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Journalists who have endured death threats, physical attacks and imprisonment are being honored in New York with Press Freedom Awards. The Committee to Protect Journalists' 2015 International Press Freedom Awards will be presented to Malaysia's Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, Paraguay's Candido Figueredo Ruiz and bloggers and journalists from Ethiopia and Syria. 1. Ulhaque, CPJ's first cartoonist awardee, is charged with sedition and faces a possible jail sentence for drawings lampooning high- level abuse in the Malaysian government. 2. Ruiz lives under 24-hour police protection for reporting on drug smuggling on the Brazil- Paraguay border. 3. The Ethiopian honorees are bloggers for the Zone 9 group, whose name is a reference to the eight zones of a notorious prison. Six of the bloggers have been arrested and charged with terrorism for critical reporting. 4. The Syrians are affiliated with the citizen journalist collecti...

Chinese city of Hangzhou has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced at its General Assembly in Ashgabat. Hangzhou in eastern China – best known for the West Lake, a placid and much-painted tourist attraction – was the only candidate city to stage the 19th edition of Asia's biggest multi-sports event. China has hosted the Asian Games twice before, at Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010, and has already been awarded the Winter Olympics in 2022. The award comes shortly after Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, having hosted the Summer Games in 2008, and means China will host two major multi-sport events in the same year. The 2008 Olympic Games marked a major step forward for China on the international stage. Tokyo will host its second Summer Olympics in 2020, more than half a century after its 1964 debut as host. South Korea's Incheon held the last Asian Gam...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched the Headend In The Sky (HITS) digital platform initiative, under the brand name NXT DIGITAL promoted by Hinduja Group. The launch would provide consumers with wider choice. Now the viewers can have access to over 500 television channels of their choice – international, national, regional and local; besides a host of other services like e-applications and TV everywhere. Customers in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka will now have greater access to channels of their choice with other states soon joining in. Points to Note The NXT DIGITAL Broadcast Centre is a state-of-the-art next- generation MPEG-4 facility. It has been designed and purpose- built to provide a variety of services to the cable distribution fraternity and their customers all across India. The back-end technology systems are based on sophisticated and complex architectures. The initiative will enable ...

"Shauryanjali", an exhibitions has been launched showcasing the major battle scenes and captured tanks of the Pakistani Army during the 1965 war, started at central Delhi's Rajpath on 15th September 2015 in order to celebrate the golden jubilee celebrations of the 1965 war. The six-day exhibition showcases the role played by CRPF, International Red Cross, media, Prasar Bharati along with the armed forces, manoeuvre by fighter jets and stunts by para troopers. 2,862 soldiers gave up their life protecting the motherland. 211 of them were given gallantry awards. The exhibition will give the public a chance to view captured Pakistani Patton and Sherman tanks as well as the milestone reading "Lahore 13 km" that was brought back by the Indian Army, showcasing how deep the troops had entered into Pakistan. India had captured 1,920 kilometres of Pakistani land and Pakistan took control over 540 kilometres of Indian territo...

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಮೀಸಲು ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಪೇದೆ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಂದ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಒಟ್ಟು 822 ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿದ್ದು, ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲು ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 6, 2015 ಕೊನೆ ದಿನ. ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್-1ರಲ್ಲಿ 177 ಪುರುಷ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು, ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್-3ರಲ್ಲಿ 157 ಪುರುಷ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು, 4ನೇ ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ 91 ಮಹಿಳಾ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು 142 ಪುರುಷ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು, 6ನೇ ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ 79 ಪುರುಷ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು, 9ನೇ ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ 179 ಪುರುಷ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು ಸೇರಿ ಒಟ್ಟು 822 ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು ಖಾಲಿ ಇವೆ. ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು 10ನೇ ತರಗತಿ ಉತ್ತೀರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿರಬೇಕು. ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ವಯೋಮಿತಿ 18 ವರ್ಷಗಳು. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವರ್ಗದವರಿಗೆ ಗರಿಷ್ಠ ವಯೋಮಿತಿ 25 ವರ್ಷಗಳು. ಎಸ್ಸಿ/ಎಸ್ಟಿ/ ಪ್ರವರ್ಗ -1/2ಎ/2ಬಿ/3ಎ/3ಬಿ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ 27 ವರ್ಷಗಳು. ಇತರ ವರ್ಗದವರಿಗೆ 30 ವರ್ಷ. ಅರ್ಜಿ ಶುಲ್ಕ: ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವರ್ಗ/2ಎ/2ಬಿ/3ಎ/3ಬಿ ವರ್ಗದವರಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಶುಲ್ಕ 250 ರೂ., ಎಸ್ಸಿ/ಎಸ್ಟಿ/ ಪ್ರವರ್ಗ-1ರ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ 100 ರೂ.. ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲು ಕೊನೆಯ ದಿನಾಂಕ ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 7, 2015. ಆಸಕ್ತ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಠಿಠಿ://ಠ್ಟಟ್ಚ15. ವೆಬ್ಸೈಟ್ಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಬಹುದು. --- ಅರಣ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಹುದ್ದೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಅರಣ್...