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COVID-19: Manipur to vaccinate journalists on priority as frontline worker
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 6 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday declared all accredited working journalist as frontline workers and said the state government will now vaccinate them against COVID-19 on priority.
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COVID-19: Goa declares journalists as frontline workers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 6 (ANI): Journalists working in Goa have been included in the group of frontline workers and will be vaccinated against COVID-19 on priority, announced Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
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Jharkhand to vaccinate journalists on priority against COVID-19: Hemant So
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said journalists in the state will be vaccinated on priority.
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Delhi HC adjourns MJ Akbar plea challenging trial court order dismissing P
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned till August 11 hearing on the petition of former union minister MJ Akbar challenging a trial court order which had dismissed the criminal defamation case filed by him against journalist Priya Ramani.
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All accredited journalists to be administered COVID-19 vaccine on priority
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 5 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that all accredited journalists in the state will be administered the COVID-19 vaccine on priority.
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World Press Freedom Day 2021: The unsatisfactory situation of citizen jour
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): Four citizen journalists were arrested last year for trying to share information about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. On this World Press Freedom Day, a year after their arrests, they are yet to be free.
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Stalin declares Journalists as frontline workers in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday announced media professionals as frontline workers.
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Imran Khan govt's claim of Pak press being free is a 'bald-faced lie': Daw
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government's claim that the country's press is free is a "bald-faced" lie as journalists continue to face threats from state elements and news editors are coerced into censoring "undesirable" information or giving stories a certain slant, coun
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Action should be taken against lack of press freedom in Pakistan: NGO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], May 3 (ANI): Highlighting lack of press freedom in Pakistan, a Netherlands-based NGO has urged the international community to take actions as journalists, who dare to speak against the Pakistan military, are under severe threat.
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COVID-19: Punjab declares accredited, yellow card journalists as frontline
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced all accredited and yellow card journalists in the state to be included in the list of frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan declares journalist as frontline workers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday declared all journalists as frontline workers.
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US slams govt-imposed internet shutdowns, seeks accountability for crimes
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day, the United States condemned the use of government-imposed internet shutdowns to prevent the exercise of freedom of expression online and urged governments to investigate and seek accountability for all crimes against jour
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