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CNBC-TV18 revamps weekend programming
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 is revamping its weekend programming with three market-focused shows on the weekend, led by Udayan Mukherjee.
Markets Next Week, a future focused weekly markets show, will involve India’s leading analysts and market commentators discussing past trends.
Portfolio will throw light on portfolio management strategies, investing in new asset classes and ensuring good risk-return investing scenarios. The weekend show Classroom will focus on understanding and evaluating the markets, fundamental analysis and trading strategies, especially from a new investor perspective.
It is launching a weekend show Business With Pleasure, which will feature India Inc’s most well known business leaders as they unwind and relax with their favourite hobbies, interspersed with their unique leadership insights, corporate mantras and vision.
TV18 business media director Ajay Chacko said, “Our interaction with users further validated our belief that business audiences, especially market participants and corporate executives, are continually interested in relevant news and analysis, irrespective of it being a weekday or weekend. It is a misnomer to assume that weekend programming must restrict itself to only light hearted non-core offerings. Considering the growing interest in markets, we have definitive shows in the weekend markets band, that shall review and spot future trends in market movements as well as provide valuable advice on investing strategies for both early and mature investors.”
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Parikshit Luthra exits CNBC-TV18 after 20-year run
Former bureau chief to take brief pause before next role
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Parikshit Luthra has signed off from CNBC-TV18, marking 28 February 2026 as his final day and closing nearly two decades with Network18 Media & Investments Limited, including eight years at the business news channel.
During his tenure, Luthra interviewed prominent business leaders and Union ministers, reporting on economic policy, corporate strategy, the automobile sector and financial markets. His coverage spanned key inflection points in India’s economic narrative.
He also led new programming formats such as Newscentre, Global Eye and Global Lens, shows that examined politics and foreign policy through an economic prism, reflecting the channel’s push towards globally linked business reporting.
In a LinkedIn post, Luthra said his final weeks were spent covering the Union Budget, the India AI Summit, India’s trade agreements with the US and EU, and the group’s flagship Rising Bharat Summit 2026. He added that he continued anchoring until his last day and briefly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his closing assignments.
Luthra joined CNBC-TV18 in June 2018 as assistant editor, later rising to senior editor and chief of bureau, a position he held for over two years. Before that, he worked with Republic TV and CNN-News18.
He said he plans to take a short break before embarking on his next professional chapter.
