News Broadcasting
ET Now joins hands with NSE for new show ‘Nivesh India’
MUMBAI: News broadcaster ET Now has partnered with India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) to simplify the stock exchange for its viewers through a new show titled Nivesh India. The idea behind the new show is to create a 12 city outreach programme that sheds light on equity investment to passive and novice investors.
Times Network MD and CEO MK Anand said, “We, in India, are culturally and financially still caught in an agrarian mindset. Most of our wealth still goes into real estate and gold and stays locked yielding less than inflationary returns. What is needed is a mindset change which is a communication job and education task, a mission that a media group of our stature is most suited to do. ET Now will take on the daunting task of clarifying and simplifying stock market to Indian investors. Under SEBI’s guidance and with NSE as our partner, we are certain that what we are starting here will snowball into the largest invest tor education drive in the world.”
Under chief editor of financial markets, Nikunj Dalmia, NSE and ET Now will travel to 12 cities namely Bangalore, Indore, Jaipur, Cochin, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Surat, Vizag, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Siliguri – and speak to close to 1000 people across 19 on-ground forums and educate them to invest in equity markets and showcase how beneficial it is for their future. The show will also reveal success stories of investors from each of these cities, who will talk to people and clarify their doubts and remove their apprehensions on investing in equity markets.
SEBI chairman MK Sinha, who flagged off the event at NSE said, “I want to compliment NSE and ET Now for jointly working out this strategy on investor relations. Such initiative can reach out to millions of people across the country.”
The entire initiative right from its launch to culmination will be integrated editorially into content where anchors will talk about and promote it on air urging viewers to be a part of the programme in every city.
The idea is to educate and encourage non-investors to invest in equity through the SIP and ETF route and be a part of the Indian growth story.
NSE MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna said, “As part of NSE LIFE (Learning Initiatives for Financial Empowerment), our tie ups spread to five state boards, the CBSE board and 17 universities etc across India. Nivesh India, in partnership with ET Now, is another step in that direction. Something unique about this programme is that we have tried to reach tier 2 and tier 3 cities this time.”
She added that such initiatives help resolve doubts and questions that an ordinary person has about capital markets.
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
