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Published on: September 26 2021
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· 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.
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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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