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L. K. Advani

Interview, Sep 1977, Trans IndiaBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 9, 2024 Leave a comment

INFORMATION & BROADCASTING MINISTER L.K. ADVANI

‘I Am Not Happy with The Pattern of Newspaper Ownership’

Transindia: Mr. Advani, many people feel today that the Janata Government’s image is quite clean, and that it is innately decent, but that its performance has been quite poor. Would you comment on that?

L.K. Advani: This impression is erroneous, though if people hold that impression, I wouldn’t blame them because we came into office in a situation in which the people expect- ed wonders from us.

Foreign Media Paid for Philippine attacks – Ex-Defence Chief

17th May 1988, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 7, 2024 Leave a comment

17 May 1988 Reuters News (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, May 17, Reuter – Former Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile said on Tuesday that the Philippine military had a file of evidence on ambushes by communist rebels “financed by foreign journalists in exchange for media coverage”. Enrile, defence chief for 17 years until 1986 and…

Asia satellite TV successes prompt local response

28th Dec 1992, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

28 December 1992 Reuters News English (c) 1992 Reuters Limited TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching rice status as a staple in the Asian diet but some governments feel threatened by the foreign encroachment. Viewers across Asia are tuning in to a cornucopia of information and entertainment. Millions of Asians…

Satellite TV no pie in the sky in Asian megamarket

28th Dec 1992, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

28 December 1992 Reuters News English (c) 1992 Reuters Limited TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching the status of rice as staple in the Asian diet but some governments feel threatened by foreign encroachment on their airwaves. Viewers across Asia are tuning in to a cornucopia of information and entertainment. …

The awesome explosion of Asia’s airwaves As viewers tune in to the cornucopia, some governments worry about foreign encroachment

29th Dec 1992, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

29 December 1992 The Globe and Mail All material copyright Thomson Canada Limited or its licensors. All rights reserved. Tokyo SATELLITE and cable television is approaching the status of rice as staple in the Asian diet but some governments feel threatened by foreign encroachment on their airwaves. Viewers across Asia are tuning in to a cornucopia…

Satellite and cable TV catching on fast in Asia

1st Jan 1993, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

4 January 1993 Straits Times English (c) 1993 Singapore Press Holdings Limited Some govts feel threatened by foreign encroachment on airwaves TOKYO – Satellite and cable television is approaching the status of rice as a staple in the Asian diet but some governments feel threatened by foreign encroachment on their airwaves. Viewers across Asia are…

Reuters journalist buried in Australia

28th Nov 2001, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

28 November 2001 Reuters News English (c) 2001 Reuters Limited HOBART, Australia, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Australian Harry Burton, a Reuters cameraman killed with three other journalists in Afghanistan last week, was buried on Wednesday after a church service attended by family, friends and colleagues. Burton, 33, was laid to rest next to his…

INTERVIEW-Thai PM promises free press

18th Mar 2002, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

18 March 2002 Reuters News English (c) 2002 Reuters Limited BANGKOK, March 18 (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, embroiled in a row with media critics, promised on Monday to keep the press free and said threats to expel foreign journalists had been made by the police, not his government. Thaksin told Reuters in…

Mayday- At The Hindustan Times

2nd may 2007, Editorial, Hindustan TimesBy Chaitanya Kalbag July 27, 2024 Leave a comment

Senior Editor of this newspaper were about to sit down for their evening news-planning meeting when the smoke alarms started jangling. Within moments the first floor newsrooms filled with thick billowing smoke. Journalist for both the Hindustan Times and its sister Hindi newspaper, Hindustan, began to file out and down the stairs There was no…

Bihar Press Bill-Battle Cry

15th Nov 1982, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya Kalbag July 25, 2024 Leave a comment

Whatever else the government is butter-fingered at doing, it is adept at keeping the results of its impetuosity in a state of continuing suspense’. The campaign against the Bihar Press Bill is almost four months old now, but the Government has only indulged in a lot of double-talk—swearing by press freedom in one breath, and…

Bihar – For Whom The Bill Tolls

30th Sep 1982, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya Kalbag June 28, 2024 Leave a comment

One of the misconceptions spawned by the Bihar Press Bill is that it will emasculate Bihar’s journalists. The truth is that Bihar’s journalists have already been emasculated by Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra. Using the twin methods of patronage and advertisement support, Mishra’s Government has directly subsidised an explosion of small papers across the state-the very…

Nuts & Bolts-Democracy Dies in Darkness

Business Today, 29 Sep 2018By Chaitanya Kalbag June 19, 2024 Leave a comment

At least in the United States, the light of a free press still shines bright The Washington post adopted this four-word slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” in February 2017, its first in 140 years. It was used by its owner Jeff Bezos in an interview to the paper’s managing editor several months earlier, before Donald…

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