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National Community Radio Awards 2014 presented

-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting) Shri Bimal Julka, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting presented the 3rd National Community Radio Awards here today. The list of awardees is as under. i) Most Creative /Innovative Programme Content Awards 1) Yerlavani Community Radio, run by Yerala Projects Society, Sangli, Maharashtra, for its programme, "Changes in cropping and agricultural practices as per environmental change" 2) Community Radio JU, Run by Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West...

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Community Radio helps them beat boredom-Renuka Phadnis

-The Hindu     Content available in five languages from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mangalore: Nalini Kotekar, a resident of village Kotekar, 18 km from Mangalore, rolls beedis for a living. To break the drudgery of her work, she listens to the radio but not broadcast from the advertisement-packed radio stations relaying popular cine songs. She becomes nostalgic as speakers discuss issues of yesteryear in "Tulu Chavadi", a programme beamed by Sarang, a radio...

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Small and sustainable-Sevanti Ninan

-The Hoot Kutch's first FM radio channel, Saiyere Jo Radio, begun by a women's collective, costs Rs 25000 a month to run, transmission costs included. SEVANTI NINAN visits the Bimsar radio station.   Sitaben Rabbari is in some ways the mainstay of Saiyere Jo Radio. The radio station which puts out this transmission is located in a tiny building given by her on rent, next to where she lives. She is the...

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Koraput tribals listen to Dhimsa Radio-Rakhi Ghosh

-The Hoot Koraput's Community Radio Dhimsa has become the voice of tribals to convey their messages to the administration Tribals of Koraput, a district in Odisha, may not be able to deliver their complaints and grievances directly to the administration but with the help of Community Radio jockeys like Julie, Sahadev, Bhakta and Udai, they are definitely heard. Koraput, about 500 kms from Bhubaneswar, may not have many modern facilities, but the tribals...

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Torch bearers for millet seed security-JBS Umanadh

-Deccan Herald The National Biodiversity Authority has recognised 30 villages in Zaheerabad of Medak district of Andhra Pradesh that grow traditional and fast-disappearing millets as Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site (ABHS). The Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board (APSBB), which finally gave green signal for the rare recognition, has sent its recommendation to the National Biodiversity Board, which has approved the proposal making these villages to become first villages in India...

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