New Delhi, July 19 -- Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, M.Venkaiah has hailed the media for empowering the people with necessary information, analyses and perspectives about various aspects of the outbreak of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic and partnering with the anxious people in the ongoing fight against the disease. He called media persons on the ground as 'frontline warriors' for their dedicated efforts in presenting the narrative of the pandemic for wider awakening.

In his Facebook post titled "Media: Our Partner in Corona Times" today, Naidu dealt at length with the role of media over the last few months since the virus outbreak and complimented the media and media persons for " for effectively discharging...