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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicPrasar Bharti

Topic: Prasar Bharti

When Robin Hood economics runs up against King John’s fiscal policy & now screaming on ‘Sanskariflix’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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

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

AIR’s Urdu service, popular in both India and Pakistan, truncated to 3 hours from 18

The AIR Urdu service has a wide listener base in both countries, and it also airs programmes to counter propaganda from Pakistan.

Prasar Bharati CEO declines BBC invite, says its Delhi riots coverage was ‘one-sided’  

In a letter, CEO Shashi Vempati says he won’t attend BBC awards night as broadcaster’s coverage of Delhi riots ‘insinuated communal behavior’.

DD and AIR set to launch news channels, digital platform ahead of Lok Sabha elections

From a 24x7 radio news stream to a revamped global English news channel, the Prasar Bharati-run public broadcasters are set for a fresh direction.

Modi govt forms 8 member Lokpal search panel including Prasar Bharti chief A. Surya Prakash

The decision to constitute the search committee comes four years after the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.