Daily Current Affairs / I&B Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurates "High Power Transmitter" at one of the world's highest radio stations in Kargil
Category : National Published on: September 26 2021
· Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur inaugurated high energy transmitters at one of the highest radio stations on the planet at Hambtingla in Kargil Ladakh.
· The Minister inaugurated All India Radio FM radio station and two 10kW high power transmitters of Doordarshan at an altitude of 13,300 feet at Hambtingla in Batalik, Kargil.
· Anurag Thakur informed that thirty thousand models of DD Free Dish with 130 channels will be distributed completely free of cost to the people of border villages.
Important facts
About All India Radio
v All India Radio (AIR), officially known as Akashvani (literally meaning "Voice from the Sky") since 1957, is the national public radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati.
v Founder: Government of India
v Founded: 1936, Delhi
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