gets bank notice


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Pakistan electronic and print media watchdog, Pemra, on Thursday banned the country's prominent TV anchor Amir Liaquat for "preaching hate".


Pakistan bans prominent journalist from TV


Subramanian Swamy says Arnab's 'Republic' is contrary to law, writes to I&B min

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has objected to the phrase "Republic" as the name for the yet-to-be launched news channel by veteran TV journalist Arnab Goswami.

Swamy alleges Arnab's 'Republic' is contrary to law, writes to I&B min

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While using Facebook do you tend to seek people or groups that match your opinions? If so, you may tend to become isolated and more narrow-minded, a study has revealed.


Facebook can make us isolated, narrow-minded


Award-winning journalist Josy Joseph here on Saturday said that the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a centralised "bully system" and that it is "hostile towards intelligent and informed thinking".


Government has a centralised bully system: Josy Joseph


With social media, intended to bring people around the world closer, ironically serving as instrument of the backlash against globalisation, one prominent casualty is the foreign correspondent who is needed more than ever at a time when there are multiple sources of news, but most scarcely reliable, a panel of top journalists said on Thursday.


The Foreign Correspondent - a vanishing breed? 


Sri Lanka's highest court on Thursday issued a subpoena for a Britain-based journalist to appear before it on March 3 on contempt charges.


Sri Lankan court issues subpoena on exiled journalist


A 90-second-long mobile screen-recorded short film 'WhatsUpMom', videographed by Mathukutty Xavier to break away from the monotony of doing a script of debut film, has gone viral and crossed six lakh views and 7,000 shares in 50 hours.


Mobile screen-recorded short film 'WhatsUpMom' goes viral


With mechanisation slowly edging into almost every field, the scribe, too, is sought to be replaced by a robot -- in a first, a Chinese newspaper on Wednesday published its first story written by a robot.


Chinese newspaper makes robot write story


"I am with Zaira,", one of the top trending hashtags, took the virtual world by storm on Tuesday after Dangal starlet Zaira Waseem, a 16-year-old Kashmiri, was trolled by a few for meeting Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti following the record breaking success of the Aamir Khan starrer.


'I'm with Zaira': Support pours in for Kashmiri 'Dangal' starlet


Leading media house Jagran Prakashan welcomes any move by the government to raise the foreign equity limit in print media to 49 per cent, but said in the given scenario, the industry does not need any additional capital from overseas, its CFO R.K. Agarwal has said.


FDI in print media welcome, but industry well capitalised: Jagran CFO


The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will start a journalism course in Urdu, the government announced on Tuesday.


IIMC to start Urdu journalism course


Actress Trisha's mother Uma Krishnan has lodged a complaint with the city police commissioner's office seeking protection for her daughter and action against those who hacked into her Twitter account.


Trisha's mother seeks police protection for daughter


Kashmiri actress Zaira Wasim of "Dangal" fame on Monday posted on social media an apology for meeting J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti -- an action for which she had been subjected to vicious trolling -- but later withdrew the apologia after receiving unstinted support from well-wishers including Bollywood celebrities and leading politicians.


'Dangal' actress Zaira posts, deletes apology for meeting Mehbooba Mufti (Roundup)


Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK have teamed up to air a colonoscopy being performed live on a patient in what the two organisations claim is the world's first TV ad showing a live surgical procedure.


UK TV channel to broadcast ad of live surgery


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, lauding political satirist and editor Cho Ramaswamy for having mastered the art of satire and humour, said "both are needed to build bridges betwwen communities and societies".


Need more satire and humour to build bridges between communities: Modi


China's top internet watchdog on Friday launched an operation to clean up misleading or sensational headlines in online news.


News websites punished for making clickbait headlines


Indian American comedian Aziz Ansari will host the NBC comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) on January 21, which would make him the first South Asian origin person to host the show.


Indian American Aziz Ansari to host NBC show


Cairo, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) Egyptian prosecutors ordered Al Jazeera TV news presenter Mahmoud Hussein Gomaa to remain in custody for another 15 days on suspicion of "fabricating reports" aimed at harming national security and sedition, official daily Al-Ahram said on Tuesday.


Egypt extends Al Jazeera journalist's detention


The "atrociously planned and executed" currency ban and a subsequent cash crunch has made life increasingly difficult for Indians, the New York Times has said in its latest hard-hitting editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to check black money and corruption.


Indians suffering after 'atrociously' planned note ban: NYT


The Indian economy is suffering following demonetisation and a shortage of cash made life increasingly difficult for Indians, the New York Times has said.

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