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India tv institutes bravery awards in memory of jyoti Daamini Singh
India TV has instituted a bravery award in the memory of Jyoti Singh, the brave girl who lost her life after fighting the gruesome gang rape in a bus in Delhi but awakened the society on crime against women. Jyoti Singh Bravery Award will be presented at a gala ceremony in New Delhi tomorrow(28th September). The award is part of India TV’s effort to honour the bravehearts of the nation with the first edition of the Officer’s Choice Salaam India Awards.
These honours are a tribute to those who stepped forward altruistically, with determination, foresight and perseverance to face the challenge head on, safeguarding someone else’s interest over their own personal safety/well being.
Ritu Dhawan, MD CEO, India TV observed, “Salaam India Awards celebrate the valour and attempts to inculcate a spirit of courage and humanity among our fellow citizens. These Bravehearts deserve our respect, support and admiration for setting an example for others to follow for a safer cordial India.”
The winners have been decided basis a stringent process, including calling in entries from all over the country, short-listing of entries by a high-power editorial board and final selection of winners by a Grand Jury headed by noted Jurist Ram Jethmalani. The Jury included India TV Chairman Editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma, Indias first Woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi, Retired Army Chief, Gen. V.K. Singh and Retired Chief Election Commissioner Dr. S.Y. Querashi.
Apart from most of the winners and their kin, the event will be attended by a powerful battery of personalities that include Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, MPs, Prominent leaders from the opposition, personalities from Bollywood, Sports, Business and Media.
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
