The Central Government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guideline and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023. This notification was issued on 6th April, 2023 and are effective from that same date. These Amendment Rules amend the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. They …
• Argentina's education ministry has kicked off a unique project called "When You Read, You Always Win'. Organised with the support of the Argentine Football Association, local football clubs, publishing houses and the print media, the initiative is designed to encourage people to read, and to curb violence in stadiums. …
7 pm. Life unanimously locks itself up behind doors. The country east of West Bengal survives a timetable dictated by fear. Its calendar of common histories is scarred with incidents that are located in yesterday's headlines, almost like dictates. The newspapers don't need to exaggerate. And, the extraordinary stories of …
Concert Tour Folk-rocker Billy Bragg's us tour kicks off on November 7, 2003, and audiences are sure to hear riffs of another kind. He is disgusted that "the media is no longer reporting the stories that really matter', and so has planned to take his message directly to the people …
gm on the platter: The US government has recently issued a notice to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for failing to comply with safety laws when it allowed offsprings of animals used in a genetic experiment to be sold as food. The pigs had genes from different species; the …
The dark room resembled an infrared closet, the solitary red bulb lending it an eerie glow. With each dip of the print sheet in the solution, more and more of the negative image began to take its positive shape. A mouth, a face, a point of view. At the end …
an effort to replicate the world-famous Media Lab in India suffered a major setback recently following angry recriminations exchanged between the Indian government and the management of the us-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit)
Alcohol advertising A recent study in the us reports that magazines popular with teenagers such as Rolling Stone and People tend to carry more alcohol advertisements. The study hints that the alcohol industry may be indirectly targeting underage drinkers by advertising in such magazines. The research, funded by the Robert …
www.changemakers.net Is information invariably bound to perception? Let us try and answer it in the context of the worldwide conference on water currently online at this website. The first thing a global online discussion (on till May 31, 2003; so you can still join in) would try and do is …
Scientific Research Scientists seeking the spotlight are adversely impacting the quality of scientific research, says a recent article in Nature magazine. Scientists are increasingly falling prey to the modern craze for publicity which leading journals are ready to satisfy by distributing their work widely and issuing copious press releases. Recent …
Embedded Media Forget Survivor and Fear Factor. Thanks to embedded media you can now watch and read about the exploits of your favourite journalist in the midst of all too real war. Gideon Yago, a 25-year-old mtv reporter, hangs with the 1st Marine Division of the us Army in Kuwait. …
http://www.icij.orrg Nosy journalists are urged to take a dekko at this website of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (icij). The project is affiliated to the us-based Center for Public Integrity and acquaints the rest of the world with the the organisation's style of watchdog journalism. This popular website plays …
Kassel, a small town in central Germany, is home to Documenta, one of Europe's most prestigious art festivals. Documenta is often called the art Olympic, for it lasts a 100 days. Of course, it takes place only once every five years. The eleventh Documenta (Documenta 11) is currently on. Each …
Though India is one of the worst governed countries in the world, cracking at its seams in just about every area, from social welfare, food distribution, to environment and riddled with rampant shameless corruption, it is clear that the Indian media does not take the issue of governance seriously. We …
The people of Mithila acquired the expertise of extracting colours from plants through trial and error, spanning an experience of over hundred of years. Leaves of bel (Aegle marmelos), bhang (Cannabis sativa), lalpatia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), neel (Indigofera tinctoria), sem (Labalab purpureus) and mehndi (Lawsonia inermis) are crushed on stones to …
