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  • Travelxp to premiere ‘Off The Grid Ethiopia’ from 8th September

    Travelxp to premiere ‘Off The Grid Ethiopia’ from 8th September

    MUMBAI: Travelxp will feature an exclusive show on Africa’s oldest country, Ethiopia from September 8-12, 2019 at 8 pm on Travelxp 4K, Travelxp HD and Travelxp SD. Off The Grid explores an offbeat travel perspective by journeying into the unknown, doing the unconventional, going local and living the anticipation to experience something new.

    “Off The Grid Ethiopia” is a 5-episode series, featuring Ethiopia’s unparalleled heritage through rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, rare archaeological remains of early hominids in Addis Ababa, ancient palaces of Gondar and the fortified historic town of Harari. The show also introduces indigenous tribal communities like Karo, Hammar, Daasanach and Mursi. Glimpses of some rare species like a Gelada baboon, world’s only grass-eating monkey make the show one-of-its-kind.  

    OTG has been directed by the veteran travel director Rohan Patoley and hosted by an adventurous Emeline Nsingi Nkosi. Sharing his experience, Rohan commented, “The expedition to Ethiopia surpassed our expectations. We were up and close with nature, spending days with ethnic tribes, documenting UNESCO heritage sites, etc. The country has a distinct beauty and it deserves to be seen. Off The Grid will be an immersive watch for our audience

  • Media’s best practices and innovations to be shared between India and Ethiopia

    Media’s best practices and innovations to be shared between India and Ethiopia

    NEW DELHI: India and Ethiopia would be signing an agreement on “Cooperation in the field of information, communication and media.”

    The union cabinet chaired by the prime minister Narendra Modi has said that the agreement will harness the growing power of information, communication and media for information dissemination and enhancing outreach between the two countries for inclusive development.

    It will also enhance people-to-people contact through exchange programmes. It would also provide an opportunity for both the nations to share best practices and new innovations in the field of information, communication and media.

    The agreement will encourage cooperation between mass media tools such as radio, print media, TV, social media etc. to provide more opportunities to the people of both the nations and create public accountability.

    The agreement, through an institutional framework, will facilitate exchange of delegations, personnel between the two nations, providing them opportunities to learn from each other’s best practices, bringing in equity and inclusiveness.

  • HTC, CRY tie up for girls’ quality education

    MUMBAI: Sonal (Name Changed) is an activist and she is only 12 year’s old. She is a member of the “Little star children’s group” from Shahbad dairy that works towards educating children on protecting themselves against abuse. Like the other members of the group, she has been working with other children from the basti who are yet not associated with the children group.

    She is a part of Aarzoo – a movement, a promise to fulfill dreams of countless young girls from the lower income group familiesby facilitating guidance and resources to supplement their dedication and enthusiasm. In association with ‘CRY – Child Rights and You’, and as a part of its corporate social initiative, HTC Corporation, a leading innovator in mobile and virtual reality technology, has launched the initiative ‘Aarzoo: ek wish har aarzoo poori karneki’ in India.

    The initiative brings together HTC and CRY in an effort to create education and basic training opportunities for the girl child from the under privileged sections of our society. As a part of this initiative, beginning February 2017, HTC will, for a period of six months, contribute part of consumer sales proceeds towards delivering an on-ground impact on girl child education for 1500 girls through CRY.

    ‘Aarzoo’ aims to bring positive changes in the lives of the under-privileged girls by giving them the opportunity to learn whilst working towards recognizing, promoting and protecting their rights. In order to build mass reach and awareness and establish connect it will involve the use of Digital consumer connect campaigns as well as on ground activation via events and activities. HTC employees will also join the drive by donating their time towards the cause – volunteer for CRY. The initiative will culminate with a large children festival in Delhi.

    HTC president-south Asia Faisal Siddiqui said, “According to DHS data around the world, female literacy rates are improving but India ranks 38th among the 51 developing countries for which comparable data is available. Indonesia, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Tanzania – all rank higher than India. I would like to reiterate our commitment towards providing quality education and enable better prospects for the girl child in the country.”

    Child Rights and You (CRY) regional director- north Soha Moitra said, “Educating a girl child is the first step towards transforming society and we are extremely glad that HTC is championing this cause and supporting us in making education accessible to every child. We believe this initiative will go a long way in empowering girls and bringing them into the mainstream.”

  • Public broadcasters of India and Ethiopia to work in exchange of content

    NEW DELHI: India and Ethiopia have agreed to have an institutional mechanism for collaboration between public broadcasters of both the countries in areas of content generation and capacity building of officials.

    The two countries also decided to strengthen cooperation in critical areas related to communication and outreach and this cooperation would be worked out through a policy and institutional framework in the various domains.

    This was decided in a meeting between Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and an Ethiopian delegation led by its communications minister Negeri Lencho

    India would provide full support to Ethiopia for capacity building in critical subjects related to communication and journalism through the Indian Institute of Mass Communications.

    The possibility of student exchange programmes between educational institutions of both the countries was also discussed.

  • 220 journalists in jail around the world: CPJ

    220 journalists in jail around the world: CPJ

    MUMBAI: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has identified that 220 journalists are in jail around the world in 2014. This is an increase of nine from last year’s tally.

    The committee mentioned that the tally marks the second-highest number of journalists in jail since CPJ began taking an annual census of imprisoned journalists in 1990, and highlights a resurgence of authoritarian governments in countries such as China, Ethiopia, Burma, and Egypt.

    “China’s use of anti-state charges and Iran’s revolving door policy in imprisoning reporters, bloggers, editors, and photographers earned the two countries the dubious distinction of being the world’s worst and second worst jailers of journalists, respectively,” says the report.

    The list of the top 10 worst jailers of journalists was rounded out by Eritrea, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Syria, Egypt, Burma, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.

    In recent years, journalist jailings in the Americas have become increasingly rare, with one documented in each 2012 and 2013. This year, the region has two: a Cuban blogger was sentenced to five years in prison in retaliation for his critical blog, and in Mexico, an independent journalist and activist for Mayan causes has been charged with sedition.

    The report goes on the point out that 20 per cent, or 45, of the journalists imprisoned globally are being held with no charge disclosed. Also, online journalists accounted for more than half, or 119, of the imprisoned journalists.

    CPJ believes that journalists should not be imprisoned for doing their jobs. The organisation has sent letters expressing its serious concerns to each country that has imprisoned a journalist. In the past year, CPJ advocacy led to the early release of at least 41 imprisoned journalists worldwide.