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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicDoordarshan News

Topic: Doordarshan News

Love, heartbreak & Gitanjali Aiyar – AIR show ‘Forces Request’ still strikes a chord

Yashna Kumar -
The former Doordarshan presenter, who recently passed, was co-host in the radio programme much before she became a famous Doordarshan news presenter.

‘Maa Tujhe Salam’ — Congress now dedicates slogan to Indira, after using it for Sonia in May

ThePrint Team -
Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

‘Thank you PM Modi’: Govt’s flagship schemes get publicity on DD amid Covid-19 crisis

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Govt official says both All India Radio and Doordarshan are keeping people informed about Covid-19 developments.

How DD & AIR are helping bust fake news around COVID-19 and creating awareness

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
AIR has been broadcasting programmes with doctors, while informative COVID-19 videos have been set as default on DD Free Dish channels.

How AIR & Doordarshan beat EC’s model code to air PM Modi’s A-SAT speech

Sanya Dhingra -
Modi govt went to YouTube with the A-SAT speech and AIR & Doordarshan only borrowed the feed, apparently circumventing the model code.

‘Pressured’ Prasar Bharati board doesn’t clear editors suggested by I&B ministry

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The board of Prasar Bharati refused to clear four directives from the ministry on various grounds.  

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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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