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Chairman of Prasar Bharati, Government of India, Dr. A. Surya Prakash said that there should not be any regulation of the media by the government or any other external agencies.

Delivering a special lecture on Media in India at Tumakuru University here on Wednesday, Mr. Surya Prakash said that if there are any shortcomings in the media we should be self regulatory, we should not allow the government or any other external agencies to control the media.

He said that according to the Parliaments order, Prasar Bharati is an autonomous corporation but it takes some time to achieve autonomy.

He said 90 per cent of the staff working in Prasar Bharati are from the Central government. He said they should have their own recruitment board and have their own men to achieve autonomy.

He said media has always focused on corruption but the strike rate has not been spectacular.

He said a media person can become powerful if he follows the values and lives within the ethical framework.

He said it is being contemplated to have Media Council of India in the place of Press Council of India in order to cover electronic and other media besides print media.

Meanwhile, Author and Consumer Rights Activist Journalist, Pushpa Girimaji said that every year one crore people in India die due to diarrhoea as they drink poor quality water.

She said in 2012-13, 1,847 people died in India while cleaning the manholes and soak pits.

Vice-Chancellor of Tumakuru University, Prof. A.H. Rajasab, Registrar, Prof. D. Shivalingaiah and others were present.

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A Florida gun law thats backed by the National Rifle Association the stand your ground right to self-defense heads to the states Supreme Court for a case-related review on Tuesday.

The outcome of the case which pits Jared Bretherick against Derek Dunning in a 2011 road rage case involving a gun but no shots fired could flip the burden of proof aspect of the law.

Currently, those citing stand your ground to justify their use of firearms for self-defense have to prove they needed to defend themselves.

If the Supreme Court sides with Mr. Bretherick, though, permitted gun owners could be relieved from that burden of proof standard, Reuters reported. Instead, prosecutors in cases involving stand your ground would have to prove the party brandishing the gun in cited self defense did not actually need to act in self defense, or was not truly acting in self defense.

Stand your ground took root in 2005 in Florida to allow victims to use deadly force when they fear their lives, or the lives of their loved ones or others, are in danger.

Mr. Bretherick reportedly felt that way in 2011 when he was traveling in an SUV near Orlando with his family and was nearly sideswiped by Mr. Dunning. Mr. Dunning then pulled in front of them and stopped, Reuters reported. He reportedly jumped out of his vehicle and approached the Bretherick vehicle.

Mr. Bretherick then dialed 911 and brandished his holstered weapon at Mr. Dunning to scare him away. Mr. Dunning went back to his own SUV, but started backing it up into the Brethericks SUV, Reuters reported.

Thats when Mr. Bretherick grabbed his fathers gun and stood next to his SUV, pointing it at Mr. Dunnings vehicle, previous court testimony said. Deputies found Mr. Bretherick with the pointed gun when they responded to the scene, Reuters reported.

No shots were fired. But Mr. Bretherick told deputies he heard Mr. Dunning warn that he had a gun, too, and that he was worried about the safety of his father, a disabled veteran. Still, police charged Mr. Bretherick with aggravated assault.

Mr. Bretherick was not allowed to claim stand your ground immunity at a June 2012 hearing because the judge ruled that Mr. Dunning did not commit any violent crime and had actually gone back into his own vehicle.

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Social media companies must simplify the conditions of using their services because they are so impenetrable that "no reasonable person" can be expected to understand them.

That's the feeling of MPs who sit on Britain's parliamentary science and technology committee.

Complicated terms and conditions that allow firms like Facebook access to a wealth of personal information and even control a user's phone are drafted for use in American court rooms, according to the committee.

It wants to see new guidelines that commit websites and apps to explaining clearly how they use personal data, saying that laws will be needed if companies fail to comply.

The committee has pointed to terms for Facebook Messenger's mobile app, which is used by more than 200,000 million people a month.

It says that, under the current terms, Facebook can gain direct access to a user's mobile or tablet, including to take pictures or make videos, at any time without explicit confirmation from the owner.

MPs also pointed to criticism of the company earlier this year after it carried out a psychological experiment that recorded users' moods as news feeds on the social network were manipulated.

"Let's face it, most people click yes to terms and conditions contracts without reading them, because they are often laughably long and written in the kind of legalese you need a law degree from the USA to understand," Committee chair Andrew Miller said.

Miller says he's sure most social media developers will be happy to sign up to new guidelines on "clear communication and informed consent" that the committee is asking the British government to draw up.

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