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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has launched the Akashvani Maitree channel for Bengali listeners and its website.
A
Narendra Modi
B
Arun Jaitley
C
Rajnath Singh
D
Pranab Mukherjee
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Radio Maitree, a live radio program, was launched during the pandemic lockdowns in 2020. The platform was designed to reach out to TCS associates and their families as they tuned in to listen to their favorite songs, share personal stories, and stay involved despite the isolation on account of lockdowns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Listen online to All India Radio Akashvani Maitree 594 MW in Kolkata (West Bengal) in quality 96 Kbps. Broadcasting was opened in New Delhi (India) in 2011.

Detailed explanation-3: -Listen to AIR Bangla Live broadcast from West Bengal online via Radio India Live | www.radioindialive.com.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS) was renamed All India Radio, Rabindranath Tagore rechristened it as Akashvani, the voice that comes over from the skies, through a poem penned for the inauguration of Calcutta’s shortwave service. ‘Akashvani’ was also used in the context of radio by M. V.

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