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We bring the world to you. India's largest news agency, Press Trust of India is a non-profit sharing cooperative owned by the country's newspapers. PTI subscribers include 450 newspapers in India and scores abroad. All major TV/Radio channels in india and several abroad, including BBC in London, receive the PTI Service.
With a staff of over 1,600 including 400 journalists, PTI has over 100 bureaus across the country and foreign correspondents in major cities of the world including Beijing. Cairo, Dhaka, Islamabad, Kathmandu, London, Moscow, New York and Washington. In addition, about 300 stringers contribute to the news file at home while 35 part-time correspondents bring news from the rest of the world. The news services are provided at speeds of upto 1,200 bits per second (about 1400 words per minute) by satellite, data channels and ticker lines." |
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