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Sunday, October 12, 2025
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Topic: Radio

Romeos done, Navy to install indigenous software-defined radio in all its aerial assets

SDR, which has been developed by Navy along with BEL, is already fitted in surface ships. Device helps in carrying out signal processing using radio frequency communication systems.

After near simultaneous ‘pager attacks’, hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonate in Beirut

Hezbollah said Wednesday it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets, the first strike since pager blasts in Lebanon wounded thousands, escalating fears of Middle-east war.

India’s TV, radio industries are sinking. TRAI must address overregulation of legacy media

India’s broadcasting industry remains bottlenecked by price regulation. The decline in TV’s service quality can be fixed if its content is priced like telecom is.

Radio love gurus still rule in the time of Tinder, Bumble. But questions are changing

RJ Rochie Rana is a non-judgemental friend in Mirchi Insta Pyaar. Radio City’s Love Guru speaks to you like an elder brother. They’ve been doling out advice since the early 2000s.

TikTok became ‘new radio’ by giving breakthroughs to artists. But it’s bad for musical diversity

Only some songs hit the sweet spot for TikTok. Its algorithms favour videos featuring challenges, simple choreography and straightforward messages.

Run ‘public interest’ announcements for 1 hr daily or face penalty — Modi govt tells pvt radio

Released on 6 July by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, govt advisory says the announcements will be dictated by the central and state governments.

Radio Ceylon — the Sri Lankan channel India turned to when AIR banned film music in 1952

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.

Juhi Chawla says 5G is not safe, but what do experts say? A fact-check on how the tech works

What is 5G, how does it operate and what are the health concerns, if any? ThePrint answers these FAQ.

Sri Lanka sends goodwill via radio, airs Buddhist chants to bless India’s Covid patients

SLBC, earlier known as Radio Ceylon, began a week-long broadcast of ‘Ratana Sutta’ on 6 May. It’s available on medium wave transmitters & online every evening.

The underground Congress radio during freedom struggle and 22-yr-old woman behind its voice

In an essay in ‘Our Freedoms’, Aanchal Malhotra writes about Usha Mehta and the Congress Radio set up in 1942 to counter the British-controlled AIR.

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China has left Germany behind in in automotive sector

China is weaponising its control of the automotive industry, especially as the industry undergoes a tectonic shift toward electric vehicles.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.