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13 August 2010

Top 10 Magazines: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten magazines in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 MAGAZINES Rank Magazine IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Vanitha (Malayalam) (Fortnightly) 29.0 30.35 2...

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13 August 2010

Top 10 Language Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten language daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 LANGUAGE DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Malayala Manorama...

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13 August 2010

Top 10 Hindi Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten Hindi daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 HINDI DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Dainik Jagran 160.96 163.13 2...

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13 August 2010

Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten English daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 ENGLISH DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 The Times Of India 71.42 70...

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13 August 2010

Top 10 Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Dainik Jagran (Hindi) 160.96 163.13 2...

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13 August 2010

Top 10 Publications: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1

Following are the top ten publications in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 PUBLICATIONS IN INDIA Rank Publication IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Dainik Jagran (Hindi) (Daily)...

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13 August 2010
France condemns Army officer who threatened Togo journalist

France condemns Army officer who threatened Togo journalist

France condemned the behaviour of one of its own military officers on Thursday, after a video appeared online showing him threatening a Togolese press photographer in Lome, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported. The officer, a serving French colonel employed by the foreign ministry as an advisor to the Togolese military, is seen ordering the journalist to erase pictures from his camera and...

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13 August 2010
Groups urge UNESCO to cancel prize in name of Equatorial Guinea dictator

Groups urge UNESCO to cancel prize in name of Equatorial Guinea dictator

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation should cancel the Obiang prize at its next session in October 2010, 96 press freedom and human rights groups have said in a letter to UNESCO Executive Board members. At its last meeting, on June 15, UNESCO agreed to delay the prize to allow for further consultation, following a public outcry from a diverse group of scientists...

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13 August 2010
Car bomb explodes outside radio station in Bogotá

Car bomb explodes outside radio station in Bogotá

A car bomb exploded early Thursday morning outside the building of national Caracol Radio in the capital city of Bogotá, causing serious damage and injuring at least nine people, local new reports said. President Juan Manuel Santos, who took office on Saturday, described the explosion as "a terrorist act," and said it was intended to create a climate of fear. Attorney-General Guillermo Mendoza...

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13 August 2010
Journalist, human rights activist face charges of extremism in Kyrgyzstan

Journalist, human rights activist face charges of extremism in Kyrgyzstan

Trumped-up charges of extremism have been pressed in Kyrgyzstan against Ulugbek Abdusalomov, the editor of an independent newspaper, and Azimjon Askarov, a journalist and human rights defender, according to press freedom group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Prosecutors in the southern city of Jalal-Abad charged Abdusalomov, editor of the Uzbek-language newspaper Diydor, and Askarov, head...

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