Bureaucratic denial

IN Media Watch Briefs | 24/01/2017

The National Media Council of UAE invited the Doordarshan correspondent  posted in Dubai to  accompany the delegation  of the  Crown Prince of  Abu Dhabi to India. He is here to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade. It also invited the correspondents of Malayalam Manorama and Mathrubhoomi. The journalist who could not accept the invitation was the DD correspondent who was denied permission by her bosses in New Delhi. This despite the fact that the national broadcaster. WAM, the official news agency of UAE government, is also set to sign an agreement with Prasar Bharati during this visit.