The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983.
NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI
LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English
DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 9 OCTOBER, 1977
PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly
NUMBER OF PAGES: 64
VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XLII. No. 41
BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 16-59
ARTICLE:
1. Jagdamba Devi: A Great Exponent of Madhubani Paintings
2. Shade of the Peepal Tree (short-Story) Telugu Original Veluri Ushasri
3. Police And Observance of The Law
4. Cow Protection
5. Misuse of Party Funds
6. Land Reform Measures
7. New Trends in Adult Education
8. Power Shortage
9. Transistor
10.Protein from Petroleum
11.Physiology of Sleep
AUTHOR:
1. Nishi Sinha
2. M. Arunachalam (Translation)
3. E.L Stracey
4. A. K. Tandon
5. J. D. Singh
6. Chetan Chadha
7. S.C. Dutta
8. Swaminathan S. Aiyar
9. S. Tiruvenkatachati
10. Dr. Upendranath Biswas
11. Madhusudan Ghoshal
KEYWORDS :
1. From of Art, Theme, Simple Tools
2. Sivaravadu,Gauri, Uncle Kapa Mara
3. Use of Force, sttraining, Breach of Law
4. Gram Sanwardhan, National Issue, Ban on Cow-Slaughter
5. Ban on Company Donation,Ceiling on Expenditure, Party Internal Matter
6. Problems of Small Cultivators, Distributing Surplus Land
7. An Enormous Task, Launching Programme, Role of Voluntary Organisations
8. Targets not Achieved, Solutions for Shortage, Low and Fluctuating Voltage
9. Types of Transistors, applications, Integrated Circuits
10. Hydrocarbons Produce yeast, Fermentation and Other Process, Toprina Production
11. Sleep Effects, Sleep Functions, Mechanism of Sleep
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