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BBC News Punjabi

Native name	BBC News ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Type of site	Online newspaper
Available in	Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
Parent	BBC World Service
URL	www.bbc.com/punjabi
IPv6 support	No
Launched	2 October 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-02)

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. The service is on websites and social networking sites. The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.

Coverage area

Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia. According to BBC's official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.

See also

• List of Punjabi media
• List of Punjabi-language television channels

External links

• BBC Punjabi (Gurmukhi) website
• BBC News Punjabi on YouTube

References

1. "BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu". SEENIT. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
2. Service, Tribune News. "BBC launches its Punjabi service". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. "BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site". Sikh24.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. ^ "BBC launches new Indian services". 2 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
5. "BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017". MediaNama. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
6. "BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages". dawn.com. Reuters. 17 November 2016.
7. "At 50 million audience, India BBC's top overseas market". The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
8. "Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?". Alt News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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