Mumbai, Jan 21 (Reporter) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday urged the media to avoid sensationalising the news saying that media should report an incident after checking its objectivity. Addressing a function of distribution of the Best Journalism awards for the year 2023 and 2024 given on behalf of the Ministry and Legislature Correspondents Association by his hand, he recalled that how journalists did fearless journalism in the pre-independence and post-independence periods. "We should try to carry forward their heritage and tradition. Currently, due to the growth of technology, there have been major changes in the media sector as well," he noted. "Now electronic media, digital platforms and social media have changed the form of media. Today news is not limited to newspapers only. News reaches within seconds on mobile, social media. The speed of media has increased exponentially," he said. Touching on use of Artificial Intelligence in media, he said that AI was going to have a big impact on this sector while asking journalists to maintain the values ​​of truth, transparency and social commitment. Talking about challenges like media trials, he said that a 'media trial' creates confusion in society and can ruin a person's life, even end one's career. Media should give importance to truth, transparency and ethics, he averred. On various demands of journalists, he said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and him were positive. Pawar said that the state government is committed to solving the problems of media workers. A decision in this regard will be taken after studying the Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Journalist Honour Scheme, he added...////...