Bilaspur ( Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): The proverb "Health is wealth" has become a reality in the post-pandemic world. The grim realities that India faced during Covid's second wave in 2021 were a wake-up call to many in the power corridors of India.

New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase the dearness allowance (DA) of the central government employees and pensioners by 4 per cent.

However, the PIB fact check, which counters misinformation on government policies and schemes rubbished the claims. BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday took a Dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The former Rajya Sabha MP tweeted an image that said: “India is now 164th fastest growing nation in the world,... The post appeared first on .

However, the PIB fact check, which counters misinformation on government policies and schemes rubbished the claims. BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday took a Dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The former Rajya Sabha MP tweeted an image that said: “India is now 164th fastest growing nation in the world,... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India] July 1 (ANI): The Central Government has approved a proposal of the Journalist Welfare Scheme Committee headed by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of information and Broadcasting, to provide financial relief to the families of 35 journalists who have lost their lives.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 29 (ANI): Chennai South GST Commissionerate has realized Rs 5412 crores tax revenue for the Financial Year 2021-22 which is an increase of Rs 1091 crores i.e. 25.24 per cent when compared with Financial Year 2020-21 (Rs 4321.47 crores). The Chennai South GST Commissionerate has contributed 13.17 per cent (Rs 5412 crores) of Tamil Nadu Zone Revenue of Rs. 41090 Crores in Financial Year 2021-22 while this Commissionerate had contributed 13.07 per cent (Rs 4321.47 crores) of Tamil Nadu Zone revenue (Rs 33059 crores) in Financial Year 2021.

New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): The Central government on Monday clarified that a letter being circulated in the name of the Defence Ministry that lists "revised terms and tenure of service for recently enrolled jawans" under the Centre's new recruitment scheme Agnipath is 'fake'.

New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Union Minister Anurag Thakur will visit India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo to participate in the event titled "Celebrating and Taking Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Global" on Sunday.

New Delhi Feb 24 PTI Various journalist bodies on Thursday wrote to Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur requesting that new PIB accreditation guidelines be withdrawn immediatelyThey urged the minister to continue with the previous accreditation rules till December and said any new guidelines should be formulated after due consultation with the stakeholders and media bodies We emphasise that the existing procedure for the renewal and issuance of fresh accreditation cards for PIB are adequate and there is no requirement to disturb the process the journalists bodies stated in a joint letter to the minister The letter was signed by the presidents of the Press Club of India Press Association Indian Women Press Corps Working News Cameraman Association and Delhi Union of Journalist and the general secretary of the Editors Guild of IndiaRaising objections to the Central Media Accreditation Guidelines 2022 the journalists bodies said The new guidelines are such that empower the government to act simultaneously in the capacity of a complainant prosecutor and also a judge without due process Grant of accreditation to journalists is just one of the many facilities that a free democracy should provide to its media in order to ensure that a free and independent journalism is practiced they added We the undersigned journalist organisations and media persons therefore request your goodself to withdraw the new guidelines with immediate effect and continue with the existing accreditation rules till the end of December 2022 As for framing new guidelines it should be done after due consultation with the stakeholders and media bodies with the government playing the role of a facilitator to retain the independent role of the media the journalist bodies stated in their letter to the ministerBesides the accreditation guidelines should be liberalised so that more journalists are able to get accreditation in the pursuit of their profession and the central media accreditation committee CMAC itself should be as representative as possible to include the broadest spectrum of stakeholders from the media they said PTI PK ZMN

New Delhi Feb 20 PTI The Editors Guild of India on Sunday raised objections to the new accreditation guidelines issued by the Press Information Bureau PIB saying vague arbitrary and draconian clauses have been included in it with an intent to restrict any critical and investigative reporting of government affairs It demanded that the new accreditation guidelines be withdrawn and urged the PIB to undertake a meaningful consultation with all the stakeholders to come up with revised guidelines The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned about the newly released Central Media Accreditation Guidelines issued by the Press Information Bureau of India which lays down the rules for giving accreditation to journalists for accessing and reporting from the headquarters of Government of India it said in a statement It noted that the new guidelines contain various new provisions under which accreditation of a journalist can be revoked many of which are arbitrary and without any due process of law For instance accreditation can be revoked if a journalist is charged with a serious cognizable offence or if a journalist acts in a manner which is prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India the security of State friendly relations with foreign states public order decency or morality or in relation to contempt of court defamation or incitement to an offence the Guild noted It is bizarre that merely being charged has been mentioned as a ground for cancellation it said The other grounds for cancellation are manifestly vague and subjective especially since no procedures have been set out and there is no mention of the adjudicating authority that will decide on suspension it pointed out Worse still concerned journalists have not been given an opportunity to be heard it said adding Most surprisingly defamation has been included as a ground for cancellation The Guild said that a new clause requiring police verification has been added without defining the contours of such verification Since no standards have been prescribed it can grant unfettered powers to the police for denying accreditation to journalists who may be seen as critical of the government it said It is clear that these vague arbitrary and draconian clauses have been included with an intent to restrict any critical and investigative reporting of government affairs it added There are other provisions as well that are restrictive it said In the case of freelance journalists the requirements pertaining to the number of by-lines have been made unreasonably high it said Furthermore these guidelines have been introduced without any prior consultation with journalists bodies media organisations or any other relevant stakeholders The Guild therefore demands a withdrawal of these guidelines and urges the PIB to undertake meaningful consultation with all the stakeholders if it is intent on revising them the EGI said The Guild has written a letter to the PIB elaborating on all these issues it added PTI PK SMN SMN