Amol Rajan Amol Rajan Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of "The Independent" newspaper from June 2013. When "The Independent" announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". Rajan was born in Calcutta, India; he was three when his family moved to England, and he was raised in Tooting, south London. The son of Hindu parents, he has not believed in any god since the age of 15.
Daily World (Opelousas) Daily World (Opelousas) The Daily World is a Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. The newspaper was the first offset-printed daily newspaper in the world, and remained the sole offset-printed daily newspaper for nine years. Its first edition was published on December 24, 1939. The Opelousas Daily World was founded by John R. Thistlethwaite and Ducote Andrepont. Thistlethwaite later acquired Mr. Andrepont's interest in the operation. Rigby Owen was the managing editor during World War II while John Thistlethwaite was a Marine aviator flying the F4U Corsair, night fighter squadron, in the South Pacific. Thistlethwaite took over editor