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MUMBAI:
Doordarshan has started airing
Sanskrit news bulletins from Thursday.
The five minute news capsule, started on World Sanskrit Day
on 22 August, is being aired at 10 am daily. This brings the
public broadcaster on par with its sibling All India Radio,
which has been airing early morning Sanskrit news bulletins
for the last 35 years. The weekly Sanskrit news magazine on
DD, telecast every Sunday, is however, being withdrawn, according
to media reports.
The
idea is to revive the classic Indian language which is on
the verge of being wiped out, according to official sources.
Authorities estimate an approximate 15,000 persons in the
country are currently conversant in Sanskrit and will be
able to avail of the news bulletins. Prasar Bharati has
the unenviable task of recruiting professional to read out
the bulletins and may have to tap AIR newsreaders, as there
is a lack of newscasters, proficient in Sanskrit.
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