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New Delhi: If ever there is an issue concerning India, Prasar Bharati will definitely take “a strong stand in national interest”, CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati told ET, adding that the national broadcaster was “well within its mandate to do so,” particularly “when public broadcasters and news channels across the world are taking editorial positions on matters that concern India’s territorial integrity.” This comes at a time when the Twitter handle of the broadcaster's news service for some days has been creating a sensation, leading to a criticism that it was violating the principle of neutrality in reporting. Recently, on Twitter, the Prasar Bharati news service, a recently launched digital arm of the broadcaster, warned the Guardian against “provoking communal hatred in India” before the Ayodhya verdict. In another instance, it referred to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, as the “troll PM of Terroristan” … [Read more...] about Prasar Bharati will not shy away from defending national interest: CEO

        Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at 9AM. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.Sharad Pawar-Sonia Gandhi meet on fate of alliance with Sena todayAlthough Pawar said on Friday that the three-party government will be formed and will last for five years, Congress leaders said the final decision is yet to be taken. Cancellation of scheduled visits of state leaders from Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP to Raj Bhavan on Saturday and a meeting between Pawar and Gandhi on Sunday added to the uncertainty. Read more.Winter Session of Parliament starts today, govt-opposition face-off likely on economy, J-KThe Winter Session of Parliament will start on Monday as the government will seek to pass more than 30 bills amid the opposition’s plan to raise the detention of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, a slowing economy, rising unemployment and farmers’ distress among others. Read more.Inside the … [Read more...] about News updates from Hindustan Times: Sharad Pawar-Sonia Gandhi meet on fate of alliance with Sena today and all the latest news at this hour

That hardly any — if any at all — TV news channel took note of the biggest news out of the National Capital Region on Sunday is testimony to how we, as news providers and consumers, are biased towards, well, woe and moan. After weeks of competitive and obsessive checking of recorded readings of suspended particulate matter, and posting of photos of smog-slathered balcony views, people simply looked out of their windows to find a glorious clear sky. That should have been breaking news. In a condition that can only be deemed bordering on the masochistic, the worse things are, the more excited people seem to feel — the excitement, of course, being articulated through feelings ranging from concern to despondency. This excitement was once also a feature of happy things. One fears that too many days of fabulous autumnal weather will stop providing happy articulate matter for people to talk about, and once again, it will become what in today’s terrible jargon goes by … [Read more...] about Breaking news: It was a beautiful day

The Fazilka district administration Saturday seized two shops that were filing online forms under fake names seeking compensation that the Punjab government has announced for non-basmati paddy cultivating small and marginal farmers who did not burn the paddy residue. Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Manpreet Singh Chhatwal said they have seized computers, laptops and other equipment from the two shops. Advertising He said some compensation had already been transferred into the accounts of these “fake beneficiaries” and the racketeers had withdrawn the money too. “We had received complaints from several people. Acting on that, teams raided the two shops and seized computers and all relevant documents of the two shops – one in Fazilka town and another in Jalalabad town area. We have been told that they were uploading forms in the name of fake beneficiaries. It needs to be investigated which ID they had used to upload the forms as such applications can only be … [Read more...] about Punjab: In Fazilka, several fake beneficiaries claim compensation, admn raids two shops

NEW DELHI: Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 3 points, or 0.03 per cent, higher at 11,941, indicating a flat start for Dalal Street. Here are a few stocks which may buzz the most in today’s trade: Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank: State-owned Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank have reported divergences in their bad loans for the fiscal ended March 2019, resulting into widening of net losses for the year. Vodafone Idea: Vodafone Idea’s estimated AGR-related dues of Rs 44,200 crore could rise sharply, entailing additional provisioning and stretching its balance sheet further, if the methodology adopted by the telecom department to compute such liabilities is different, said analysts. Cadila Healthcare: Drug firm Zydus Cadila said it has received a tentative approval from the US health regulator to market generic Apremilast tablets. DHFL: If creditors are unable to sign on a resolution plan for DHFL by January 7, the regulator or the government can … [Read more...] about Stocks in the news: Vodafone Idea, Bank of India, IOB, DHFL, RCom and NBCC