Japan raises the bar for Manmohan!
byTokyo, May 29 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is getting special treatment in Tokyo during his three-day visit to Japan. For instance, the…
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Envelope containing anthrax mailed to Berlusconi paper
byMilan, May 29 (IANS/AKI) An envelope containing suspected anthrax spores was mailed to the Milan office of the Il Giornale newspaper, owned by the…
Cuba to begin tests for digital TV
byHavana, May 28 (IANS/EFE) Cuba will begin tests in Havana to progressively introduce digital television on the island using methodology and equipment donated by…
Brazil media baron dies
bySao Paulo, May 28 (IANS/EFE) Roberto Civita, chief of the Brazilian media conglomerate Abril and creator of the prestigious newsweekly Veja, has died, his…
Euphoric Bollywood tweets to congratulate Mumbai Indians
byKolkata: Congratulations kept rolling in today as celebs took to Twitter to laud the Mumbai Indians for their triumph in the sixth edition of the…
Media house Manorama to go digital
byThiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Leading media house Malayala Manorama, which has diverse interests in print, visual and online media, will go digital, a company…
Media should show positives: Chandy
byThiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday called upon the media in the state to highlight positive news. Addressing the media…
Tajikistan blocks YouTube without official explanation
byDushanbe, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tajikistan has blocked YouTube for the third time in less than a year without an official explanation, a representative…
Russian social network blacklisted by mistake
byMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Vkontakte, Russia’s biggest social networking website, was put on a state registry of blacklisted websites by mistake Friday, an…
BBC editor apologises for Muslim remark
byLondon, May 24 (IANS) Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, Friday apologised for directly quoting a Whitehall source who described the Woolwich killers as…