Daily Briefing: Govt calls farm unions for talks on Dec 30; Tesla preparing to start operations in India by early 2021
Daily Briefing: Govt calls farm unions for talks on Dec 30; Tesla preparing to start operations in India by early 2021
From the government inviting protesting farm unions for another round of talks on Dec 30, to Tesla starting operations in India; here are today s top stories Updated: December 29, 2020 8:54:52 am
A look at the top news today, March 23, 2021.
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar has a word of advice for representatives of the 40 farmer unions attending the
meeting with the Centre tomorrow. “No power could exert pressure and influence (dabbav aur prabhaav)” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said. Tomar also claimed that the UPA government under Manmohan Singh wanted to enact the farm laws but could not with the pressure and influence.
Arnab Goswami, others paid lakhs for TRP manipulations: Mumbai police
As per the remand copy, during his stint as BARC s CEO, Dasgupta allegedly rigged the TRP of Republic TV and that of Republic Bharat in connivance with other accused persons and Goswami
Mumbai: In a remand application submitted to the court on Monday seeking custody of Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), an arrested accused in the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation case, Mumbai police has alleged that Republic TV s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami had paid Dasgupta lakhs of rupees for TRP rigging.
As per the remand copy, which has been accessed by The Free Press Journal, during his stint as BARC s CEO, Dasgupta allegedly rigged the TRP of Republic TV and that of Republic Bharat in connivance with other accused persons and Goswami. The remand application further stated that investigations have revealed that Goswami used to pay Dasgupta in lakhs. Goswami has not been n
Updated Dec 29, 2020 · 03:18 pm A file photo of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. | Sujit Jaiswal/AFP
The Mumbai Police submitted before a court on Monday that Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami had allegedly bribed television rating agency Broadcast Audience Research Council’s former Chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up his channel’s viewership,
The Indian Express reported.
This is the first time the city police have named Goswami for his involvement in the alleged Television Rating Points manipulation scam. Dasgupta, on the other hand, was arrested in connection with the case on December 24, and was last week remanded to judicial custody till December 28.
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Both traditional media and digital media came under scrutiny
28 Dec, 2020 - 08:48 AM IST | By Gargi Sarkar
KOLKATA: 2020 was the year when the government – both the Centre and states – pushed back against the media. Strongly. Whether it was mainline television or print or digital or social media, authorities showed that they could deal a heavy hand against the fourth estate and digital platforms. Everyone would have to comply or get caned.
The year ended with the government bringing digital media under the ministry of information and broadcasting and imposing foreign equity restrictions in such ventures. 26 per cent is the overseas investment limit, the department of promotion of industry & internal trade under the ministry of commerce & industry stated in a clarification in October 2020. Ventures involved in aggregating, writing, distribution, streaming of news or current affairs on websites, apps or other platforms will have to bring down the foreign