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  • CNN International announces Nikhil Kumar as New Delhi bureau chief

    CNN International announces Nikhil Kumar as New Delhi bureau chief

    MUMBAI: CNN International has announced Nikhil Kumar as the New Delhi bureau chief. Based in the country’s capital, Kumar will be responsible for the strategic planning of the network’s multi-platform news coverage from India and the region.

    “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Nikhil Kumar as we reaffirm our deep commitment to India,” said CNN International SVP and managing editor Ellana Lee. “Nikhil brings with him a deep understanding of this dynamic and diverse region and his expertise will be invaluable in this critical leadership role as we continue to strengthen our editorial operations in the country,” Lee said.

    Kumar was most recently the South Asia bureau chief for Time magazine based in New Delhi. Before moving to India in early 2015 he was a senior editor based in New York, editing and managing Time’s international editions, as well as foreign coverage in Time’s U.S. edition. Before joining Time, Kumar was New York correspondent for both The Independent newspaper and the London Evening Standard.

    Kumar has reported on several key regional and global political, economic and social stories including the devastating Nepal earthquake in 2015, the global financial crisis, the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and the Boston marathon bombings. He has also interviewed leaders from the region including the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani, Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

    Kumar graduated with honors in philosophy from University College London. He starts his new position with CNN International in September.

  • Bangladesh braces up to keep tabs on online media

    NEW DELHI: All online media in Bangladesh will have to register with a National Broadcasting Commission to be formed under the National Broadcast Act before launching operations, under a new decision of the country’s cabinet.

    The format of the Commission is yet to be drafted, but National Inline Mass Media Guideline has been approved.

    Under the draft drawn up recently by the prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Cabinet, newspapers and TV channels registered under the 1993 Press and Publications Act will not require approval from the Commission for their online outlets, but will have to notify the regulator before the launch of their services.

    Action will be taken suo moto by the Broadcasting Commission against online broadcasters, if it appears that they have violated the code of conduct and discipline. The Commission is also empowered to take punitive actions against an online broadcaster if any content of broadcast poses a threat to security, territorial integrity, peace, public order and unity of the country.

    The Commission is further authorized to take actions against the broadcasters for disseminating vulgar, false and malicious stuff and contents against the spirit of the War of Liberation and distorts national history and heritage.

    Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (ICT Act) already criminalises the offences which the Broadcasting Commission seeks to penalise.