<div>Targeting the age group of 18-28 years, News Republic, a mobile media aggregator firm, launched its operation in India on Thursday (7 May). The News Republic app curates 50,000 articles a day including news stories, photographs, and videos from over 1,000 trusted global media sources, say the company’s website.</div><div> </div><div>News Republic has two free news apps: News Republic, which focuses on global news and Appy Geek that concentrates on technology. Both apps have fully licensed articles, photos and videos from over 1,100 leading news organisations around the world. The company launched both the apps for the Indian market.</div><div> </div><div>News Republic has forged collaboration with mobile manufacturing brand HTC for an in-built app. It also has collaboration with 29 Indian publishing news agencies.</div><div> </div><div>“We are in the era of where information is treated as power and wealth. So we need to help the audience to get the simplest and accurate information. News Republic will enable you to choose the best. It simplifies your area of interst and topic," said Shafi Saxena, Chief Brand Officer, News Republic. </div><div> </div><div>News Republic, at present, has no plans to collaborate with any Indian telecom major.</div><div> </div><div>India has the biggest newspaper market in the world. India's unique visitors to online news and information sites grew 45 per cent from 31 million in 2011 to 45 million in 2015 and mobile internet users will number over 200 million by June. Mobile, with 24X7 access to content, will transform the media landscape.</div><div> </div><div>"We are passionate about news beacause it is the connective tissue for humanity. Those who read better know better and do better. It is our mission to spark global conversations about issues that matter. And, no global conversation is complete without India", said Saxena. </div><div> </div><div>In India, Radhika Shukla, India Country director, will spearhead the company operations. She will widen and deepen the content and forge OEM partnerships to enrich user experience and help bring Indian media perspectives to News Republic's gobal audience. News Republic publishes 13 editions in 6 languages globally. </div><div> </div>
