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Pak journalists protest against raid at press club, detention of scribe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Scores of journalists protested in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against the government's high-handedness in raiding a press club and subsequently detaining a media person.
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Journalists reporting from adverse situations, should be allowed COVID vac
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Delhi government will write to the Centre, advocating the inclusion of journalists into the category of frontline workers as they report from "adverse" situations and should be allowed vaccination agai
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US report reveals troubling human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): US State Department has issued its report on human rights condition in different countries across the world. It has also discussed Pakistan, in terms of different issues including human rights violation, freedom of expression, the plight of minorities, m
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China rejects EU's statement on 'harassment' of BBC journalist
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 4 (ANI): China has rejected the statement from the European Union (EU) which accused Beijing of pressuring BBC correspondent and other foreign journalists, claiming that the remarks were not in accord with facts.
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Uttarakhand announces COVID-19 vaccination for journalists
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government on Saturday declared journalists as "frontline workers" and announced COVID-19 vaccination for them without any age restrictions.
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EU condemns 'harassment' of foreign journalists by China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 3 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has condemned what it called the "harassment" of foreign journalists in China after a BBC correspondent left Beijing citing increasing threats and pressure from the Chinese authorities.
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Chhattisgarh govt writes to Centre to include journalists in COVID vaccina
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Chhattisgarh government has written to the Centre to include journalists in the nation-wide vaccination drive, Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singhdeo informed on Friday.
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Pakistan placed in 'poor' category in freedom of expression: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan has performed poorly with respect to legal protections for the right to freedom of expression of its citizens during 2020, according to a new assessment report published by the Media Matters for Democracy.
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Irrfan Khan's son Babil criticises scribes who asked if 'he was high' at F
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 28 (ANI): Late Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan's son Babil Khan on Sunday slammed the seven journalists who asked him if he was "high" during the 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony.
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Facebook disrupts Chinese hackers' operation targeting Uyghurs, journalist
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 25 (ANI): Facebook has taken action against a group of hackers in China who were targeting dissidents, mostly Uyghurs from Xinjiang province, the company's Cyber Espionage team said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan court suspends notice to scribe charged with anti-state rhetoric
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the notice issued to senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media p
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Global media watchdog asks Pakistan to conduct 'credible' probe into killi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Global media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Saturday demanded authorities in Pakistan's southern Sindh province to urgently conduct a "credible" investigation and arrest those responsible for this week's killing of a journalist.
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