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Our Correspondent Kohima, Aug. 11 (EMN): The Consul General, US Consulate Kolkata, Melinda Pavek on Thursday said free and independent media are the cornerstones of a healthy democracy and cautioned against the adverse impact of information asymmetry with respect to undermining people’s trust in democratic institutions. She was speaking at a two-day workshop aimed at training media practitioners and journalists to discern and respond to deceptive, biased or false news, at American Centre in Ko...

Study says closure cost economy of TN Sterlite plant is Rs 14,749 crore

A two-day media workshop for women journalists from the Indo-Pacific region was organised by The US Consulate General Kolkata in Kolkata.

The report fails to make its evaluations in an unbiased and rigorous manner.

The broadcasting sector is on its deathbed because of the lopsided policy-making by TRAI. It is time for Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to step in and rescue the industry from an errant regulator

In its submissions amid consultations on the amendments to India's IT Rules 2021, the think tank questioned the GAC and raised other compliance issues

Indian consumers see good value in what TV offers than other platforms: Study

There are gaps in the effective exercise of consumer choice in TV channel selection, according to a study on the TV consumer market, released on Wednesday.

The Broadband India Forum (BIF) and Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International) survey highlights that 51% of consumers are not inclined towards adding/removing channels themselves, and only 43% of those who add/remove TV channels found the process convenient

The report seems to only focus on guilt tripping the judiciary by mechanistically enumerating immediate economic losses owing to the stalling and closures effected by rulings. It is symptomatic of the urge of the government to put profit over people.