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Editors Guild of India says new national broadcasting legislation could lead to unconstitutonal censorship of news outlets

January 16, 2024 04:45:57 AM

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Monday issued a statement on X (formerly Twitter) expressing concerns over the draft Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, stating that the provisions of the bill would lead to an overarching censorship framework for broadcasting services, including news broadcasting. The statements were issued by the EGI after the Ministry of Information [...]

India government introduces draft bill to regulate broadcasting and digital media

November 12, 2023 11:14:46 AM

India’s government on Friday invited feedback and comments on the Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023, which was introduced on the same day to modernize the regulatory framework for broadcasting services, including Over-the-Top(OTT) content. Releasing the draft bill, the Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur wrote: This pivotal legislation modernizes our broadcasting sector’s regulatory framework, [...]

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

Library of Congress created

On April 24, 1800, U.S. President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the U.S. Library of Congress.

Learn more about the history of the U.S. Library of Congress.