The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting launched a special webpage developed by Press Information Bureau on Festival of 70th Independence Day on Wednesday. The webpage was launced by the Union I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. The webpage that can be accessed from PIB’s home page, pib.nic.in is designed as a platform to showcase all the events related to the Festival being celebrated throughout the country.
As to make the Independence Day more dynamic this year, the government has decided to focus more on the freedom fighters and the history of Independence of the country, the webpage showcases hundreds of archival photographs, audio and video clips, write-ups and features on leaders and events related to the freedom struggle.
The webpage will host live webcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day Speech from the Red Fort and will also host other speeches delivered by the Prime Minister at events related to these celebrations.
Prime Minister’s Speech at the launch of the festival at Bhabra in Madhya Pradesh and photographs of the function at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai led by Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday will also be available on the webpage.
The Social Media section of the webpage will show live feeds from Twitter and Facebook.
The Tweets from the PIB Twitter handle having the hashtags #70YearsOfIndependence and #Aazadi70Saal and Facebook posts on the PIB’s Home Page will be updated on the web page in real-time.
Several organisations have contributed to the rich content being showcased on the webpage.
These include All India Radio, Doordarshan, Photo Division, Films Division, Directorate of Public Relations of Ministry of Defence and Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.