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I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar joins indigenous Twitter clone Koo

Javadekar began using homegrown micro-blogging platform 'Koo', joining several ministers who already created their accounts on it

Over 12000 complaints about misleading TV ads received in 4 years: Govt

More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020

100% occupancy will be allowed in theatres from Feb 1: Prakash Javadekar

Adequate physical distancing, mandatory face masks and sanitisation of auditorium after every screening are among the latest SOPs issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday

Committee on TRP ratings submits report to I&B minister Javadekar

The committee constituted to make the Television Rating Points (TRPs) of TV channels more transparent, submitted its report to the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.

I&B Ministry seeks compliance of 26% FDI in digital news within a month

Recently, the Centre brought OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

OTT, online news platforms under govt regulation: What does it mean?

What is the argument behind the move? How does the Ministry propose to regulate content? Listen to podcast to know

Streaming platforms, digital news to be monitored by I&B Ministry

Content guidelines could be framed next, media experts say

HC asks I&B Ministry to probe display of activists' details on website

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to conduct an inquiry into how personal details of RTI applicants, including Saket Gokhale, were made public on its website. A bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav also asked the I&B Ministry to consider Gokhale's petition as a representation and place the inquiry report before the high court within three months. It disposed of Gokhale's plea, but granted him the liberty to approach the HC again if the inquiry was not initiated by the ministry. The HC also directed the ministry to pay Rs 25,000 to Gokhale as litigation expenses. Gokhale had also sought Rs 50 lakh as damages from the ministry. The HC, however, left the issue of damages to the civil court. The bench was hearing a plea filed by Gokhale seeking that his personal details be removed from the ministry's official website. Gokhale was inundated with hate calls and messages after he filed a plea in the Allaha

Marketing expert Krishan Premnarayen gets AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Premnarayen, who became the youngest president of AAAI in 1988, had played a key role in its rise to prominence and its tie-ups with I&B Ministry, Doordarshan and All India Radio

Time for a new regulator for media?

India's creative industries need regulation that helps them grow, not one that micro-manages them or neglects them completely

I&B PSU floats tender to check disinformation on social media platforms

The Public Information Bureau also has a fact-check Twitter handle that counters misinformation on government policies and schemes

Modi govt 2.0's first year in office: E-booklet on achievements released

The 92-page booklet 'One Year of Modi 2.0 - Towards A Self-Reliant India' has been brought out by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

I&B ministry lifts 48-hour ban on two-Kerala-based channels: Report

Sources said the two channels had written to the ministry seeking revocation of the bans, following which it was lifted

FTII fee hike: 2 more join hunger strike; students seek I&B intervention

The students group expressed concern over the failing health of the agitating students and demanded Javadekar's intervention on the issue of tuition and entrance exam fees hike

MIB Recruitment 2019: Vacancy for 35 young professionals, check mib.gov.in

The last date to apply for MIB Jobs 2019 is September 14, 2019

Govt to study impact of its ads on people to chalk out publicity strategy

The initiative comes ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections for which the government is expected to reach out to the people and highlight the works done by it in the last four years

Govt slams report of I&B Min withholding funds for DD, AIR as defamatory

The government today described as defamatory and sinister news report that said the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has withheld funds meant for paying salaries to employees of Prasar Bharati over an alleged stand-off between the two. The Prasar Bharati in an autonomous body that runs Doordarshan and All India Radio but receives grant from the I&B ministry. The misinformation is based on ill-will and incorrect appreciation with half baked facts and is tantamount to causing loss of reputation of the Government in public eyes. It is patently defamatory in nature, the I&B Ministry said in a statement in response to reports in the media, including the news website 'The Wire'. The Wire quoted Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash as saying that the public broadcaster had to pay staff salaries for January and February out of its contingency funds as the ministry had not released the funds. If the standoff continued, the broadcaster will run out of money by April, The Wire ...

I&B ministry mulls expansion of 24x7 DD news broadcast to 100 countries

The initiative would put India in the league of countries like the UK and China whose public broadcasters reach a number of countries

I&B Ministry issues warning to three TV channels for violating broadcasting norms

A channel was issued warning after it showed visuals of incidents of suicide without adequately morphing them

I & B Ministry asks broadcasters to give prime coverage to NE

It also asked the media to be careful while covering sensitive race related issues and ensure that they become agents of diffusion of tension