Indo-Asian News Service
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Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is India
's largest private news agency. The IANS is run by a group of professional journalists.
The IANS was founded by Indian American
publisher Gopal Raju
as the India Abroad News Service. It was later renamed the Indo-Asian News Service. The IANS, whose main offices are located in New Dehli, has carved a niche for itself by reporting on India, South Asia
and the large Indian diaspora spread across the world. However, the IANS also focuses on global events which have an impact on India, its geopolitics
, economy
, national security
, culture
, society
and national aspirations.
IANS has been reporting about India with news, views and analyses that portray the country, and the region, in a global perspective.
Its team of journalists and contributors produce a steady output of news, features, situationers, analyses and commentaries (in excess of 250 a day). The subjects span politics, foreign policy, strategic affairs, corporate affairs, science, health, aviation, energy, technology, environment, the arts, literature, entertainment, social trends, human interest, religion and sports.
IANS' output is now increasingly sought out for subscription by media organisations, both inside and outside the country.
IANS' USP remains the coverage of the Indian diaspora, numbering about 25 million in 110 countries.
The service offers a support system to international media organisations, institutions, think tanks, overseas missions and multinational companies. News, features and views from the subcontinent reach subscribers via the Internet.
With interest in the country among the diaspora growing exponentially, IANS has evolved as a content provider to ethnic Indian and South Asia-focused publications and websites around the globe.
IANS not only provides content to newspapers outside India but has harnessed contemporary technology and its expertise in the area to generate and present content - even entire newspapers, periodicals and magazines - that is outsourced to it.
The publishing division is currently producing newspapers, periodicals and journals for clients in the US, Canada, Britain and the Persian Gulf, besides India, not just in English but also in other Indian and foreign languages.
s needed for the development of an Internet strategy.
Service. Today its subscriber base encompasses all leading newspapers, websites and other news outlets in Hindi.
In 1998 IANS broke new ground with the launch of an Arabic Service for the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. Its Arabic website- www.alhindelyom.com - covers a region that has a large Indian and South Asian population.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
's largest private news agency. The IANS is run by a group of professional journalists.
The IANS was founded by Indian American
Indian American
Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
publisher Gopal Raju
Gopal Raju
Gopal Raju was an Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropist. He was considered to be a pioneer of Indian American ethnic media in the United States.-Career:...
as the India Abroad News Service. It was later renamed the Indo-Asian News Service. The IANS, whose main offices are located in New Dehli, has carved a niche for itself by reporting on India, South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
and the large Indian diaspora spread across the world. However, the IANS also focuses on global events which have an impact on India, its geopolitics
Geopolitics
Geopolitics, from Greek Γη and Πολιτική in broad terms, is a theory that describes the relation between politics and territory whether on local or international scale....
, economy
Economy
An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...
, national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
and national aspirations.
IANS has been reporting about India with news, views and analyses that portray the country, and the region, in a global perspective.
Its team of journalists and contributors produce a steady output of news, features, situationers, analyses and commentaries (in excess of 250 a day). The subjects span politics, foreign policy, strategic affairs, corporate affairs, science, health, aviation, energy, technology, environment, the arts, literature, entertainment, social trends, human interest, religion and sports.
IANS' output is now increasingly sought out for subscription by media organisations, both inside and outside the country.
IANS' USP remains the coverage of the Indian diaspora, numbering about 25 million in 110 countries.
The service offers a support system to international media organisations, institutions, think tanks, overseas missions and multinational companies. News, features and views from the subcontinent reach subscribers via the Internet.
The IANS Pedigree
IANS was instituted in 1986 to act as an information bridge between India and North America and chronicle their growing ethnic, business and cultural links. It was this two-way information flow, gradually spanning other regions of the world, which has been at the conceptual heart of the present day IANS.With interest in the country among the diaspora growing exponentially, IANS has evolved as a content provider to ethnic Indian and South Asia-focused publications and websites around the globe.
IANS Publishing
While IANS is primarily known as a wire service, a key driver of its growth has been in an area of activity not usually associated with a news agency - contract or custom publishing.IANS not only provides content to newspapers outside India but has harnessed contemporary technology and its expertise in the area to generate and present content - even entire newspapers, periodicals and magazines - that is outsourced to it.
The publishing division is currently producing newspapers, periodicals and journals for clients in the US, Canada, Britain and the Persian Gulf, besides India, not just in English but also in other Indian and foreign languages.
IANS Solutions
IANS Solutions provides solutionSolution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...
s needed for the development of an Internet strategy.
IANS Mobile
To meet the emerging requirements of the new media, IANS is one of the first news agencies to harness cellular technology to launch Content2Mobile operations on both news and information fronts. This service is available in English, Hindi and other languages.IANS Language Services
IN 1995 IANS started a HindiHindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Service. Today its subscriber base encompasses all leading newspapers, websites and other news outlets in Hindi.
In 1998 IANS broke new ground with the launch of an Arabic Service for the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. Its Arabic website- www.alhindelyom.com - covers a region that has a large Indian and South Asian population.