Journalist

"Fake News A New Menace," Says President Ram Nath Kovind

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 20, 2020

Asserting that the din of the "breaking news syndrome" has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind today said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors call themselves journalists and taint a noble profession.

Washington Post's Rejoinder For BJP Leader Who Targeted Jeff Bezos

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Sunday January 19, 2020

A BJP leader's swipe at Jeff Bezos, cold-shouldered by the government during his India visit earlier this week, has triggered a sharp retort.

NSO Group Israeli Surveillance Software Lawsuit Goes Behind Closed Doors

Reuters | Friday January 17, 2020

An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closed-door hearings in Amnesty International's legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software, which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide.

"I'm Vikrant Chavan, Corporator": Congress Leader's Rant Caught On Camera

Mumbai News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday January 17, 2020

Mumbai Congress leader Vikrant Chavan was caught on camera shouting and abusing staff and security, as well as a female journalist, at a metro station in the city

Journalist Allegedly Manhandled During Former Kerala Top Cop's Presser

Kerala News | ANI | Friday January 17, 2020

Former Director General of Police TP Senkumar supporters attempted to manhandle the journalist and push him out of the hall but other journalists present intervened and came to his rescue.

In Japan, Foreign Parents Lead Charge Against Child 'Abduction'

World News | Reuters | Friday January 17, 2020

A growing number of foreigners in Japan are speaking out against what they say is a little-known but entrenched system that allows one parent in a broken relationship to take away the children and block the other from visiting them.

Pakistani News Anchor's Royal Getup, With Sword And Turban, Amuses Twitter

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Thursday January 16, 2020

A news anchor from Pakistan has amused thousands by dressing up as an emperor - complete with jewellery, a turban, a sword and two attendants in the background - all for the sake of a news report.

With Folded Hands And A Smile, Nitish Kumar Refuses To Comment On CAA

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 15, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday refused to comment on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act urging journalists not to ask him questions on the auspicious Makar Sankranti day on issues about which people may have different opinions that may lead to squabbles.

Japan Frees Australian Journalist Arrested Over Search For His Children

World News | Reuters | Wednesday January 15, 2020

An Australian man was freed on Wednesday after spending a month and a half detained in Tokyo on charges of trespassing when he went to his estranged in-laws' apartment building to look for his missing children.

"Don't Make Lies Seem Like Truth": Rajinikanth's Advice To Journalists

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 15, 2020

Superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday called for neutrality in journalism and urged media outlets to report the truth.

Naomi Osaka Says She Finds Daniil Medvedev "Interesting". He Responds

Written By Abhimanyu Bose | Friday January 10, 2020

Daniil Medvedev retweeted a journalist's screenshot of a conversation with Naomi Osaka, where she said she found the Russian "interesting".

Supreme Court Seeks UP Government Response Over Arresting Journalist Under Gangster Act

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 10, 2020

The Supreme Court Thursday sought Uttar Pradesh government's reply on a bail plea of a journalist arrested under the stringent UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act for alleged blackmailing and extortion of Noida police officials.

Thai Journalist Sentenced Over Tweet Warns Of Threat To Media Freedom

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 9, 2020

Thai journalist Suchanee Cloitre sentenced to two years in prison for defaming the owner of a poultry farm via a tweet said Thursday the kingdom's criminal libel laws are eviscerating media freedom.

Meghalaya Home Minister Confronts Journalist Outside His Office

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 7, 2020

Meghalaya Home Minister James K Sangma confronted a journalist who was waiting outside his room at the secretariat in Shillong on Monday. The incident happened at 5:30 pm when the minister, who is also the spokesperson of the ruling National Peoples Party, came out of his room and accused the journalist of blocking his way.

In Priyanka Gandhi's New Year Cards To People In UP - A Preamble In Hindi

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 4, 2020

The greeting cards, bearing the signature of the Congress general secretary, are being sent to intellectuals, writers, poets, journalists and social workers as well as the leaders and office-bearers of her own party.