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IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/11/2007
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has  announced annual awards for journalists worth Rs.3.7 million and also gave a grant of Rs.2.5 million to the Chandigarh Press Club on the occasion of national press day here.The chief minister said that by announcing the awards for journalists, Haryana has become the first state to do so in the country.   IANS

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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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