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AIR kids’ show bags ABU award
NEW DELHI:Sagar-O- Papuni , a musical play produced by All India Radio, Bhavanipatna in Orissa has won this year’s prestigious Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union’s Award for Children’s programme.
The awards were announced at the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, ABU’s 39th General Assembly at Tokyo, which concluded on Friday, according to a Prasar Bharati press release.
Sagar-O- Papuni (The Ocean and the little Papuni), the award winning entry from AIR Bhavanipatna is a 23 minute musical, aimed at teaching children the importance of the five basic elements of Nature – earth, water, air, light and the sky.
The play is set on a beach where little Papuni learns about the importance of the basic elements and the need to protect them from pollution. The gripping narrative in the form of a dialogue between the child and the sea makes the play directed by Ramapada Nanda, an enjoyable listening experience for all, especially for children between 6 and 15, the release adds.
The ABU Prizes, established in 1964 are international contests for radio and television programmes. They aim to promote programmes of a high standard, to raise educational and cultural levels and to strengthen international understanding among the people of the ABU member countries. This year, 19 programmes won the awards in different categories from among 105 entries.
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
