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Jethalal most favourite character on Hindi GECs
MUMBAI: Jethalal, the lead character of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, has become the most favourite fiction character.
As per the seventh edition of Ormax Media’s Characters India Loves (CIL), Jethalal, played by Gujarati actor Dilip Joshi, is the first male character to top the charts since the study’s inception in August 2009.
Jethalal’s share has seen a consistent growth from 1.5 per cent in the first track to 9.8 per cent in the seventh track.
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the top rated show of Hindi general entertainment channel Sab.
Suhaana (Sasural Genda Phool, Star Plus) moves down to the No. 2 position in this track. Archana (Pavitra Rishta, Zee TV), Pratigya (Pratigya, Star Plus) and Anandi (Balika Vadhu, Colors) are at No. 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
This seventh track of the study was conducted during April this year. The interviews were conducted among 3,477 respondents in six cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Lucknow, Indore and Jalandhar, among 15-44 males and females, in SEC ABC.
The report lists the top fiction and non-fiction characters across gender, age, SEC and market segments. Further, a section of the report illustrates reasons for likeability of the top characters.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
