{"id":1192,"date":"2011-06-18T07:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2011-06-18T07:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T12:35:34","slug":"lord-patten-bbc-hindi-to-survive-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/lord-patten-bbc-hindi-to-survive-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Patten: BBC Hindi to survive budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: moneycontrol.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Terming the BBC Hindi Service as “very important”, Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, today said the service will survive the major funding cuts that had severely affected its future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: moneycontrol.com) Terming the BBC Hindi Service as “very important”, Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, today said the service will survive the major funding cuts that had severely affected its future. 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