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To meet the increased flow of news about the situation in Sri Lanka and the general election in India, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Tamil service, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamilosai, has launched a 10-day special morning news programme.

The special 15-minute programme will be broadcast from 07.00 Sri Lankan and Indian Standard Times every day until Wednesday 20 May. The programme is broadcast on 19 (15285 kHz) and 16 (17515 kHz) meters on shortwave and is also available via the website bbctamil.com as a special audio folder for diaspora listeners.

Head of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamil, Thirumalai Manivannan, comments: "With events unfolding in Sri Lanka, as well as the general election in India, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamil team feels that it's vital to keep our audiences up to date with latest developments outside our normal daily half-hour broadcasts at 15.45 GMT (21.15 Sri Lankan and Indian Standard Times).

"As we have done in the past, we decided to add this special morning programme to our news output, to ensure our radio and online audiences are kept fully informed about developments which are directly affecting them."

Notes to Editors

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamilosai is one of the 32 language and regional services broadcast by ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service.

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamilosai offers a daily programme of news, current affairs and features broadcast at 15.45-16.15 GMT (21.15-21.45 Indian Standard Time and Sri Lanka time), providing an essential global insight to listeners in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu in India, and across the world. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamilosai is broadcast across Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu in India via shortwave.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s special Tamil-language info-tainment output for India's FM market includes sports, business and showbiz bulletins and is available in Chennai via partner station, Radio One.

Tamil-speakers across the world can access ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Tamil programmes in text and in audio at bbctamil.com.

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