{"id":86764,"date":"2019-11-21T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=86764"},"modified":"2019-11-21T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T12:40:11","slug":"national-press-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/national-press-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Press Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Consider the following statement: <\/strong>\n<br>(1)\tNational Press Day 2019 was observed across India on November 16.\n<br>(2)\tThe Press Council of India is an autonomous body.\n<strong><br>From the above correct statement\/s is\/are:<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tOnly(1)\n<br>(b)\tOnly (2)\n<br>(c)\tBoth (1) and (2)\n<br>(d)\tNone of the above\n<strong><br>Answer: (c)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National\nPress Day 2019 was observed across India on November 16. <\/li><li>Addressing\nan event on this day Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that <strong>a free press is the cornerstone of a\nvibrant democracy<\/strong>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National\nPress Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>National\nPress Day is celebrated every year on 16 November. The day marks the presence\nof an independent and responsible press in India.<\/li><li>The\nmedia is called the <strong>fourth pillar of\ndemocracy<\/strong>. It is said that journalists are a mirror of society, which\nbrings out the truth even in adverse circumstances.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n<li>This\nday symbolizes freedom of the press and its responsibilities towards the\nsociety. The Press Council of India started functioning on this day.<\/li><li>Today,\naround 50 countries in the world have the Press Council or Media Council.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press day celebration reason:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nFirst Press Commission (in 1956) had envisioned a &#8216;Press Council&#8217; to protect\nfreedom of the press in India and a higher ideal in journalism. <\/li><li>After\nthat, the Press Council was established on 4 July 1966 in India which started\nits work from 16 November 1966. It is a statutory and quasi-judicial\ninstitution. <\/li><li>The\nPress Council of India ensures the independent work and high standards of the\npress in India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.nic.in\/News?title=Today-is-National-Press-Day&amp;id=374599\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newsonair.nic.in\/News?title=Today-is-National-Press-Day&amp;id=374599<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/national-press-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/national-press-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statement: (1) National Press Day 2019 was observed across India on November 16. (2) The Press Council of India is an autonomous body. From the above correct statement\/s is\/are: (a) Only(1) (b) Only (2) (c) Both (1) and (2) (d) None of the above Answer: (c) Related facts: National Press Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ydw-snews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}