Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Bhupendra Kainthola on Tuesday assumed charge as the new director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) at Pune.


New director takes charge at FTII


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Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of senior journalist Kanak Mani Dixit who was in custody of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in a disproportionate assets case.


Nepal SC orders release of scribe held in assets case


Nepal Police on Monday said they have arrested Canadian national Robert Penner from near Kathmandu for his provocative posts on Twitter against Nepal's "social harmony".


Canadian arrested in Nepal over Twitter posts


Google on Monday celebrated renowned Indian cartoonist Mario de Miranda's 90th birth anniversary with a doodle honouring the artist.


Google Doodle celebrates Mario de Miranda's 90th birthday


A group of 16 nonprofits, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, on Friday called for the immediate release of a Thai editor who is serving a 10-year prison sentence on charges of lese-majeste.


Call renewed to free jailed Thai editor


India has called upon the UN to renew efforts to create a more just world information order by working with the media in developing countries to correct the disparities in the flow of information.


Work with developing nations' media on information disparities, India tells UN


It seems as if India and Pakistan are not interested in mending their strained ties "and are content with living in a state of perpetual animosity", a Pakistani daily said on Thursday.


India, Pakistan may not be keen on peace: Pakistani daily


At 265 and counting - both in English and vernacular - Jammu and Kashmir' summer capital could well have the largest of such 'daily newspapers' in the country given its population of 1.4 million.


265 dailies and counting! Will Kashmir's 'media malaria' end soon?


Iraq has shut down the Baghdad bureau of Al Jazeera Media Network and banned its journalists from reporting in the country.


Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera Baghdad bureau


Communication is a critical component of the government's outreach strategy through people-centric initiatives and innovative approaches, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said on Wednesday.


Communication key to government outreach: Minister


To sensitize media students with public health reporting skills, Unicef India, in partnership with Oxford University, held a three-month long awareness and skill development programme in Delhi for the first time in India.


Unicef bats for better health reporting in India


Two people including a pro-LGBT editor of a magazine were hacked to death by unidentified assailants here on Monday, the media reported.


Pro-LGBT Bangladeshi editor hacked to death


A court here on Monday fixed May 26 for considering a complaint against three news channels which allegedly ran doctored videos of the JNU controversy.


Court to consider complaint against channels over doctored video


Zee TV and Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra on Saturday received the $50,000 Global Indian Award from the Canada-India Foundation.


Subhash Chandra gets award from Canada-India Foundation


Police and intelligence agencies have arrested in Karachi on Friday a man wanted in US journalist Daniel Pearl's murder case.


Accused in Daniel Pearl murder case arrested


Claiming that the changing stand of the Trinamool Congress was "an acceptance of the reality of the sting operation", Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel on Friday ridiculed the impunity of leaders caught in the alleged bribery scandal.


Trinamool's changing stands indicate acceptance of sting reality: Narada News CEO


The government is considering outsourcing the content for Doordarshan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Thursday.


Government considering outsourcing content for Doordarshan: Rathore


Former Rajya Sabha MP and noted columnist Kuldip Nayyar on Thursday said the Uttarakhand High Court's order setting aside president's rule in the state will strengthen the country's democratic institutions.


HC decision will strengthen democratic institutions: Kuldip Nayyar


A leading journalism advocacy group says media freedom experienced a sharp decline around the world over the past year, citing increasing government restrictions in places like Turkey, Poland, Tajikistan, and Egypt.


'Deep and disturbing' decline found in world media


This is an example of how the power of community radio is being innovatively harnessed to spread the message on skill development - a priority area for the central government.


Harnessing community radio to spread skilling message


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed as "bizarre" the media reports that pollution levels  in the national capital had spiked despite the odd-even traffic scheme.

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