Rai has specialized in extensive coverage of India. He has produced more than 18 books, including Raghu Rai’s Delhi, The Sikhs, Calcutta, Khajuraho, Taj Mahal, Tibet in Exile, India, and Mother Teresa. His photo essays have appeared in many of the world’s leading magazines and newspapers including Time, Life, GEO, The New York Times, Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Independent, and the New Yorker.
For Greenpeace, he has completed an in-depth documentary project on the chemical disaster at Bhopal in 1984, and on its ongoing effects on the lives of gas victims. This work resulted in a book and three exhibitions that have been touring Europe, America, India and southeast Asia since 2004, the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Rai hopes that the exhibition can support the many survivors through creating greater awareness, both about the tragedy, and about the victims – many who are still uncompensated – who continue to live in the contaminated environment around Bhopal.
He has served three times on the jury of the World Press Photo and twice on the jury of UNESCO's International Photo Contest.
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Raghu was a great donor. It is said that no one returns from his palace empty-handed.
After crossing the Oxus, Raghu and his army encountered the Kambojas, an ancient Iranian people often mentioned in Indian texts. The Kambojas submitted to Raghu and offered him gifts and treasures. Evidently, the Kambojas dwelt in the vicinity of the Pamirs. Kalidasa describes the preponderance of walnut trees in the Oxus country and indeed, this particular region is still known for the cultivation of walnuts.
Raghu's father Dilipa was a very pious king, and performed as many as 100 yajnas or sacrificial rituals. Until he did so, only Indra, king of the Gods, had earned that distinction. In a bid to prevent Dilipa from equaling his record, Indra placed many hurdles in the path of the successful completion of the 100th sacrifice, but Raghu was able to prevail over the forces of Indra himself, and the sacrifice was completed successfully.
During the early medieval period, Rajasekhara, a Sanskrit poet, in his plays, described his patrons, Gurjar rulers as Raghu-kula-tilaka (Ornament of the race of Raghu), Raghu-gramani (the leader of the Raghu family) and so forth.
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company name | RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. |
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company logo | |
company type | Government-owned corporation |
genre | Italian Public Broadcasting Service |
foundation | 1924 as URI |
founder | Italian Government |
location city | Viale Mazzini 14, Rome| |
location country | Italy |
location | |
revenue | €3210,9 million (2008) |
num employees | 11698 (2008) |
divisions | Rai CorporationRai WaySipraRai TradeRai InternationalRai NetRai OnRai TecheRai EriRai CinemaRai FictionRai EducationalRai VaticanoRai QuirinaleRai SportRai 1Rai 2Rai 3 |
owner | Italian Ministry of Economic Development |
slogan | Rai, di tutti di più |
homepage | rai.it rai.tv |
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RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI is the biggest television company in Italy. It competes with three major private television companies, Mediaset, Telecom Italia Media, and Sky Italia.
Rai operates many television channels and radio stations, broadcasting in analog terrestrial (until 2013), in digital terrestrial and in several satellite and IPTV offerings. RAI is one of the 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950.
Half of RAI's revenues come from the broadcast licence fee, half from advertising. RAI has a relatively high audience share of 42.3%.
Due to their close proximity, Albania, Switzerland, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Vatican City, Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia also receive broadcasts.
In this year the state-controlled holding company IRI became the sole shareholder, and RAI finally began a regular television service. On January 3 at 11:00 CET, the first RAI television announcer announced the daily scheduling from the Milan office and the relay stations in Turin and Rome. At 14:30 started the first regular programme in the Italian television history: Arrivi e partenze, hosted by Armando Pizzo and Mike Bongiorno. The first evening show was a theatre performance, written by Carlo Goldoni: L'osteria della posta. At 23:15 was introduced the last the program of the day: La Domenica Sportiva, a soccer television program.
Parts of the early programming were focused on educational content: during the reconstruction following World War II, programs like Non è mai troppo tardi and Un viaggio al Po made people see what life was like in other parts of Italy, in a time when tourism was out of the reach of the vast majority of the population.
The fact that the Berlusconi-led government pushed for the sale of Mediaset's public service rival caused a very heated debate, with some critics claiming that Mediaset could become the buyer and thus increase its dominant position even further. However, in October 2005 it was announced that the privatisation plan had been suspended, following the revelation that the company would make a loss of €80m ($96m, £54m) during 2006. "RAI's privatisation is de facto suspended", its new director general, Alfredo Meocci, told a parliamentary watchdog committee. On May 18, 2010, Raisat received a major upgrade and re-branded with a new logo and a new name. It and all of the sister channels dropped the sat part from the name and became Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3, Rai 4, Rai 5, Rai Gulp, Rai YoYo, Rai Sport 1, Rai Sport 2, Rai News, Rai Sender Bozen, Rai Storia, Rai Premium, Rai HD, Rai Movie. Visible only on satellite television: Rai Nettuno Sat 1, Rai Med, Yes Italia and Rai Scuola.
Notes: : Second term. : Temporary. : Vice Director-general acting as Director-general.
Free-to-air: | * Rai 1 (partially crypted) | * Rai 2 (partially crypted) | * Rai 3 (without local programmes and partially crypted) | * Rai Nettuno Sat 1: higher education | * Rai News | * Rai Scuola | * Rai Storia | * Rai Med: news and entertainment in Italian language | * [[Camera dei Deputati (TV channel) | * [[Yes Italia: Italian culture channel for foreigners and Italians living abroad |
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Free-to-view on Tivù Sat platform: | * Rai 4: TV series and entertainment | * Rai 5: cultural entertainment | * Rai Movie: movies | * Rai Yoyo: babies | * Rai Premium: tv series | These channels are also available in analog switch-off areas. |
On TV di FASTWEB | * Rai On Cultura | * Rai On Fiction | * Rai On Fiction Live | * Rai On News | * Rai On Ragazzi | * Rai On Spettacolo | * Rai On Sport |
1957–2000 | 2000–2010 | 2010- |
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