A screenshot of the UNI website on December 15, 2011 |
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| Type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | 21st March, 1961 |
| Language | English, Hindi, Urdu |
| Official website | www.uniindia.com |
United News of India (UNI) is one of the two primary Indian news agencies. It works in collaboration with several foreign news agencies and partners, including Reuters and DPA.
UNI began its operations on March 21, 1961, though it was registered as a company in 1959. Its head office is located in New Delhi. It employs approximately 325 journalists around India and 250 "stringers" covering news events in other parts of the world, with correspondents in Washington, London, Dubai, Islamabad, Dhaka, Colombo, Kathmandu, Singapore and Sydney. UNI serves roughly 1000 subscribers globally. United News of India is the first News Agency to place its Stringer in remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
UNI has collaboration agreements with several foreign news agencies, including Reuters and DPA , whose stories are distributed to media organizations in India. They also have news exchange agreements with Xinhua of China, UNB of Bangladesh, Gulf News Agency of Bahrain, WAM of the United Arab Emirates, KUNA of Kuwait News Agency, ONA of Oman and QNA of Qatar.
UNI became the first Indian news agency to serve subscribers abroad in 1981, selling its wire service directly to newspapers in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in Singapore through satellite channels. Its services are currently available in three languages: English, Hindi and Urdu. The Hindi language service, "UNIVARTA", was launched on May 1, 1982, while the Urdu service began in June, 1992.
Today, UNI serves more than 1000 subscribers in more than 100 locations in India and abroad. They include newspapers, radio and television networks, web sites , government offices and private and public sector corporations.
UNI became the first Indian news agency to serve subscribers abroad and earn foreign exchange for the country by selling its wire service directly to newspapers in the gulf States and in Singapore through satellite channels.
UNI is said to be the first news agency in India to launch a Finance service, a Stock Exchange service and a National Photo service. Other services offered include:
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