BBC

23Apr

India, Media

“Ministry Directive”: Australian Reporter Says Government Denied Visa Extension

Avani Dias, South Asian bureau chief of ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News was told that routine visa would be denied. The Indian government made the announcement days after it blocked Dias reporting of the killing of Sikh separatists Hardeep Singh Najjar in Canada last year. Dias was no...

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10Apr

Media

Official: Ex-BBC Staff Announces ‘Collective Newsroom’

Confirming the news reports, a former BBC journalist announced today on social media the launching of ‘Collective Newsroom’, a coming togetherof former emplyees of the British media house. It was reported last week that the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has hived off its newsrooms in India. The...

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7Apr

Media

BBC Hives Off News Room In India To Separate Company Following FDI Questioning

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has hived off its newsrooms in India. The move comes less than a year after being questioned by the Income Tax authorities of India for the alleged violations. BBC handed over its publishing license to a private limited company which was established by its Indi...

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23Feb

Media, World

Dr Samir Shah: First Indian-Born To Be BBC Chairman

Dr Samir Shah has become the first Indian-born chairman of BBC (British Broadcasting Company). Shah has worked with the British Broadcasting Company for over 40 years. He was picked as the preferred candidate by the government in December last year. Shah was then questioned by cross-party MPs of the...

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22Jan

India

How Foreign Media Reported Ram Temple Inauguration?

As the Ram Temple consecration event was covered as national event of significance by the Indian media, with minute-by-minute coverage, how foreign media looked at the event and the content it carried in their news report was interesting to observe. BBC reported the event with the headline: "Ayod...

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13Oct

West Asia

“You Never Want To Become The Story. Yet, In My city, I feel Helpless . . .”: BBC Gaza Reporter

BBC Arabic reporter Adnan Elbursh’s reporting from Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital on late Thursday is one of the emotional news coverage the world will witness as Israel-Hamas war still escalating. “Bodies lay everywhere. The injured scream for help. You can never forget the sounds,” Mr Elbursh re...

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9Oct

Technology

BBC Restricts ChatGPT From Using Its Content

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has blocked the artificial intelligence software, ChatGPT, from accessing or utilizing its content. Various content providers including Getty Images and Reuters have also taken similar measures against the ChatGPT over copyright and privacy concerns. This m...

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