United News of India

United News of India ( [http://www.uniindia.com UNI] ) is one of the two primary Indian news agencies.Fact|date=March 2007 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.Fact|date=March 2007 UNI serves roughly 1000 subscribers globally.

UNI became the first Indian news agency to serve subscribers abroad in 1981,Fact|date=March 2007 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.

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.Who|date=July 2007 Other services offered include:

* UNIDARSHAN (TV news and features)
* UNISCAN (News display on TV sets for hotels, and government or corporate clients)
* UNIDirect (Services for executives in government, corporate and other sectors)
* UNI GRAPHICS (Ready-to-use computer-designed graphics)

ee also

* Indian Media
* Press Trust of India

External links

* [http://www.uniindia.com/ Official home page]
* [http://www.univarta.com/ Official homepage in Hindi]