By the late 90s, radio news had given way to live TV news, and most of us tuned out, too. However, many of us stayed in touch with Mark Tully through is books on India.
PM Modi and Defence minister Rajnath Singh have said Operation Sindoor is not over yet. AIR is making sure listeners continue to consume patriotic content even in entertainment-heavy time slots.
For millions of Indians, Sayani was the voice of Bollywood and the popular show, ‘Binaca Geetmala’. His trademark greeting, ‘behno aur bhaiyo’ quickly became iconic.
Former employees say govt scrutiny over Doordarshan and All India Radio only intensified over the last ten years after the Prasar Bharati Act 1990 did the opposite of giving the public broadcaster its long sought-after autonomy.
The projection of the idea of Unity in Diversity comes very organically in the process of democratization of multicultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious society.
CEO of Prasar Bharati says contract with Hindusthan Samachar has merely been 'renewed' and all due procedures have been followed. Opposition fears 'saffronisation of news'.
As per govt regulations, only government-run All India Radio can broadcast news on air. Radio broadcasters seek addition of news to their content for an increase in listenership.
Digital radio was first introduced in India in 2007 but 15 years later, only AIR is equipped to use it. A recent report suggests how India could boost the use of DRM technology.
In its heydays, Radio Ceylon had managed to capture all of India’s major vernacular markets, by dividing the day’s programming schedule into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu segments.
The country’s largest Islamist party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has emerged as a strong opposition, winning as many as 68 seats. This is a threat to BNP.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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