News reporters must not become activists with 'vested interests': Union minister

Updated: Mar 19 2023 10:55PM

News reporters must not become activists with 'vested interests': Union minister

Jammu, Mar 19 (PTI) The news reporters must not become activists with vested interests, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday as he called for showing the brighter side of the government which had taken many historical decisions for public good.

He also said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the COVID-19 adversity turned into an opportunity as world's first DNA vaccine and nasal vaccine for the coronavirus was indigenously developed bolstering India as a vaccine development and manufacturing centre.

The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office was speaking at two separate functions here.

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