Union Information & Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Sunil Arora on Friday said that the ministry's objective is to make India the hub of media and entertainment industry in the world.


Want to make India global media, entertainment hub: Ministry


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The media and entertainment industry will grow at 14.3 percent annually to touch earnings of Rs.2.26 trillion ($33 billion) by 2020 led by a fast growth in advertising revenues, said a study released here on Wednesday.


India's media, entertainment revenues seen at $33 bn by 2020


The second batch of 50 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be posted on Tuesday on web portal www.netajipapers.gov.in, official sources said here.


50 more Netaji files to be posted online on Tuesday


Journalists were beaten up and the Karachi Press Club attacked during Sunday's protest staged for release of Sunni clerics and leaders booked on various charges, and for recognising Mumtaz Qadri as a martyr, a media report said.


Pro-Qadri activists attacked Karachi Press Club, say journalists


A Class 10 student from this nondescript town in south Kashmir, notorious for as a militancy hotbed, has developed an online radio application all by himself to highlight problems youth in the violence-ravaged state face everyday.


Hello Kashmir! Teen sets up an online radio


Veteran Urdu journalist and social worker Ansari Aejaz Ahmed has been given the prestigious Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy Award for excellence in Urdu journalism.


Veteran Urdu scribe gets top Maharashtra award


The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to the Chhattisgarh government in connection with the alleged wrongful detention and torture of a journalist who is a human rights activist.


Human rights panel notice to Chhattisgarh over journalist's arrest


A Russian court in the southern city of Donetsk has sentenced Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in prison after finding her guilty of complicity in killing two Russian journalists in 2014, RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.


Russian court sentences Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in prison


TV cameras could be allowed into crown courts in England and Wales for the first time, as part of a pilot scheme proposed by the justice ministry, the media reported on Sunday.


British Crown courts may allow TV cameras for first time


In a first, police have booked a US man after he posted a video on Facebook in which he was shown violating traffic rules.


US man posts traffic violation video on Facebook, booked


People buying rare plants through social media are placing the species at risk of extinction and the trade must be monitored, warn researchers.


Trade in rare plants on social media risking their extinction: Study


Two Australian reporters who crossed the security line at an event to interview the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak were deported, police said on Tuesday.


Malaysia deports Australian reporters over security breach


Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, who walked a free man 23 years after his legal problems began over his possessing an assault rifle, will open up on the 'hard road to freedom' at the India Today Conclave 2016 here later this week.


Sanjay Dutt to open up on 'road to freedom' at conclave in Delhi


A team of scientific explorers from the National Geographic Society is planning to film a documentary on a lava lake in Nicaragua's Masaya volcano, which has shown an increase in volcanic activity since last December.


National Geographic to make film on Nicaraguan lake


Two Australian reporters were arrested in Malaysia for crossing the security line during an event attended by Prime Minister Najib Razak, police said on Sunday.


Two Australian reporters arrested in Malaysia


An Egyptian man has been sentenced to three years in jail for  "insulting the women of Upper Egypt" and spreading false news on Facebook that threatened public peace.


Egyptian man jailed for 'insulting' women on Facebook


A local court here on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a journalist who was facing rape charges.


Court rejects anticipatory bail to journalist in rape case


A South Korean cable channel news anchor was summoned on Wednesday over unauthorised use of exit polls during the 2014 local election, prosecutors said.


Seoul anchor summoned over unauthorised exit poll use


The anti-corruption branch of the Goa Police has arrested two freelance journalists for allegedly trying to extort money from a businessman in Margao town in South Goa, posing as vigilance department sleuths.


Two 'journalists' posing as anti-corruption sleuths arrested


Jammu and Kashmir's criminal investigation department (CID) late Monday evening registered a first information report  (FIR) against a journalist for posting inflammatory content on his Facebook social networking account.


J&K files FIR against scribe for Facebook post (Correcting Intro)


Jammu and Kashmir's criminal investigation department (CID) late Tuesday evening registered an FIR against a journalist for posting inflammatory content on his Facebook social networking account.

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