New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Saturday ordered the suspension of a controversial deodorant advertisement which allegedly spoke about women in a derogatory manner. An inquiry has also been initiated as per the advertising code.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI In a strong advisory to private television channels the government on Saturday said certain debates on the coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots had provocative and socially unacceptable language and took exception to headlines like Parmanu nuclear Putin and Ali Bali aur Khalbali unrestWhile the government found television news channels making false claims and frequently misquoting international agencies while reporting on the Ukraine conflict it took objection to the reportage on incidents in northwest Delhi contending that channels had given communal colour to the actions of authorityIt also said that certain debates on television channels on the Delhi violence had unparliamentary provocative and socially unacceptable languageHaving regard to the above the government expresses serious concern about the manner in which the television channels have gone about their operations in the matter of transmitting content read the advisory issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to self-regulating bodies of television channelsIt also strongly advised them to immediately refrain from publishing and transmitting any content which is violative of the aforementioned provisions of The Cable Television Networks Regulation Act 1995 and the rules thereunderTV channels have carried out coverage of events and incidents in a manner which appears to be unauthentic The Ministry of Information Broadcasting has issued an advisory to the media to adhere to the provisions of Section 20 of The Cable Television Networks Regulation Act 1995 IB Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters hereThe government cited specific instances of hyberbolic statements by news anchors and scandalous headlinestaglines while reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict and disrupting the investigation process into the incidents in northwest Delhi by airing unverified CCTV footageSection 6 of the Programme Code under the Act states that no programme should be carried in the cable service which offends against good taste or decency contains criticism of friendly countries contains attack on religions or communities or visuals or words contemptuous of religious groups or which promote communal attitudes contains anything obscene defamatory deliberate false and suggestive innuendos and half truthsThe advisory said that while reporting on the Russia-Ukraine conflict it has been observed that channels have been making false claims and frequently misquoting international agencies or actors and using scandalous headlines or taglines completely unrelated to the newsThe advisory also cited instances use of headlines or taglines such as Parmanu Putin se pareshan Zelenski Zelenski worried about nuclear Putin Parmanu action ki chinta se Zelenski ko depression Zelenski goes into depression over nuclear action and making of unverified claims misquoting international agencies that the third world war has already startedOne channel aired fabricated pictures claiming to be the proof of the upcoming nuclear attack on Ukraine This completely speculative news story seems to be intending to misguide the viewers and arouse psychological upheavals inside them the advisory notedOn the Delhi riots the ministry took objection to a news channel repeatedly carrying a video clip of a man belonging to a specific community carrying a sword and claims made by another that the violence targeting the religious procession was pre-plannedThe ministry has also cautioned private TV channels against broadcasting debates having unparliamentary provocative and socially unacceptable language communal remarks and derogatory references which may have a negative psychological impact on viewers and may also incite communal disharmony and disturb the peace at large PTI SKU ZMN