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National Press Day - 16 November
November 17 , 2017
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- National Press Day is celebrated across the country on 16 November. The day is symbolic of a free and responsible press in India.
- It is the day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog.
- It ensures whether the press maintains the high standards and also that it was not fettered by the influence or threats of any extraneous factors.
- The Press Council of India was first constituted on 4 July 1966 as an autonomous, statutory, quasi-judicial body established under press council Act 1978.
- It started functioning from 16 November 1966 with Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.
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