Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan on Friday said that the media plays an important role in building a developed India while inaugurating the National Media Conference organised at the headquarters of Brahma Kumaris Institute in Abu Road.
“The media is a powerful medium that provides information from different parts of the country to its citizens. That is why it is called the fourth pillar of democracy,” Union Minister Murugan said while addressing the national conference on ‘Spiritual Empowerment for a Healthy and Happy Society – Role of Media’. It was attended by over one thousand journalists, editors, bureau chiefs, and radio and web journalists nationwide.
The Union Minister said that India is a country full of diversity, with many languages, cultures, and traditions. “The media must provide correct information to the citizens of the country sitting at the last end of the nation,” he said.
He said that today, anyone can be a journalist, write news, and create literature in the era of information revolution and social media. However, with the expansion of technology, good news does not go viral as fast as bad news; fake news goes viral. “Journalists should check the news’s veracity and publish it. Creating a healthy and happy society is possible only by promoting good news. He said that the New Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill 2024 is being brought to stop the broadcast of misinformation.” The Union Minister said that if a hostile environment is being created in society today, we need to consider what we are sending to society. “To build a value-based society, we must incorporate values in life,” he added.
Brahma Kumaris is an internationally renowned spiritual organisation with branches worldwide. It is affiliated with the United Nations in consultative status for peacekeeping. It is committed to the moral and spiritual upliftment of mankind. It conducts various programmes worldwide to raise awareness among every cross-section of society and fulfill the key objective of peace-giving.
–IANS
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