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What was the name of India's first printed newspaper, founded by James Augustus Hicky in Calcutta in 1780?
In which year was nationwide colour television broadcasting officially introduced in India by Doordarshan on the occasion of the 9th Asian Games?
Under which Article of the Constitution of India is the freedom of the press judicially recognized as an implicit element of the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression?
Which British Viceroy promulgated the repressive Vernacular Press Act of 1878 to suppress anti-colonial agitation in Indian-language newspapers?
By statutory convention, who is appointed as the Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), established under the Press Council Act, 1978?
The autonomous statutory corporation Prasar Bharati, which manages All India Radio and Doordarshan, was established under an Act passed in 1990 that came into legal force in which year?
Which iconic Indian social reformer published the Persian-language weekly newspaper 'Mirat-ul-Akbar' and the Bengali weekly 'Sambad Kaumudi' in the early 1820s?
In which landmark 1972 judgment did the Supreme Court of India invalidate the Union Government's Newsprint Policy for imposing unconstitutional quantitative restrictions on newspaper pages?
To evade the censorship mandates of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878, which prominent nationalist publication converted itself overnight from a Bengali weekly into an English-language newspaper?
The renowned motto and operational ethos of All India Radio (Akashvani), 'Bahujana Hitaya, Bahujana Sukhaya' (For the good of many, for the happiness of many), is derived from which canonical philosophical corpus?
Which iconic nationalist newspaper was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881 in Marathi to mobilize public opinion for Swaraj?
Which weekly journal in English was founded and edited by Mahatma Gandhi starting in 1919 to propagate his ideals of Satyagraha and non-violence?
In 1851, Dadabhai Naoroji founded which Gujarati newspaper to champion Zoroastrian social reforms and voice Indian civic grievances?
Which Governor-General of India repealed the restrictive 1823 Licensing Regulations and passed the Press Act of 1835, earning the title 'Liberator of the Indian Press'?
Which English-language daily newspaper was founded in Madras in September 1878 by G. Subramania Iyer and his associates, initially as a weekly?