New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has written to Google to “properly share advertising revenues” for content published by newspapers, a move that comes following a deal struck by Google in Australia with Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp to do just this. President of INS, L. Adimoolam, said in a letter addressed to Google India’s country…
INS condoles RS MP’s death
May 29, 2020New Delhi: On behalf of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), Shailesh Gupta, President, has condoled the death of Kerala politician M.P. Veerendra Kumar, who passed away due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kozhikode late on Thursday. He was 84. A Rajya Sabha member and Managing Director of leading Malayalam daily ‘Mathrubhumi’ Group…
INS seeks two-year tax holiday for Newspaper establishments
April 26, 2020Newspapers have lost Rs. 4,000-5,000 crore in 2 months, says Indian Newspaper Society New Delhi: In a second letter to Information and Broadcasting Secretary Ravi Mittal, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) President Shailesh Gupta has urged the Government to immediately announce a two-year tax holiday for Newspaper establishments and to increase official advertisement rates and budget…
Indian Newspaper Society condemns attack on Senior Journalist Arnab Goswami and his wife
April 24, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), an apex body of Print Media Industry, has strongly condemned the dastardly attack on Senior Journalist Arnab Goswami and his wife Samyabrata Ray in Mumbai. “This act shows how goons belonging to political parties have scant respect for the freedom of expression,” stated a press release from Mary…
INS appeals for stimulus package for print media amid COVID-19 lockdown
April 14, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has appealed to the Centre for an urgent stimulus package for the print industry amid the crisis it is facing with the outbreak of COVID-19. INS President Shailesh Gupta shot off a letter to Information and Broadcasting Secretary Ravi Mittal saying the newspaper industry is facing an unprecedented…
Financial Censorship: Indian Newspaper Society reacts
April 10, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)on Wednesday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her suggestion to the Government to impose a two-year ban on media advertisements by the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. “Such a proposal tantamounts to financial censorship,” the Society said in a statement on Thursday. The Congress President had on…
INS urges Govt. to scrap 10% customs duty on Newsprint
July 28, 2019New Delhi: The Executive Committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) in its emergency meeting on July 26 appealed to the Government of India to withdraw the 10% customs duty imposed on newsprint, uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers and light-weight coated papers used for magazines. The total consumption of standard newsprint in India…
INS urges Govt. to withdraw 10% Customs Duty on Newsprint
July 11, 2019New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has urged the Government of India to withdraw the 10 percent Customs Duty imposed on Newsprint, uncoated paper for newspapers and Light-Weight Coated (LWC) paper for magazines in the General Budget. INS said in a press statement that publishers of newspapers and magazines are already reeling under severe…
INS expresses shock over threat of action against ‘The Hindu’
March 11, 2019New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), the apex body of the Print Media Industry, has expressed its shock and outrage at the reported threat of action under the draconian Official Secrets Act against ‘The Hindu.’ The threat made in the Supreme Court by the Attorney General, who had appeared on behalf of the Government…
INS condemns arrest of Rajasthan journalist by Bihar Police
September 1, 2018New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) is concerned at reports of the arrest of a journalist of Rajasthan’s Barmer district by Bihar Police earlier this month, purportedly on trumped up charges. The journalist, Durg Singh Rajpurohit, has alleged that his arrest took place at the instance of influential politicians who were miffed with his…
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