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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.

Cabinet allows issuing DTH service licenses for 20 years, opens up 100% FDI in sector

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the change in guidelines would also allow 100% FDI in the DTH sector, which was earlier limited to just 49%.

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

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.