Here we take a look at the top 7 newspapers known to favor specific political parties in India. As it is most news channels, newspapers, media houses and publishing houses are owned or controlled by politicians of different parties. When political news is just paid advertising, it is no different in business, bollywood and sports news as well. Paid news is not a secluded event that happens now and then, but rather it has become the norm. It is evident that the business of news has completely taken over the social service part of news. Names of senior and celebrated journalists Barkha Dutt, Prabhu Chawla and Vir Sanghvi did crop up in this controversy but with media ethics of maintaining high journalistic standards lying in shreds, all of them continue to hold high positions even as the public trust in a partisan media erodes fast. Nira Radia, a political and business lobbyist, was found to be part of a wide nexus among politicians, businessmen and journalists through which news was manipulated. This fact became apparent after the Radia tapes controversy came into the media limelight in November 2010.

The NDMC will also install 10 charging stations under the Smart City project, the report adds.The media in India is highly politicized. The biggest difference between the AC and the DC charger stations is that while an alternating current charger takes three-five hours to get the vehicle fully charged, a direct current charger can do the same within just one and a half hours. Out of the 37 charging points, 28 consist of alternating current chargers while the rest have direct current chargers. The civic body has already installed 37 charging stations, as per the report, at several locations including Palika Kendra, Talkatora Stadium, Vidyut Bhawan at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, among others. As per the report, the body will procure 80 electric vehicles by the mid of this month. Like SDMC, NDMC (North Delhi Municipal Corporation) too will buy EVs to encourage their use. These steps are in line with the Centre’s ambitious idea to switch completely to electric vehicles by 2030. While the charging stations will be built only for official vehicles in the first phase, the second phase will reportedly see the civic body set up similar stations for private use as well. The SDMC will also set up charging stations in Delhi to promote the use of electric vehicles.

As per a report by the HT, the municipal body will buy the second lot comprising of 43 vehicles by March-end. In an attempt to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the national capital, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday, will buy 32 electric cars for official use.

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