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Radaan to make Hindi soaps too
NEW DELHI: Radaan Mediaworks is gearing up for a host of new production initiatives, including a mystery-based one-hour weekly thriller serial Sivam Deva Ragasyam, scheduled to go on air on Sun TV from June onwards.
Confirming the development, the Chennai-based production house’s chief executive officer and director B S Radhakrishnan said that Radaan is also working on plans to produce Hindi soaps apart from game shows in regional languages and a mega soap in Kannada and two soap operas in Telugu for Gemini TV.
Radaan, which currently produces more than 10 shows for channels in India and abroad, will also focus on telefilms, cross-over films and feature films this year.
Apart from southern regional languages, Radaan recently forayed into Gujarati programming with Kanku Pagla, a Gujarati soap for ETV.
Radaan, which picked up a 49 per cent equity stake in Talent Factory, a production arm part of the Colombo-based $250 million Maharaja Group’s media outfit, is also getting ready to launch a new soap opera in Sinhalese soon.
Apart from Colombo, Radaan set up an office in Malaysia to create content and has already produced big budget shows. The company had also tied up with Astro Vanavil, a leading channel in Malaysia, to broadcast Chithi and Annamalai for the Tamil community.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 to spotlight India’s global rise
PM Modi keynotes two-day event on 27–28 February in New Delhi with ministers, diplomats and icons.
MUMBAI: India’s rise isn’t just making headlines, it’s headlining its own summit, and this time the guest list reads like a global power playlist. News18 Network will host the Rising Bharat Summit 2026, a high-powered thought-leadership forum anchored around the theme “Spotlighting Bharat’s Rise: Driven by Strength Within.” The two-day event kicks off on 27 February 2026 at 10:00 AM in New Delhi, bringing together policymakers, diplomats, business leaders, strategists, innovators, and cultural icons for conversations that aim to define India’s confident, self-assured role on the world stage.
Prime minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address, setting the tone for discussions on economic momentum, geopolitical positioning, and long-term aspirations for the decade ahead.
The ministerial lineup includes Piyush Goyal (Commerce and Industry), Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & IT), Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (Communications & Development of North Eastern Region), and Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta.
Global diplomacy and strategic voices feature former Singapore foreign minister George Yeo, ex-UK Chief of defence staff general Sir Nick Carter, former US commerce secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, and ambassadors from Norway (May-Elin Stener), Germany (Philipp Ackermann), and Sweden (Jan Thesleff).
Industry, innovation, and economic perspectives come from veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems Founder & CEO Dr Vishal Sikka, and Deeptech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
Defence, technology, and thought leadership include Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar, Apple expert Patrick McGee, military aviation historian Tom Cooper, and defence scholar Adrian Fontanellaz.
Culture, sports, and popular influence bring actor-MP Kangana Ranaut, Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PR Sreejesh, cricketers Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Mithali Raj, plus film stars Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
Broadcast live across News18 Network channels, CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and streaming platforms from 10:00 am on both days, the summit aims to move beyond headlines and shape deeper narratives around policy, leadership, and innovation at a decisive moment for India’s global trajectory.
In a world watching Bharat’s next moves, this gathering isn’t just talk, it’s the opening scene of a story that’s already rewriting the script.
