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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicMinistry of Information and Broadcasting

Topic: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

It’s an election year budget and govt has made sure its ad plans are well-funded

The allocation for ‘information’ under the I&B ministry has gone up to Rs 212.51 crore in the last two years — a rise of more than 1,800 per cent from 2016-17.

In 2018, Team Modi plans to unleash uber-nationalism on your television & radio

The Modi government is planning a media campaign on television, radio and other platforms to promote 'national integration', and is roping in private companies as well.

Smriti Irani, you’re banning the wrong ads

There are already multiple ads that perpetuate sexist stereotypes and have questionable content. 

On Camera

Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.