By Girish Nikam
After the last general elections in May 2009, a hue and cry was raised in the media, by both politicians and some media persons themselves, about the pernicious phenomenon of “paid news”. Even as late as last week, during the Ramnath Goenka awards ceremony, the Indian Express which organizes these awards had a [...]
Revised draft report prepared on April 01, 2010, for circulation among members of the Press Council of India
“Paid News”:
How corruption in the Indian media undermines democracy
Preface
The fifteenth general elections to the Lok Sabha took place in April-May 2009 and in order to ensure free and fair coverage by the media, the Press Council [...]
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By Girish Nikam
In military terms, both conventional and non-conventional, we neither have the capability nor the intention to match China, force for force. These are indeed sobering thoughts and therefore our strategy to deal with China would need to be in consonance with these realities, Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Suresh Mehta
We would like to strengthen [...]
