News covarage of Chandrayaan-I

Today, 22 Oct 2008, If you open the home page of BBC and CNN you will find the news of India’s first mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-I. I'm very happy today like so many others to see that India is now will be the part of elite club of "space" nations. This is news of National and International importance, News of celebration, News to be Proud of ISRO, the organisation, scientist and engineers. That's why News portals like BBC and CNN consider it as a Front Page News.

Now, look at our own Indian News websites.

Times of India: I like it, it's the only Indian news portal which shows Chandrayaan-I as a bold front news and with all the updates,

The Hindu: I was expecting Times of India kind of thing from it, but again they put this non-updated news much below the other "so important" news,

Hidustan Times: I think they haven't started the work for today similar to The Hindu as to update the news, but thank God they at least put it on the front.

Now here comes my Favorite "Stupid - Sensational - News Channels"

First The Breaking News from The Stupidest News Channel: INDIA TV EXCLUSIVE: 64 YEAR OLD YOGI STEPS INTO FIRE 13 TIMES IN A DAY... wow such a Sensational News.... Man gaye! kise! Aapki Parakhi Najar (which always bring sensational news or in other words, Sensation from the news) aur India TV donoko!!!

Secondly Sensational News from The Stupidest News Channel: Thank you so much Mr. Sharma considering such a non-sensational and unimportant news in your News section.

Finally another "Stupid - Sensational - News Channel": Aaj Tak: Television Academy ka Sarvashreshta News Channel Award - Lagatat 7 warshose.... taliya.....

India is a democratic country and every news portal (newspaper/news channel) has right to publish news and decide their importance, but does it mean considering bright and positive news like Chandrayaan-I as a low profile and only showing negative and sensational news.

So the question is, Whether Indian News portal worth of reading?

I hate Indian News Channels, especially IndiaTV

Last month, I got a call from my brother asking me "Why are you not picking up the phone, father is calling you since a long", I told him that I was preparing my dinner so I couldn’t hear the phone ring. I immediately called my father and for the first time he scold me for not picking up the phone. I live in Singapore and my family is in India. He seems to be nervous from his voice and he told me my mother haven’t had any food since morning; I asked why, then he told me that there was a news on some channel that world is going to end because of some experiment in Europe and my mother was worried as I’m alone here!!!

Thanks to the stupid news channels like the IndiaTV. They were so sure about so called “Pralaya” that for the whole week these stupid fellows were showing the same news again and again. Here is some good research made on a blog on this news.

Here is another Superb blog dedicated to India TV