Press Trust of India
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Press Trust of India is a nonprofit cooperative among the Indian newspapers. It took over the operations of the Associated Press of India and the Indian operations of Reuters soon after India's independence on August 27, 1947. It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and Hindi.
[edit] History of PTI
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Birth of Associated Press of India, PTI's forerunner floated by K C Roy |
| 1919 | Reuters takes over operations of API but still uses API credit line |
| 1945 | API registered as a private limited Indian company wholly owned by Reuters |
| 1947, August 27 | Press Trust of India incorporated in Madras |
| 1949, February 1 | PTI begins news services, taking over operations from API but still maintains links with Reuters. |
| 1953 | PTI becomes a free agent, independent of Reuters |
| 1976 | PTI Economic Service is launched |
| 1976, February | PTI, UNI, Samachar Bharati and Hindustan Samachar merge under pressure during emergency to become 'Samachar' |
| 1978, April | PTI and the other three news agencies go back to their original units to restrart independent news operations |
| 1980, July | PTI Feature Service launched |
| 1981, October | PTI Science Service launched |
| 1982, November | PTI launches Scan, on-screen news display service |
| 1984 | PTI service launched for subscribers in USA |
| 1985 | Computerisation of news operations starts PTI service launched for subscribers in UK |
| 1986, February | PTI-TV launched |
| 1986, April | PTI-Bhasha launched |
| 1986, August | Experimental broadcast of news and pix via Insat-IB begins, Computer system made fully operational |
| 1987, August | Stockscan I launched |
| 1987, October | PTI photo service launched |
| 1992, August | PTI Mag launched |
| 1993, August | PTI Graphics service launched |
| 1995, March | PTI launches StockScan II |
| 1996, February | PTI invests for the first time in a foreign registered Company, Asia Pulse, which provides an on-line data bank on economic opportunities in Asian countries |
| 1997, December | PTI introduces Photo-dial up facility |
| 1999 | March PTI celebrates Golden Jubilee. PTI goes on internet |
| 2003, September | PTI launches internet delivery of its news and photo services |
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