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MUMBAI: TV18-owned ETV News Network has formally launched a news channel called News18 Assam/NE targeting a viewership of 60 million people in Northeast India.
The channel, officially inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a glittering function on 24 June in Assam’s capital Guwahati, airs bulletins in Assamese and English.
The launch ceremony was graced by Union Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Drinking Water & Sanitation Minister Ramkripal Yadav,Union Tourism & Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma,among other dignitaries.
ETV News Network head Jagdish Chandra was also present on the occasion.
“The press being the fourth pillar of democracy has to remain as a watchdog and be sensitive to what’s happening around,” Sonowal said in his speech,adding that the media should project human values and dig out the truth.
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