A Doordarshan newsreader mispronouced the name of visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, following which the channel decided to remove the anchor.
Narayanan said she did not have an opinion about Trump's immigration policies and added that she found out that the ceremony aired during the Republican Convention "only when an excited friend called her later that night and told her she was on television," the report said.
The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women.
Strengthening the portfolios of the home minister and the finance minister is a message that should not be missed, points out A K Bhattacharya.
India's economic growth slowed to 3.1 per cent in January-March and to an 11-year low of 4.2 per cent for the full fiscal 2019-20 amid a drop in consumption and investment. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth stood at 5.7 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2018-19, according to data released by National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday.
'If the Olympics were to spread infection, then what are the Olympics for?'
Critics who cannot stop gloating, pronouncing Modi to be a lame-duck prime minister, may be making a huge mistake, predicts Virendra Kapoor.
India's economy grew by 1.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020-21, restricting the full-year contraction to 7.3 per cent, official data showed on Monday. The fourth quarter growth was better than the 0.5 per cent expansion in the previous October-December quarter of 2020-21. The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 3 per cent in the corresponding January-March period of 2019-20, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Unhappy with response to queries following Mehdi Biswas' arrest, Bengaluru Police summon Twitter India marketing head.
The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at 1.28 am, a Congress leader said.
During the six-month period (April-September 2019), the Indian economy grew 4.8 per cent as against 7.5 per cent in the same period a year ago.
Pakistan is concerned about "influence of India in Afghanistan" and does not want to be caught in a "pincer movement" on the issue, the country's envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, has said.
Formula One could start the season behind locked gates due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the glamour sport will likely have to slim down considerably to get the green light to go racing. Across Europe, bans on mass gatherings and public events have been extended into July and August even as countries begin to emerge from the strict lockdowns that have put sporting activities on hold.
In India, the angsting over net neutrality has been loud.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the world's largest and oldest broadcaster, reportedly fell victim to a hacker who tried to sell access to the system over Christmas.
The heavy industries ministersaid that the proposal for the auto scrappage policy was ready and all stakeholders have provided inputs, therefore its announcement was likely very soon.
In the absence of any medium to send the news reports across the country or outside, some journalists would send their reports on pen drives through flyers at the airport.
Even as the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has suggested taking the services of aMap, an online TV ratings measurement firm for mapping rural homes in terms of gauging the benefits of Doordarshan to rural viewers, TAM Media, the leading TV audience measurement agency, today said that it was the first agency to have submitted a similar proposal about two years ago but was not getting a fair hearing from the government.
China's star hurdler Liu Xiang said he knew before Monday's ill-fated heat that his foot would fail him and that he had no choice but to pull out. Liu was the host nation's best hope of an athletics gold medal at the Olympics and his pained withdrawal from the 110m hurdles startled this country where his image hangs on countless billboards.
Love Sherlock, Dr Who, and Downton Abbey? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar finds out how the UK became one the world's largest creators of television content.
Sixty-six former bureaucrats in a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind said that the 'polling body's independence, fairness, impartiality and efficiency are perceived to be compromised today'.
The appointment of new expenditure secretary comes a month-and-a-half ahead of the Budget for 2020-21 to be presented on February 1.
B D Pande was Punjab's governor during Operation Bluestar. In this excerpt from his memoir, In the Service of Free India: Memoir of a Civil Servant, Pande reveals what really went on behind the scenes during those dark days in India's history.
Shops selling essentials including vegetables functioned from morning till 2 pm and private vehicles and autos, taxis were off the roads.
Asked about the report, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "The political judgements of Freedom House are as inaccurate and distorted as their maps."
'Smart' Gandhinagar is now wired to the future, becomes India's first smart city; launches citywide WiFi services, smart streetlights, speed and face recognition surveillance.
Mourning the demise "as a personal loss", Naidu expressed hope that the words and deeds of this exemplary leader will continue to inspire all those in public life.
Officers who form part of the security force for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are complaining about delayed salaries and unfurnished accommodations, where many are forced to sleep on the floor. "Morale is rock bottom," said one member of the National Force, which is formed by police and fire services from states across Brazil to provide security for major events and emergencies. National Force officers already in Rio - part of an overall security deployment of 85,000 police, soldiers and other personnel - form a relatively small part of the overall effort, with about 5,000 members.
The instructions cite service rules that bar any government servant from making any adverse criticism of any policy or action of the government.
Six simple words eloquently summed up the impact Jonah Lomu had on rugby union when New Zealand paid its final respects to the former All Blacks winger on Monday.
No religion or God says that you have to visit pandals and temples and mosques to pray, Vardhan underlined.
It is fine as long as there is no reference to the candidate or constituency going to poll in that particular phase.
Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the November 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw millions of online viewers.
Anand Bazar Publications Group and Rupert Murdoch-owned Star Group on Friday announced a joint venture for broadcasting Star News in India in which the Bengali publishing house would have a majority stake of 74 per cent.
New Delhi Television Ltd is looking at option of starting new channels and fee-based services to tap business opportunities in the news broadcasting sector.\n\n\n\n
Twenty-three of the 31 stocks in his publicly disclosed portfolio consist small-cap stocks. jhunjhunwala's portfolio rose 15.2% in Q3.
The services sector, which plays the biggest role in shaping the economy, is facing loads of issues currently. The largest segments, financial and real estate, are struggling to cope with bad debts and low demand for houses.
The CSO estimate is, however, a bit lower than 7.4 per cent growth projected by the Reserve Bank for the current fiscal.
'People don't want to watch a screaming channel if given a decent alternative.'
