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NRS 2005: ‘Jagran’ topples ‘Bhaskar’ to claim top slot
MUMBAI: Dainik Jagran with a readership of 21.12 million has toppled Dainik Bhaskar to be the most read newspaper in the country, according to the National Readership Study (NRS) 2005. Dainik Bhaskar has a readership of 17.37 million, followed by Eenadu (11.34 million).
Hindustan, Amar Ujala, Daily Thanti, Lokmat, Rajasthan Patrika, Times of India and Anand Bazar Patrika were the others that figured in the Top 10 list.
Dainik Jagran had an urban readership of 10.46 million, followed by Dainik Bhaskar (9.70 million). Third in line was Times of India with a readership of 7.29 million. Amar Ujala, Daily Thanti, Lokmat, Gujarat Samachar, Anand Bazar Patrika, Hindustan and Eenadu were the others who joined the Top 10 list.
A noteworthy point here is that Dainik Jagran, which is ruling the roost at present, has benefited from the drastically changing environment in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand where the literacy rate has grown the most when compared to the other parts of the country. Almost 2.7 million people in urban UP and 8.4 million people in rural UP can read and understand Hindi.
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.
