Major News Agencies in India

News agencies are agencies that gathers the information or news in multimedia or text format and then sells them to different media organizations in the country. The most important news agencies in india are as follows.

Press Trust of India (PTI)

The Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India. The Press Trust of India was established on 27 August 1947 and started its operations on 1 February 1949. The Press Trust of India was established in Chennai. Its headquarters are in New Delhi. PTI's services are available in English and Hindi. PTI's Hindi news service is the 'Bhasha'.

Press Council of India (PCI)

The Press Council of India (PCI) is an agency established to protect press freedom and to promote the standard of news publications and news agencies in India. The Council consists of a Chairman and 28 members. The Press Council was first established in 1966 by an Act of Parliament. In 1979, the Council was reformed by another Act. The headquarters of the Press Council is in New Delhi. Justice J.R. Mudholkar was the first Chairman of the Press Council. The PCI is a quasi-judicial body with independent status.

United News of India (UNI)

United News of India (UNI) is the second largest news agency in India. Bidhan Chandra Roy is the founder of UNI. United News of India was established on 19 December 1959 and started its operations on 21 March 1961. UNI is headquartered in New Delhi. United News of India started its Hindi news service 'Uni Vartha' in 1982. UNI Photo Service was started in 1987. United News of India also started the world's first Urdu news service (1992).

Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is one of the several news organizations and is operating under the same name in different parts of the world. Established in 1948, the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is an association of publishing houses, advertisers and advertising agencies. The ABC publishes the figures of total number of copies distributed by various newspapers and periodicals every six months. The registered office of the ABC is in Mumbai. The current membership of the ABC includes 562 dailies, 107 weeklies and 50 magazines. It also includes 125 advertising agencies, 45 advertisers, 22 new agencies, print media and advertising-related associations. The ABC operates in most major cities in India.

UPSC/PSC Questions

1. India's largest news agency - Press Trust of India

2. India's first news agency - Press Trust of India

3. Headquarter of Press Trust of India - New Delhi

4. Press Trust of India was established - Chennai

5. Year Press Trust of India was established - 27 August 1947

6. Year Press Trust of India started functioning - 1 February 1949

7. Official languages ​​of Press Trust of India - Hindi, English

8. Hindi news service of PTI - Bhasha

9. Press Council of India was established on - 4 July 1966

10. Headquarters of the Press Council of India - New Delhi

11. First Chairman of the Press Council of India - Justice J.R. Mudholkar

12. India's second largest news agency - United News of India (UNI)

13. News agency that launched the world's first Urdu news service - UNI (1992)

14. Founder of UNI - Bidhan Chandra Roy

15. Headquarters of United News of India - New Delhi

16. United News of India was established - December 19, 1959

17. United News of India started its operations - March 21, 1961

18. Hindi news service launched by United News of India - Uni News

19. Year Uni News was launched - 1982