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November 17, 2025 4:22 PM

National Press Day 2025: India’s Media Steps Into a New Era of Freedom and Digital Reform

India marked National Press Day 2025 with a renewed focus on safeguarding press freedom and strengthening the institutions that uphold it. The day highlights the essential role of a free and responsible press in democracy, and this year the government reaffirmed that “a free and responsible media remains one of the strongest pillars of our democracy,” underscoring its commitment to ethical journalism and public awareness. The roots of National Press Day trace back to 1966 with the establish...

September 16, 2024 3:27 PM

Australia to legislate minimum age for social media usage

Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia, said that they will legislate a minimum age for social media to keep children safe. Albanese said that it's about supporting parents and keeping kids safe. In a post on X, he said, "We'll legislate a minimum age for social media to keep children safe He added, "Parents tell me they're worried about what age their kids should be on social media. We'll introduce legislation in this term of Parliament to enforce a minimum age for social media and ...

September 16, 2024 6:07 PM

Jaishankar takes swipe at Western Media, says-countries that go to court to decide poll results giving us ‘gyan’

Slamming the Western media over the "negative" coverage of Indian elections, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the countries which "have to go to court for deciding election results" are giving "gyan" on conducting polls. Taking a swipe, he said the Western countries "feel" they have influenced the world for the last 200 years, so they are not able to give up their "old habits so easily." The EAM was speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book 'W...