Asian News International

Asian News International
Company typeNews agency
IndustryMedia, news media
Founded9 December 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12-09)[1]
FounderPrem Prakash
Headquarters
New Delhi
Area served
India, South Asia
Key people
OwnerANI Media Private Limited[2]
Websitewww.aniin.com Edit this at Wikidata

Asian News International (ANI) is an Indian news agency that offers syndicated multimedia news feed to news bureaus in India and elsewhere.[3][4][5] Established by Prem Prakash in 1971, it was the first agency in India to syndicate video news,[6] and, as of 2019, is the biggest television news agency in India.

ANI has been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government,[7][8] distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites,[9][10][11] misreporting events on multiple occasions,[7][12] and quoting sources that do not exist.[13]

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  2. ^ "Terms & Conditions". aninews.in. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. ^ Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-932705-67-6. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ Paterson, Chris A.; Sreberny, Annabelle (2004). International News in the 21st Century. Georgetown University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-86020-596-5.
  5. ^ "Footaging It Fleetly". Outlook. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ^ Saxena, Sunil. Web Journalism-The Craft & Technology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-07-068083-8. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference donthi-2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ahluwalia-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Hussain, Abid; Menon, Shruti (10 December 2020). "The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2020. The network was designed primarily to "discredit Pakistan internationally" and influence decision-making at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and European Parliament, EU DisinfoLab said.
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  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference chaudhuri-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ The Wire Staff (23 February 2023). "Modi Govt's Go-To News Agency ANI 'Quotes Geopolitical Experts, Think Tanks That Don't Exist': Report". The Wire (India)（thewire.in）. The Wire／Foundation for Independent Journalism (FIJ). Retrieved 19 September 2024.