Ministry of Information & Broadcasting acknowledges regulatory gap in dealing with online media & OTT platforms. Efforts are underway to develop broader measures, it states.
Saeed Mirza, along with fellow filmmakers Dibakar Banerjee and Gurvinder Singh, was part of a panel discussion at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.
The guidelines, which came days after a contempt petition, aim to ensure that all media content is in an accessible format for the hearing and visually impaired within three years.
With hits such as Ek Badnaam Aashram and Rise and Fall, Amazon MX Player has become a disruptive force in Indian streaming. ‘Prime Video targets top 20 million, everyone else is looking at MX Player.’
In dissent to house panel’s recommendations, the Wayanad MP warned that the proposals were not just impractical but could also become a tool for political control.
Director Pushkar Sunil Mahabal took his time to write and edit the show. The shooting schedule was only two months long, but post-production went on for seven months.
The advisory by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting comes a day after the Indian Armed Forces conducted Operation Sindoor, striking nine terror targets in Pakistan.
Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.
A govt official said that although ATF prices for domestic market had been expected to rise 100 per cent in April, increase was moderated to 25 per cent to cushion burden on domestic passengers.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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