NEW DELHI: General elections in India generated considerable media interest all over the world.
More than 200 leading media personnel from various countries have descended to the capital. The interest has been all the more among the electronic media.
Almost all major television networks from the United States, Britain, Japan, Scandanavian countries, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria are here to cover the elections.
All the teams are here with their costly equipment and have been given customs import facilities.
Already there are about 112 foreign media persons based in India and several establishments have strengthened their bureau in the country.
There has been an influx of media personnel from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Most of foreign journalists fanned out to key constituencies in their quest for news and pictures. The complaint they has was the.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 1, 1989
