Mangalore: Karnataka Governor Launches 107.8fm Community Radio at SAC
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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS/SP)
Mangalore, Sep 23: Karnataka Governor, H R Bharadhwaj, launched the Community Radio Sarang 107.8 FM at St Aloysius College (SAC) in the city on Wednesday, September 23, with the inauguration of the radio studio.
After the launching ceremony of Radio Sarang, the Governor, in his Speech on Mass Media and Responsibility said, the media and the judiciary are the major wings of the Indian constitution and therefore these wings should never be allowed to get polluted. Both are the ways of finding out the truth, especially the media goes searching for the truth, whereas the others do not go out. So, the media has got lot of responsibility towards the society and also it needs to be bound by the values held high by our constitution, he stressed.
Comparing the St Aloysius Group of Educational Institutions campus to Oxford and other universities abroad, the Governor said, “I am privileged and happy to be in this campus”. He also wished that Radio Sarang will dedicate itself to the job of serving the society and also to strengthen the value systems of the society.
Union minister for law and justice, M Veerappa Moily, speaking on the theme, ‘Challenges to law in the 21st century in the context of cyber crimes,’ said that the union government is contemplating to enact a law to deal with all the cyber-related crimes. He also said that the students, by gaining knowledge about the cyber crimes, can avoid committing such offences in future. The young generation should be prepared to face all the challenges to effectively deal with such crimes in future, he advised.
The union government is quite abreast of the happenings in the cyber world, including the terrorism angle connected with it. Hence, there is a need and a challenge before us, to stay away and avoid all these offences, he said, adding that in a couple of months, the union government would be coming out with a new law to meet all the challenges of cyber crime.
TV Studio also was inaugurated at the College, along with the inauguration of the radio station. The programme of public lectures, associated with the branch of SIRC of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), followed the radio inaugural.
Bishop of Mangalore Diocese, Fr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, graced the occasion. Home minister of the state, Dr V S Acharya, member of the parliament, Nalin Kumar Kateel, member of legislative assembly, U T Khader, Fr Francis Serrao SJ, president of Karnataka Jesuit Educational Society, Fr Swebert D’ Silva, principal of the college, rector Joseph Rodrigues, , Fr Richard Rego SJ, director of Sarang and Naveen N, chairman of ICAI and the wife of the Governor, Prafulatha Bharadwaj were also present.