journalists

TV journalist Vipin Chandh dies of COVID-19

7:38 pm May 9, 2021

Kochi: Television journalist Vipin Chandh, the chief reporter of Mathrubhumi News here, died of COVID-19 related complications in the city early on Sunday, his family said. He was 42 and is survived by his wife and child. Chandh, who was very active in reporting even during the second wave of the pandemic, had tested positive […]

Odisha declares journalists as frontline Covid warriors

6:50 pm May 2, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday declared working journalists of the state as frontline Covid warriors. While approving a proposal to this effect, the chief minister said, journalists are doing a great service to the state by providing seamless news feed and making people aware of coronavirus-related issues. “They are a great support […]

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

UN chief says pandemic is unleashing a ‘tsunami of hate’

2:48 pm May 8, 2020

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering. The UN chief said anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread, and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred. Guterres said migrants and refugees have been vilified as […]

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

Fake news emerged as new menace: President Ram Nath Kovind

8:57 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: Asserting that the din of the “breaking news syndrome” has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession. The fundamental principle of restraint and responsibility has been undermined substantially in the din […]

Pakistan's counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed pleads not guilty in terror financing cases: court official

7:15 pm January 14, 2020

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday pleaded “not guilty” in two terror financing cases against him as the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief recorded his statement in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here, amidst mounting international pressure on Islamabad to rein in militant groups. The Counter Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices […]

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