Doordarshan will be launching a weekly news programme in Sanskrit on June 28. It will launch half n hour News Mag in Sanskrit from June 28, Sunday, 12 noon. Coincidently, June 28, World Sanskrit Confernce is being started.

The channel already has a five minute Sanskrit news bulletin — ‘Varta’ — which is telecast at 6.55 pm everyday. However, it was felt that five minutes was not adequate and hence this 30 minutes programme for weekends will be launched.

About Doordarshan

1. Founded: 15th September 1959
2. is autonomous India’s Central Government founded public service broadcaster a division of Prasar Bharati.
3. It is one of India’s largest broadcasting organisations in terms of studio and transmitter infrastructure.
4. Doordarshan operates 21 channels:
   1. Two All India channels DD National and DD News
   2. 11 Regional language Satellite Channels (RLSC)
   3. four State Networks (SN)
   4. an International channel
   5. a Sports Channel DD Sports
   6. two channels Rajya Sabha TV & Lok Sabha TV for live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings.