CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who to inaugurate National Press Day celebrations in New Delhi?
A
Financial Minister
B
Defence Minister
C
External Affairs Minister
D
Internal Affairs Minister
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai is chairman of the council as of 2022. The predecessor was Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (2014 – 2022).

Detailed explanation-2: -The National Press Club is a professional organization and social community in Washington, D.C. for journalists and communications professionals. It hosts public and private gatherings with invited speakers from public life.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first newspaper printed in India was Hicky’s Bengal Gazette, started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), and The Bombay Herald (1789) soon followed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Press Council was first established in 1968 based on Law No. 11 Year 1966 on the Press Principal Provisions signed by President Soekarno on December 12, 1966.

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