National news in Indian TV channels

August 28, 2010 by Prakash Dhawan · Leave a Comment
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National news in Indian TV channels

Indian news has suddenly become the hot cake in the world panorama. It is competing for attention with news from other regions of the world. Popular Indian national news is telecast from different TV channels. All the major TV channels have included at least one national news channel in its pocket. Launching a satellite channel is a big headache and news gathering is a tough task. In spite of all these hassle the all the electronic channels in India struggle hard to gather all the important Indian news be it national or local. These news channels have changed the concept of Indian news. They have changed the format of National news. By 1990’s Doordarshan had monopoly over Indian national news. But now the private channels have taken over Doordarshan. In India these private channels make wide coverage of Indian news.

The main feature of all the Today’s national news bulletins is their high quality visuals, god editing, topicality and objectivity also. Thus Indian news has travelled a long way right from DD age to that of Times Now and NDTV. From local to national all Indian news is brought under the purview of these channels. In fact television in India has undergone significant changes in present era of globalization. To understand the metamorphosis, one needs to have a look of the path covered by the channels so far. It was in 1959 that Akashwani Bhavan in New Delhi was chosen for one hour news program on health, education, citizen’s right and traffic sense. It was in 1972 that DD channel was launched. The aim of this channel was promoting the national integration. Indian viewers enjoyed the colored version of the Asian Games and with this new trend in Indian news; the news started spreading in every nook and corner of India.

Indian government left no stone unturned to expand the National news broadcasting geographically and demographically. In 1983 only 29 percent of the Indian population had an access to the television channel. It got doubled in 1985. By the end of 1990 national news could reach at leach 90 percent of the Indian population. In 1984 DD Metro was launched. Its main purpose was to telecast entertaining programs to the urban viewers. It was confined to metropolitan cities only. In 1988 The NDTV launched a program called world this week. It was a national news based program but it tried to cover international news to a great extent. It was telecast on every Friday. It had a very big commercial

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National Bank of Ukraine sells our $65 m on interbank market

January 21, 2009 by Prakash Dhawan · 2 Comments
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National Bank of Ukraine sold $65 million on the interbank forex market on January 20 at UAH 7.90 per U.S. dollar, whereas sales on January 19 amounted to about $111 million at the rate of UAH 7.98 per U.S. dollar, an NBU official said. The NBU is helping the market return to a market rate of less than UAH 8 per U.S. dollar,” said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU’s governor. Today, the NBU sold $65 million: the average weighted rate on transactions with the U.S. dollar is expected at a level no more than UAH 7.95 per U.S. dollar.

He said the average weighted forex rate on all operations with the U.S. dollar on the interbank market on January 20 was UAH 7.93 per U.S. dollar, and the overall amount of trade in dollars on Tuesday was $241 million, whereas on Monday it was $205 million. He also noted that the NBU had not used yet International Monetary Fund assets to make forex interventions aimed at propping up the hryvnia. I believe that the current talks with an IMF mission (the arrival of the IMF mission to Kyiv was put off from January 20 until January 21 for technical reasons) will be a success. The central bank feels confident, as our forex reserves are in a good state. He stressed the need for an immediate review of the 2009 budget, as it “cannot stand any criticism of the macroeconomic indicators.

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