Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private
India
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n news agency. It was founded in 1986 by
Indian American
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publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed. In December 2023,
Adani group
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, known for its close ties with the ruling
BJP, and congress acquired majority stake in the agency making it a subsidiary to Adani's AMG Media Networks.
The IANS main offices are located in
Noida
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,
Uttar Pradesh
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. The service reports news, views and analysis from the
subcontinent
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about the country, across a wide range of subjects, to subscribers via the Internet.
While IANS is primarily known as a wire service in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
and
Hindi
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, it also has a publishing division that currently produces newspapers and periodicals for other clients in the media industry. IANS also operates a mobile news service.
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External links
Official Website
News agencies based in India
Mass media companies established in 1986
Adani Group
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