About Doordarshan News and DD India (DD News and DD India)
DD News and DD India are two news channels of Prasar Bharati, India’s Public
Service Broadcaster. Both News Channels are operational on a 24×7 basis to
bring to the people of the country and viewers abroad, news and current affairs
programs in Hindi and English languages respectively. These channels have been
successfully discharging their responsibilities by providing balanced, fair,
accurate and authentic news without sensationilism. This practice has resulted in
DD News network becoming the nation’s most trusted news channel as per
various surveys (Reuters Institute 2022, CSDS).

DD News is currently producing news content in Hindi, Sanskrit and Sign
languages. The channel broadcasted over 18 hours of LIVE transmission
including telecast of more than 30 news bulletins in aforesaid languages. The
channel telecast daily current affairs programs and special shows on Sports,
Health, Youth issues, Cinema, Art & Culture, flagships schemes, Ground Reports,
international events etc in addition to regular news bulletins and prime time
shows. The channel also produces and telecasts special DD Conclaves from time
to time on important occasions and during electoral processes in various states
from ground zero.

DD News Network also takes pride in live broadcasting entire Republic day
parade on Kartavya Path every year. Also as a public service broadcaster the
channel has been fulfilling its responsibilities in coverage of constitutional
dignitaries and institutions such as the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of
India, Election commission of India and helping disseminate information to wider
public domestic or abroad regarding their events/activities and programs.
DD India has been started as a News and Current Affairs channel to showcase
Indian story at the global level. The channel migrated to High Definition Platform
in the month of October 2020. The DD India channel has now been recognized by
BARC as an English News Channel and is constantly competing neck and neck
with other top private English News channel. The channel broadcasted live Yoga
events organized from across more than 180 countries on International day of
Yoga 2022 through special program named Guardian Ring.
News Wing of DD News is also producing news content for its sister channels i.e.
DD Urdu and DD Sports.

DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are
broadcasting over 145 news bulletins in more than 22 languages/dialects with a
consolidated more than 50 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes.
RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News and DD India in
Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All States have a Regional News
Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one
in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network,
across the country in all districts covering the entire length and breadth of the
country.

Keeping in line with the recent developments in the field of digital/social media,
DD News/DD India network has been able to establish its strong presence across
digital space through its website and other social media platforms be it Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram or YouTube, catering to millions of followers with authentic
news developments on real time basis. Through its vast presence across social
media platforms DD News/DD India network has been contributing in countering
fake news in digital space by instant dissemination of fact based information
across social media platforms.

DD News Twitter Handles:
https://www.twitter.com/ddnewslive and https://www.twitter.com/ddnewshindi
DD News You Tube: //www.youtube.com/ddnews
DD News Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddnews_official/
DD India Twitter: https://twitter.com/DDIndialive
DD India YouTube: https: and https://www.youtube.com/ddindia
DD India Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddindialive