News Broadcasting
Code of Conduct
The Committee suggests that broadcast by private broadcasters must not, inter alia contain the following (as per the AIR code):
* Criticism of friendly countries.
* Attack on religion or communities.
* Anything obscene or defamatory.
* Incitement to violence or anything against maintenance of law and order.
* Anything amounting to contempt of court.
* Aspersions against the integrity of the President, Governors and Judiciary.
* Attack on political party by name.
* Hostile criticism of any State or the Centre.
* Anything showing disrespect to the Constitution or advocating change in the constitution by violent means, but advocating changes in the constitutional way should not be debarred.
AIR code and the advertising code to be looked at as per current scenario and appropriate changes can be made, if required.
News Broadcasting
Uma Sudhir signs off from NDTV after 27 years
The executive editor shaped NDTV’s southern reportage for nearly three decades
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Uma Sudhir has retired from NDTV, bringing to a close a 27-year association with the network.
Sudhir served as executive editor, heading NDTV’s south India editorial operations. Over nearly three decades, she emerged as one of the most recognisable faces of on-ground reporting from the region, with sustained coverage of politics, governance and social issues across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
At NDTV, Sudhir played a central role in strengthening regional journalism within national television news. Her reporting consistently connected local developments to the national conversation, ensuring stories from the field shaped policy debates beyond studio discussions. Known for her boots-on-the-ground approach, she came to represent a generation of reporters whose authority rested on fieldwork rather than prime-time punditry.
An award-winning journalist, Sudhir is a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and the Chameli Devi Jain Award. Her body of work has been widely recognised for its public-interest focus, spanning elections, governance, gender issues, rural distress, environmental reporting and social justice.
