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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicDTH service

Topic: DTH service

‘Isko laga dala toh life jingalala’ — how ‘premium’ Tata Sky made its way to Indian homes

Tata Sky revolutionised the television industry in India and the jingle 'Isko laga dala toh life jingalala' became an instant hit.

India pioneered TV education, but smartphone classes during Covid let down its poor students

Trauma faced by students for being able to afford smartphones and laptops for online classes could have been avoided if the govt implemented the DTH scheme.

For mysterious reasons, Smriti Irani had put DD’s cash cow in the freezer. It’s back now

The service, which is especially popular in rural India, lost almost Rs 70 crore in revenue due to Irani’s August 2017 decision.

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India’s $360 billion stock rout raises stakes for Modi govt’s Union Budget 2026

Will the govt increase defense spending & speed up share sales in state-run companies to bolster revenues after last year's income tax cuts, reductions in consumption levies?

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.