MUMBAI: Climate Radio returns with our first new programme since November last year. Things are happening so fast in the world of climate change politics and solutions that by next week we may well be revising the name of this series from The Two Degrees Show to The 1.7 Degrees Show or The 0.5 Degrees Show...
This week's programme
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MUMBAI: Baroda's leading FM station, BIG 92.7 FM, has always endeavored to contribute positively to the society by addressing various issues in a timely and effective manner. Exactly a month ago, people across the globe celebrated 'World Environment Day' in several ways. Not wanting to confine the environment friendly initiatives to a single day in a year, BIG FM Baroda has begun a 'Go Green' drive.
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MUMBAI: Rain Rain Go away¦ let the money come our way! Its raining money this monsoon on Radio Mirchi 98.3FM India's hottest radio station. The new sizzling blue eyed boy of Bollywood, Imran Khan, played 'Ek Lakh Ya Chaata Khol Kismat Ka Khaata' mirchi monsoon special contest with Jeeturaaj, on the morning of his movie release.
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MUMBAI: Renowned talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has signed a record-breaking $400 million (Ł200m) eight-year contract to continue to present his talk show on American radio.
According to the New York Times, the new contract with Clear Channel Communications will pay Limbaugh about $38 million a year, apart from a $100 million signing bonus.
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MUMBAI: Nokia has launched the E71 and the slide-to-open E66 dedicated one-touch key models from the company's 'E' series range.
Both E71 and E66 are integrated with 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, FM radio, music player, assisted GPS (A-GPS), 8 GB external memory, 110 MB internal dynamic memory, mobile VPN support and Nokia Maps for navigation.
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MUMBAI: The number of Internet radio listeners has jumped 2.5 million in the UK in only six months, according to industry ratings body Rajar.
Some 14.5 million people have used the web to listen to the radio at least once, up from 12 million in November last year, according to Rajar, says a report in the UK based Telegraph.
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MUMBAI: Sushma Singh, a 1972 batch Jharkhand (then Bihar) cadre IAS officer, has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. She had served as Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region since 2006, and was the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj prior to her latest appointment.
Singh succeeds 1973 batch IAS officer Asha Swarup, who has left to take charge of her new assignment in her home cadre as the chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh.
Singh retires from service in May 2009.
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MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM Kolkata station head Pralay Bakshi has launched what he claims is India's first online music release Ek Kaagaz', in collaboration with San Francisco based singer Devika.
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