New Delhi, August 14: This Independence Day, viewers will be able to watch the full parade and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech live on Doordarshan's Youtube channel, and the link to this feed will be made available on Google Search -- both mobile phones and desktop, when users search for ‘India Independence Day’. Independence Day 2019 Flag Hoisting Rules of India: How to Unfurl the Tricolour or the Tiranga on August 15.

According to an article on Mint, this is part of Google's long term collaboration with Prasar Bharti, to bring events of national importance like Republic Day, Election Day in front of the global audience.

Shashi Shekhar, CEO, Prasar Bharati tweeted saying, "Excited that DD National's coverage of Independence Day Speech of Hon’ble PMO India from Red Fort will be carried prominently by Google on its Search Page making it digitally accessible to audiences across the world."

Check Shekhar's tweet below:

Google will further work towards digitising decades-old content from All India Radio and Doordarshan on Google Arts and Culture and host digital archives of Prasar Bharati in over 12 Indian languages on YouTube. The aim is to promote the rich library of Prasar Bharti content and events of national importance to the internet audience.

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