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Former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar takes oath as RS member

Former chief executive of Prasar Bharati and TMC leader Jawhar Sircar on Wednesday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha. He was elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament earlier this week. Sircar took oath in Bengali and was greeted by thumping of desk by fellow MPs. He signed the members' register and then greeted Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu with folded hands. Naidu too responded to his greetings. Sircar also greeted other leaders in the House. He was elected to Rajya Sabha on a seat left vacant after TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP before the recent West Bengal assembly elections. Sircar, who was nominated to the Upper House by TMC, spent nearly 42 years in public service and is known as a vocal critic of the BJP government at the Centre.

Prasar Bharati has invited EoI for establishing international channel: Govt

Prasar Bharati has invited expression of interest towards consultancy service for providing a detailed project report on establishment of an international channel

Launching a 'Desi' BBC: Is there global appetite for India's point of view?

The UK has BBC World, France has France 24 and TV5 Monde Asie, Germany has DW TV, China has multilingual global CCTV, CGTN and CNC World, Russia has Russia Today in English and Spanish, Japan has NHK-

Prasar Bharati digital channels grow 100% in 2020, Pak second biggest user

Digital channels of Prasar Bharati have registered more than 100 per cent growth in 2020, with Pakistan being the second highest digital audience for Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR)

Prasar Bharati ends PTI subscription, invites proposal from other agencies

Prasar Bharati has ended its subscription of news agency Press Trust of India and will now invite fresh proposals from other domestic news agencies, sources said

Over 160 mn watched live telecast of Ram temple event: Prasar Bharati CEO

In a highly-anticipated event, PM Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation of the Ram temple in Ayodhya

Govt tells PTI to pay Rs 84.48 crore for 'breaches' in its office premise

Urban Affairs Ministry's department warns PTI may have to pay an additional 10 per cent interest if it fails to furnish the amount within deadline.

Protect press freedom

A crucial pillar of the Indian republic should not be weakened

Prasar Bharti warns PTI it's 'reviewing relationship'

Sources say a "strong letter" is being sent to PTI just ahead of its Board meeting on Saturday where the public broadcaster expressed "deep displeasure on anti national reporting by PTI"

Who'll watch it? Prasar Bharati CEO recalls reactions before Ramayan re-run

Ramayan's four episodes a day format was based on the assumption of a 15-day lockdown

Google expands partnership with Prasar Bharati for live, archival content

Google will also work towards digitising content from over two decades from All India Radio and Doordarshan on Google Arts and Culture and host digital archives of Prasar Bharti in over 12 languages

Released Rs 2.08 bn for salaries from reserves, says Prasar Bharati CEO

Prasar Bharati CEO S S Vempati tonight clarified that Rs 208 crore released by the public broadcaster towards staff salaries on February 28, 2018 were from its reserves. Earlier in the day, he had tweeted: "Noticed reports in sections of media on non-disbursal of salaries to DD & AIR staff. Rs 208 cr towards salaries were released on the 28th Feb 2018. Attempts to create panic malafide. PB (Prasar Bharati) has so far received Rs 1989 crores from MIB (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) as grants-in-aid for salaries during FY2017-18." The tweet had not mentioned that the money towards salaries was released from the Prasar Bharati's reserves. But hours later, he put out another tweet which read: "Rs 208 crores were released by @prasarbharati towards salaries for on 28th February 2018 from IEBR reserves." Vempati's remarks came two days after news website 'The Wire' quoted Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash as saying that the public broadcaster had to pay staff salary for .

Why Prasar Bharati is in the midst of a crisis

No point in spending public money if it cannot run independently

Prasar Bharti defies I&B ministry diktat, says won't hire 'costly' journos

Board said ministry has been pressurising them to hire the two journalists but problem is compensation they have asked for in the range of Rs 750,000 to 10 mn

I&B Ministry, Prasar Bharati in tussle over appointment of director

Government wants to make exception to rules to appoint a bureaucrat for one term

Rajeev Singh to take charge as interim CEO of Prasar Bharati

The previous CEO Jawhar Sircar had quit in October last year

Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar offers to resign prematurely

Sircar was appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO in 2012.

Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar offers to quit

Prasar Bharati Chief executive Officer Jawhar Sircar is expected to stay on till the auction of DD slots, sources said

Prasar Bharati plans digital brand to tell India story to global audience

Believes global broadcasting majors like Al Jazeera, Russia Today and NPR of the US have formidable presence online