United News of India

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United News of India (UNI) is one of the two primary Indian news agencies.^{[citation needed]} It works in collaboration with several foreign news agencies and partners, including Reuters and DPA.

UNI began its operations on March 21, 1961, though it was registered as a company in 1959. Its head office is located in New Delhi. It employs approximately 325 journalists around India and 250 "stringers" covering news events in other parts of the world, with correspondents in Washington, London, Dubai, Islamabad, Dhaka, Colombo, Kathmandu, Singapore and Sydney.^{[citation needed]} UNI serves roughly 1000 subscribers globally.

UNI became the first Indian news agency to serve subscribers abroad in 1981,^{[citation needed]} selling its wire service directly to newspapers in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in Singapore through satellite channels. Its services are currently available in three languages: English, Hindi and Urdu. The Hindi language service, "UNIVARTA", was launched on May 1, 1982, while the Urdu service began in June, 1992.

UNI is said to be the first news agency in India to launch a Finance service, a Stock Exchange service and a National Photo service.^[who?] Other services offered include:

UNIDARSHAN (TV news and features)
UNISCAN (News display on TV sets for hotels, and government or corporate clients)
UNIDirect (Services for executives in government, corporate and other sectors)
UNI GRAPHICS (Ready-to-use computer-designed graphics)