Doordarshan to live telecast India-Africa Forum Summit

Doordarshan to live telecast India-Africa Forum Summit

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NEW DELHI: Doordarshan will telecast live the main summit of the third edition of the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) on 29 October on all its three national channels.  

 

The Summit (IAFS) is scheduled from 26 to 29 October at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex in New Delhi and Doordarshan is the host broadcaster for the event.

 

IAFS is a celebration of the close-knit partnership between India and Africa. The four day long event started with senior officials meeting and will be followed by a Foreign Minister’s Meeting and Prime Minister’s bilateral meeting.

 

The Opening Session will be telecast live on 29 October on DD National, DD India and DD News channels from IGSC. The session will commence at 8.50 am and will tentatively end by 11.30 am.

 

The closing ceremony of the Summit on the same day will be held at 4.30 pm at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex and will be telecast live on DD National, DD India and DD News channels.

 

Doordarshan will deploy a special team of programme personnel and technical crew for the coverage. All other Doordarshan Kendras will also telecast the event as Network transmission and would join DDK Delhi.