AIR news SMS service adds four languages

22 October 2014 · News

The News Service Division of India’s public broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) has launched free SMS news headlines in four more Indian languages.

The service is now also being offered in Gujarati, Assamese, Tamil and Malayalam on pilot basis.

The Free AIR News SMS service was launched in English last year and has 400,000 subscribers.

Last month, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar launched it in five Indian languages – Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Dogri and Nepali.

The service aims to provide important news to subscribers in their preferred language on their mobile phones.

To avail the service, one can register at .

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