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The BEST of 2013: Award-winning press photos

The World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955, the organisation is known for holding the world's largest and most......

In PHOTOS: The world's most SHOCKING moments of 2012

From shootout at an elementary school to a nurse's suicide over a hoax call, from a sex scandal involving the CIA chief to romps of Britain's prince in Las Vegas, 2012 continued to send shockwaves......

FLASHBACK Part II: The greatest news photos since 1986

The World Press Photo Awards are considered to be the most prestigious awards in the field of photojournalism. Since 1955, World Press Photo has honoured photographers who have chronicled the most......

FLASHBACK Part I: The greatest news photos since 1956

Year's Best: Award winning PHOTOS from around the world

The World Press Photo Awards are considered to be the most prestigious awards in the field of photojournalism. Rediff.com brings you the best photographs from across the world that won the top......

Interview with inventor of digital camera

The world of photography has undergone a radical change in the past few years, especially since the advent of the digital camera. 'Digicams' have made photography much easier and more exciting. And......

Facing hardships in maintaining lending levels: ADB

The Asian Development Bank on Thursday hinted it might have to lower its lending programme to developing countries including India, saying its investments are not yielding adequate......

Will the next Instagram come out of Bangalore?

In a landscape where technology entrepreneurship on Sunday in India often means launching, say, the eighth company that sells diapers online - where thousands of rupees are spent acquiring......

India Inc tops Mamata's guest list

When Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee takes oath as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal on Friday, she will be in the presence of several industrialists. In opposition, the......

HSBC bank under US taxman's scanner

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has asked HSBC Bank to provide information on incomes of US residents who may be using accounts in India to evade income taxes. The move has raised several......

Ash: I know nothing about how to woo the press

Aishwarya Rai, last seen wowing the Cannes crowds, is feeling on top of the world.In a candid interview, Rai, one of India's prettiest international exports, spills the beans on getting Oprah......

Malayalam director Priyanandanan ready with next

National award winning director Priyanandanan is ready with his next Malayalam film, Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku, starring Kavya Madhavan and Irshad. The story is written by writer-director......

7 Khoon Maaf premieres at Berlin Film Fest

Priyanka Chopra is missing in Berlin. Last year, the actress spent many weeks in this German city shooting for Farhan Akhtar's Don 2, with co-star Shah Rukh Khan. This year, she......

Pix: Priyanka Chopra's lethal V-Day!

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Priyanka Chopra kicked off Bollywood's most 'lethal' Valentine's Day celebration, as she enumerated seven ways to lose one's Valentine.......

Checking out Obama

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Neha Dhupia is seen at the premiere of her latest film, Phas Gaye Re Obama, in Mumbai on Wednesday. The movie directed by Subhash Kapoor......

Mourinho defends decision to leave Casillas out again

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has defended his decision to leave 2010 World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas out of his squad again for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg with......

Hodgson cagey on Ferdinand's England future

Roy Hodgson will wait to see if defender Rio Ferdinand has an international future after he withdrew from the squad for the next two World Cup qualifiers, the England manager said. -Photos: Still......

NMC slams BCCI for its continued ban on certain photo agencies

News Media Coalition, comprising some international and domestic news agencies, on Friday criticised the BCCI for its continued refusal to grant accreditation to certain photo agencies, resulting......

Life's too short not to have many lovers, says Sharapova

Maria Sharapova sounded like the most prolific romantic of all the female tennis players by suggesting that she had many lovers on Valentine’s Day. The highest paid female athlete in......

BCCI bans photo agencies from covering Indo-Pak series

After the Test series against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has barred international photo agencies from covering the much-awaited India-Pakistan limited overs series,......

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Q. An article "I was chasing dem, dey werent chasing me".Congratulations to Sebastian D'Souza for getting an honourable mention in the World Press Photo awards.He displayed great courage in chasing d terrorists on d night of 26/11, n getting a plum picture of Qasab,which was flashed across d world by d media.His sense of duty while photographing for posterity d picture of d terrorist who was subsequently captured is admirable. While innocent commuters scurried from d volley of bullets, here was a man fired with courage ad determination to capture d horrific scene on film. M i rite? Your views?
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Q. what is the media?
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