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COVID-19: Sinophobia Threatening to Endanger Strengthening the Biological Weapons ConventionKalinga SeneviratneWith the spread of COVID-19 to Europe and the US a bout of Sinophobia seems to have infected the western media. On March 29, Australia’s 60-minute program – that is well known for sensational reporting – broadcast a program that portrayed China as the villain of the COVID-19 pandemonium, and just stopped short of calling for war against China.This reminded me of the propaganda that the Anglo-American media broadcast around the world about alleged ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that Saddam Hussein had, that led to the attack and invasion of…

Tom EngelhardtPresident Donald Trump recently took away CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass. He told to the correspondent: “I’ll tell you what: CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN”. None of Acosta’s media compatriots, not even at CNN, decided, for instance, to protest by refusing to cover another White House event until he got that pass back (though CNN is suing the Trump administration). None of them evidently even seriously considered closing the door, shutting the gate, turning their backs on you-know-who.…

The title of WhatsApp’s official post explaining its decision, “Keeping WhatsApp Personal and Private,” could not better illustrate the point Andrea Iannone & Antonio Carnevale “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear”- Antonio Gramsci On Tuesday, April 7, WhatsApp announced it would place new limits on the forwarding of messages identified as “highly forwarded” i.e. sent by a chain of five or more people. These messages can now only be forwarded to a single person. In fact, on its…

इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की चौथी तिमाही (Q4) के अनुसार, दैनिक जागरण (Dainik Jagran) और टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया (Times of India) सबसे अधिक पढ़े जाने वाले हिंदी और अंग्रेजी अखबार की सूची में शीर्ष पर हैं। ‘मीडिया रिसर्च यूजर्स काउंसिल’ (MRUC) द्वारा इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की चौथी तिमाही (IRS 2019 Q4) के डाटा जारी कर दिए गए हैं। बता दें कि यह रिपोर्ट इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की पिछली तिमाही यानी पहली (Q1), दूसरी (Q2) और तीसरी तिमाही (Q3) के जारी किए गए डेटा पर आधारित है, जिसकी औसतन रिपोर्ट के बाद चौथी तिमाही के नतीजे तैयार किए गए…

Appeal for special donation to support journalists under attackAmid all the anxiety caused by the global pandemic, our need for fast and reliable news reporting is greater than ever. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a special donation appeal to support journalists that are under attack for their COVID19 coverage.Link:https://rsf.org/en/campaigns/coronavirus-we-need-reliable-news-more-ever-act-now

   Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching Tracker-19 to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on journalism and to offer recommendations on how to defend the right to information.The press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a tool for monitoring an unprecedented global crisis. Called “Tracker 19” in reference not only to Covid-19 but also article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this project aims to evaluate the pandemic’s impacts on journalism. It will document state censorship and deliberate disinformation, and their impact on the right to reliable news and information. It will also…

प्रिंट मीडिया के लिए यह समय काफी मुश्किलों भरा चल रहा है। इन सबके बीच इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे (IRS) के आंकड़े नॉन मेट्रो सिटीज से इंडस्ट्री के लिए थोड़ी राहत भरी खबर जरूर लाए हैं। वैसे तो अंत में आशा की किरण रीजनल एरिया से ही सामने आती दिखाई दे रही है, क्योंकि वे ही पब्लिशर्स की ग्रोथ लगातार जारी रखे हुए हैं। बता दें कि पिछले दिनों ‘मीडिया रिसर्च यूजर्स काउंसिल’ (MRUC) द्वारा इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की चौथी तिमाही (IRS 2019 Q4) के डाटा जारी किए गए हैं। यह रिपोर्ट इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की पिछली तिमाही यानी…

Interview with  Rohit Dhulyia at the Second Haldwani Film Festival by Suchitra AwasthiAs a director one needs to keep on working relentlessly on one’s films without paying much heed to success. Here, on this note, I would like to narrate an incident. While I was a student, I made a short film called Rooh Afza. It was greatly appreciated in one film festival, but on being screened in another film festival, it was subject to criticism. This was a great lesson for me. I realized that day that one should have a balanced approach to life and not let emotions interfere…

An interview with Vinod Kapri at the Second Haldwani Film Festival by Suchitra Awasthi“I was quite satisfied with my career as a journalist, but Journalism somehow did not satiate my hunger for creativity. I have always been a person who has yearned for creativity”Suchitra Awasthi: I would like to begin by asking you about your early life and your career as a journalist?Vinod Kapri: As my father was in the Indian Army and was posted at various places across the country, I completed my education at various Kendriya Vidyalayas in states like Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and…

शैक्षणिक एवं व्यावहारिक अनुसंधान को प्रोत्साहित करेगा समझौता : प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी  भारतीय जन संचार संस्थान (आईआईएमसी) ने महात्मा गांधी केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय, बिहार के साथ मंगलवार को एक समझौता पत्र (एमओयू) पर हस्ताक्षर किए। इस एमओयू का उद्देश्य पत्रकारिता और जनसंचार शिक्षा को प्रोत्साहन देना एवं मौलिक, शैक्षणिक एवं व्यावहारिक अनुसंधान के क्षेत्रों को परिभाषित करना है। आईआईएमसी की और से महानिदेशक प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी एवं महात्मा गांधी केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय की और से कुलपति प्रो. संजीव कुमार शर्मा ने एमओयू पर हस्ताक्षर किए।आईआईएमसी के महानिदेशक प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी ने एमओयू के बारे में जानकारी देते हुए बताया कि इस समझौते के…