News and Media

Did exit polls violate statutory embargo?

6 Dec 2013

Some top news channels and publications may have violated the Representation of the People Act, 1951 by conducting and airing exit polls ahead of the permitted timing. "No person shall conduct any exit poll and publish or publicize by means of print or electronic media or disseminate in any other manner, whatsoever, the result of any exit poll during such period, as may be notified by the ...

Wishes and condolences: Nelson Mandela’s last days as told on social media

6 Dec 2013

The news hit Twitter early on a Saturday morning in June, South African time: the country’s first democratically elected president had been rushed to hospital in the middle of the night for treatment for a recurring lung infection — a remnant of the health problems brought about during his imprisonment on Robben Island during apartheid. As local and international media crews and well wishers ...

Strong growth, dearth of talent make oil engineers hard to buy

6 Dec 2013

* Amec (Other OTC: AMCBF - news) and Petrofac (Berlin: P2F.BE - news) both linked with takeover target LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Strong growth projections combined with a dearth of talent in the oil and gas sector are making oil services engineering firms tricky takeover targets for bigger cash-rich rivals, investor and banking sources said. In the last weeks, British media have reported that UK ...