{"id":131837,"date":"2026-11-03T13:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131837"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:05:09","slug":"asia-pacific-broadcasting-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asia-pacific-broadcasting-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union: Prasar Bharati Wins Two Honours at ABU Prizes 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prasar Bharati has received two major recognitions at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Prizes 2026, held in Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established<\/span><b> in 1964.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dedicated to advancing broadcasting and media cooperation across the Asia-Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It connects <\/span><b>around 224 organisations across 66 countries,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reaching audiences across half the globe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a central platform where members share content, exchange ideas, and collectively navigate the challenges shaping the future of media.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Participants: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">224 members in 66 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Governance of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>General Assembly<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the supreme body of the ABU and, subject to the provisions of the Statutes, has all the powers necessary to achieve the objectives of the ABU.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises all the <\/span><b>Full, Additional Full, and Associate members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Union.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Administrative Council<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ABU\u2019s \u201cboard of directors\u201d is called the Administrative Council.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of <\/span><b>18 of its Full and Additional Full members,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who are elected by the members at the annual General Assembly for a <\/span><b>three-year term.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The council <\/span><b>meets twice-yearly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to decide on policy matters, review the Union\u2019s finances and consider current issues facing the Union.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/prasar-bharati-bags-two-abu-honours-showcases-waves-ott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prasar Bharati received two honours at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Akashvani Bengaluru earned a special commendation for its public service programme, while engineer Nongmaithem Nandakumar Singh won the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11318],"class_list":["post-131837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-asia-pacific-broadcasting-union","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131837"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131852,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131837\/revisions\/131852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}