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India Today Group announces key management changes
New Delhi: There's management changes aplenty afoot at the Aroon Purie promoted India Today group. Long serving senior executives have been given promotions.
The group's listed company TV Today Network's chief operating officer Rahul Shaw has been elevated as CEO of the TV and radio business. A 10 year veteran of the group, he has held various positions in different verticals that India Today is present in.
Salil Kumar, who has been with the group for over a decade, has also been given a legup by being redesignated as CEO of its digital business. Kumar, who was COO, digital, has been with the organisation for over a decade.
14 year old vet KR Arora has been named as chief operating officer for distribution and international.
Another senior professional, Dinesh Bhatia , who was the group CFO has been named group CEO for the whole group.
Manoj Sharma will be the CEO for LMI. He was last serving as chief operating officer – publishing for India Today Group. He has spent over 10 years at the group.
Yatendra Tyagi will be the chief financial officer for TV Today Network.
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India Today vice chairman Kalli Purie announced these changes to the group today. “All will continue to work in close coordination with group roles on legal, compliance, financial, people, and technology matters. I have been on the job regularly with Dinesh, Rahul, Manoj, and Salil during these difficult times and feel that each is highly capable. Various necessary approvals are being initiated towards effecting these changes. Congratulations!," she said in an internal email circulated throughout the organisation. "Over the next several days I will be hosting pop-up Diwali celebrations with small groups. I hope to meet many of you, alas at a distance, so as to ensure that we are able to celebrate together in spite of the restrictions.”
Purie also stated that India Today would be going in for regular appraisals of its employees.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 spotlights India’s global ascent
PM Modi keynotes two-day event with ministers, diplomats and icons in New Delhi.
MUMBAI: India didn’t just host a summit, it threw a coming-out party for a nation ready to own the global stage. The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2026, held on 27–28 February in New Delhi, emerged as a high-octane platform for ideas, vision and strategic dialogue, uniting national leadership, global policymakers, industry titans, defence strategists and cultural icons under the theme “Strength Within”.
Prime minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a keynote that framed India’s resurgence as a reclaiming of lost potential built over generations. “In previous industrial revolutions, India and the Global South were merely followers,” he said. “But in the era of Artificial Intelligence, India is a partner in decisions and shaping them.” He highlighted the country’s thriving AI startup ecosystem and the recent AI Impact Summit attended by over 100 nations.
Union minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce & Industry) stressed India’s readiness to scale exports and deepen manufacturing, while Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT) positioned technology and infrastructure as twin engines of growth, especially in AI and digital trust. Jyotiraditya Scindia (Communications & North East Development) revealed India’s ambition to lead in 6G through the Bharat 6G Alliance and partnerships with over 30 countries.
Global voices added depth: former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo called India’s development “self-sustaining” and strategically vital; ex-UK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter asserted India deserves a seat at the great powers’ table; and former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined ambassadors from Norway, Germany and Sweden in discussions on geopolitical realignment, sustainability and defence preparedness.
Other speakers included veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems founder Dr Vishal Sikka, DeepTech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati, defence experts Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Ambekar, Patrick McGee, Tom Cooper and Adrian Fontanellaz, plus cultural and sporting icons Kangana Ranaut, Saina Nehwal, PR Sreejesh, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mithali Raj, Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
The summit was supported by Jio Financial Services (Presenting Partner), Phonepe and DS Group (Co-Presenting Partners), Pernod Ricard India and Kia Seltos (Powered By & Driven By), state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand (State Partners), and associate partners including NSE, M3M Foundation and Reliance Industries.
Broadcast live across News18 Network, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, the event reinforced India’s image as a confident democracy and emerging global power proving that when strength comes from within, the world can’t help but watch.
