The committee has also chosen by a majority decision, former Information and Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, currently serving as an Information Commissioner, as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
There is a vast amount of activity taking place in the country and all over," Jaitley said. He stressed that objective news should never be a casualty.
Broadcasters in such situations will have to restrict themselves to reporting periodic briefing by designated officers, as per the new rule.