Television Current Affairs, GK & News
GoI forms Committee to review Television Rating System
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is to set up a committee to review the existing guidelines of Television Rating Agencies. The committee has been formed with four members under the chairmanship of CEO of Prasar Bharti Sashi Shekar Vempati. The other three members of the committee include Rajkumar Upadhyaya (Executive Director of C-Dot), Dr ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cable television • Digital television • Direct-to-home television in India • Satellite television • Television • Television stations • TRP
India bans import of refrigerators, Air Conditioners completely
India recently banned the import of refrigerants and air-conditioners completely tightening norms on “non-essential” imports. This has been done to reduce imports from China and tighten local manufacturing. This says that an importer cannot fill in the refrigerant outside India. Thus, he will have to create assembly units using the local work force. This will ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Topics: Air conditioning • Chinese Imports • Directorate General of Foreign Trade • imports • Refrigerants • Television
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput dies
On June 14, 2020, actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment. According to Mumbai police, he had committed suicide Highlights The actor has played lead roles in TV series. He won the best actor award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in 2017 for his movie M S Dhoni: The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Asia Pacific Screen Awards • Entrepreneurship • Indian television industry • Movies • NITI Aayog • Sushant Singh Rajput • Television • Women Empowerment
Doordarshan turns 60
The Public Service Broadcaster of India, Doordarshan celebrated its 60th anniversary on 15th September 2019. Doordarshan: Timeline Doordarshan made his beginnings from the studios of the All India Radio in 1959. It became a service in 1965 when it began beaming signals to reach television sets in living rooms in and around the national capital. ..
Topics: DD National • DD Yadagiri • Doordarshan • Prasar Bharati • Television • Television stations
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organizes 2nd All India Annual Conference of IIS Officers
On 5th August 2019, the 2nd All India Annual Conference of Indian Information Service (IIS) Officers was organized at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi. The Conference was organized with a view to attain greater integration of all Media Units under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in order to further amplify government communication. A ..
Topics: Broadcasting • Doordarshan • Government of India • Indian Information Service • Ministry of Information • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting • Prasar Bharati • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas • Television • Television stations