Over 50 percent Indian children admit to meeting or wanting to meet a stranger they first met online, a new study by US-based Intel Security Group showed.


'50 percent Indian children trust strangers on web'


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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday made a strong pitch for "reasonable restrictions" on freedom of speech and expression to maintain peace and harmony across the country.


Put reasonable restriction on freedom of speech: Jaitley


Myanmar's information ministry is arranging one-month visa for foreign correspondents who wish to cover the upcoming general election set for November 8, a statement said on Monday.


Temporary visa for foreign scribes covering Myanmar polls


A day before the India-Africa Forum Summit begins, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday strongly pitched for reforms in the UN Security Council (UNSC), pointing out neither India with nearly a sixth of the world's population nor Africa, the largest  continent in terms of number of countries, were on board.


Africa, India must cooperate in UNSC reform, climate, WTO meets: Sushma


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday strongly pitched for reforms in the United Nations Security Council and pointed out that neither India with nearly a  sixth of the world's population nor the largest continent Africa in terms of number of countries were on board.


Sushma Swaraj pitches for expansion of UNSC


Makers of popular reality-based crime show "Crime Patrol Satark" are now gearing up to release a suspense thriller titled "The Razor's Edge" online on their YouTube channel.


Makers of 'Crime Patrol Satark' to release movie online


The second Taiwan Queer Film Festival is set to start in capital Taipei on Saturday


Queer film festival to start in Taipei


South Korean prosecutors sought an 18-month jail term for a Japanese journalist charged with defaming President Park Geun-hye in print, the media reported.


Seoul prosecutors seek jail term for Japanese journalist


A journalist was shot at by unidentified assailants who tried to rob him in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said on Tuesday. The scribe was critically wounded in the incident.


Journalist shot at in Uttar Pradesh


The government is looking at allowing more foreign direct investment in television news channels in view of shortage of funds affecting quality of journalists, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said on Monday.


Government looking at raising FDI in news channels: Rathore


A Sikh panellist disrupted BBC's "Sunday Morning Live" show over lack of media coverage of violence against Sikhs in Punjab, a media report said.


Sikh panellist disrupts BBC live show


Indian media and entertainment industry has the potential to log $100 billion (Rs.650,000 crore) turn over  by 2025 provided it gets adequate infrastructure and government support, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said on Sunday.


Indian media, entertainment can be $100 bn industry: CII


Madrid, Oct 18 (IANS/EFE) Police have arrested 81 men in Spain over the past few months for sharing paedophilic files on the Internet, in what is seen as the most sweeping operation against pornography this year.


81 nabbed in operation against child porn in Spain


Former military dictator and Pakistani president Parvez Musharraf was responsible for the assination of Benazir Bhutto, reveals a a copy of US journalist Mark Siegel's statement recorded in the murder case.


'Parvez Musharraf was responsible for Benazir assination'


Amid speculation that the US online search provider is preparing a return to the world's biggest internet market, technology giant Google Inc. has started to put back its services in China, the media reported on Thursday.


Google reappears in China


Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa appeared before a Presidential Commission on Thursday to make a statement over allegations that his party failed to pay state media during his failed bid for another term in office.


Sri Lankan ex-president appears before commission


Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/AKI) Employees cannot be sacked for watching porn on the job provided they do so during their lunch break, Italy's supreme court ruled, rejecting an appeal from car giant Fiat against a worker's reinstatement.


'Okay for workers to view porn during lunch break'


A Hong Kong photographer-journalist detained for carrying a bullet proof jacket and helmet in Thailand will face trial after pleading not guilty to a weapons possession charge on Monday, the media reported.


Thailand to try journalist for carrying flak jacket, helmet


Sydney, Oct 12 (IANS/EFE) A bill to penalise the distribution of sexually explicit images or videos of people without their consent, or revenge porn, was tabled in the Australian parliament on Monday.


Australia proposes to penalise revenge porn


A video journalist of a broadcast channel in Meghalaya was killed and a photo journalist and their car driver were left injured in a road accident in Assam's Goalpara district on Sunday, police said.


Meghalaya journalist killed, two injured in road accident


An array of eminent journalists and media experts from the US, Canada, India, Australia and the UAE will hold an International Media Conference organised by the Indo-American Press Club (IAPC) here from Oct 9-12.

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