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National Film Awards will be declared after Lok Sabha elections, says I&B ministry

PTI -
In a statement issued Wednesday, the ministry said it will declare the awards after the election process is over and the model code of conduct concludes.

I&B ministry tells DD & AIR to ensure level-playing field for all parties after EC rap

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
I&B ministry tells Prasar Bharati to ensure DD News does not betray 'preferential' or 'disproportionate' treatment to any particular political party.

DD and AIR set to launch news channels, digital platform ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
From a 24x7 radio news stream to a revamped global English news channel, the Prasar Bharati-run public broadcasters are set for a fresh direction.

Govt’s film preservation project in ‘total disarray’, says I&B-appointed inquiry panel

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Panel pulls up the National Film Archives of India, but itself hasn’t met since August 2018, raising questions over the seriousness of the project.

‘Concerned’ Press Council tells Modi govt to stop delaying accreditation of journalists

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Press Council asks I&B Ministry to reconstitute Central Press Accreditation Committee within a month, and include journalists’ unions in the panel.

The meeting at which Netflix is said to have agreed to self-regulate in India

Sanya Dhingra -
Netflix is said to have committed to look at global best practices and come up with a solution to self-regulate after meeting Modi govt officials.

PMO looking to revamp Modi’s Mann Ki Baat to make it more interactive

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
In the run-up to the elections, the PMO wants to address the criticism that Mann Ki Baat features too much one-way communication from PM Modi.

Anupam Kher resigns as FTII chairman, cites other professional commitments

Sanya Dhingra -
Anupam Kher, who needs to be in the US for a TV show, says he had told Smriti Irani about this commitment at the time of appointment as FTII chairman.

Women’s commission tells govt to direct media houses to form sexual harassment committees

PTI -
Over the last few days, the National Commission for Women has received a number of sexual harassment complaints against persons in print and digital media houses.

For mysterious reasons, Smriti Irani had put DD’s cash cow in the freezer. It’s back now

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The service, which is especially popular in rural India, lost almost Rs 70 crore in revenue due to Irani’s August 2017 decision.
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Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

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In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

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New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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