BBC News Punjabi
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Native name | BBC News ਪੰਜਾਬੀ |
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Type of site | Online newspaper |
| Available in | Punjabi (Gurmukhi) |
| Parent | BBC World Service |
| URL | www |
| IPv6 support | No |
| Launched | 2 October 2017 |
BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1][2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4][5]
Coverage area
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Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia.[6][7] According to BBC's official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.[4][8]
See also
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External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu". SEENIT. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "BBC launches its Punjabi service". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site". Sikh24.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b "BBC launches new Indian services". 2 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017". MediaNama. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages". dawn.com. Reuters. 17 November 2016.
- ^ "At 50 million audience, India BBC's top overseas market". The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?". Alt News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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