SC push on wage board

IN Media Watch Briefs | 29/04/2015

On 28 April, the Supreme Court directed all state governments to appoint an officer within four weeks to conduct a survey on the implementation of Majitha Wage Board Award and asked for a report to be filed before it within three months. All the 42 contempt petitions have been kept pending till then. For other cases, such as the one pertaining to the Hindustan Times where journalists and non-journalists were victimized in the period when the Wage Board was set in motion, two different dates have been given: May 28 and June 1.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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.

Let the games begin

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.