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Sudhir Chaudhary’s ‘Black and White’ gets highest concurrent views on YouTube
Mumbai: Aaj Tak’s Black and White, hosted by Sudhir Chaudhary, has been ranked as the number one show in the 9 p.m. band ever since it started rolling. The show has been witnessing the highest concurrent views on YouTube.
The show has held attention ever since it started in July 2022. It has been breaking all records for the past two months on the 9 p.m. prime time band on YouTube, making Aaj Tak rank number one every day on the digital platform YouTube and leaving the competitors behind by a considerable margin.
Aaj Tak has been marking an average of 74.3K daily live concurrent users (weekdays, 9-10 p.m.) on YouTube Live in the period from 19 July to 31 October 2022, where Aaj Tak has nearly twice the total live concurrent users.
Sudhir Chaudhary’s show on Aaj Tak caters to the audience’s news requirement with every topic, making it ‘Black and White,’ logical, retaining the true essence of the story, and specially curated for a deeper insight.
Aaj Tak’s Black and White show with Sudhir Chaudhary has covered sensitive updates around various topics through in-depth analysis of national and international news. Uncovering well-researched data and underlying facts, Chaudhary also presented the Hijab Row with deep research. Black and White also covered the Russian-Ukraine war, enhancing the audience’s insights into the topics and providing a window to think through facts and data.
Followed by crucial topics of national interest like the NIA PFI Issue, Congress president elections, and an RSS story on the controversy surrounding the film AdiPurush, including an exclusive interview of the director and writer.
With their social campaign “Mera Swabhimaan,” which highlights the lives of blue-collar employees and the issues they face, the host aims to initiate a revolution that talks about the basic human code of conduct and establishes a place of pride in society for the hardworking daily wage earners.
Chaudhary’s Black and White has successfully emerged as one of the most promising prime-time shows. Taking over prime time with the most concurrent live views on YouTube and continuing the dominance in news space.
Gaming
Bluestone FY26 revenue rises to Rs 2,436 crore, turns profitable
Q4 profit at Rs 31 crore, full-year profit at Rs 13 crore vs loss last year.
MUMBAI: From sparkle to numbers, Bluestone seems to be polishing more than just jewellery this year. Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyle Limited reported a sharp turnaround in FY26, with revenue from operations rising to Rs 2,436 crore (Rs 24,364 million), up from Rs 1,770 crore (Rs 17,700 million) in FY25. The company posted a full-year profit of Rs 13 crore (Rs 131.79 million), a significant recovery from a loss of Rs 222 crore (Rs 2,218 million) a year ago.
Total income for the year stood at Rs 2,486 crore (Rs 24,860 million), compared to Rs 1,830 crore (Rs 18,300 million) in the previous year, reflecting both topline growth and improved operational momentum.
The March quarter, however, told a more nuanced story. Revenue from operations came in at Rs 681 crore (Rs 6,814 million), down from Rs 748 crore (Rs 7,486 million) in the year-ago period, though higher than Rs 461 crore (Rs 4,613 million) in the preceding December quarter. Net profit for Q4 stood at Rs 31 crore (Rs 311.81 million), compared to Rs 68 crore (Rs 688 million) a year earlier, but a clear reversal from a loss of Rs 51 crore (Rs 512 million) in Q3.
Margins were shaped by higher input costs, with raw material consumption rising to Rs 2,204 crore (Rs 22,043 million) for the full year, alongside employee benefit expenses of Rs 282 crore (Rs 2,824 million) and finance costs of Rs 210 crore (Rs 2,104 million). Other expenses came in at Rs 371 crore (Rs 3,715 million), slightly lower than Rs 393 crore (Rs 3,938 million) in FY25.
On the balance sheet front, total assets expanded to Rs 4,961 crore (Rs 49,610 million) as of March 31, 2026, from Rs 3,532 crore (Rs 35,322 million) a year earlier, driven largely by a surge in inventories to Rs 2,672 crore (Rs 26,718 million). Equity also strengthened to Rs 1,803 crore (Rs 18,030 million), nearly doubling from Rs 911 crore (Rs 9,107 million).
Cash flows reflected the cost of growth. Net cash used in operating activities stood at Rs 199 crore (Rs 1,990 million), while investing activities saw an outflow of Rs 239 crore (Rs 2,392 million). Financing activities, however, generated Rs 497 crore (Rs 4,971 million), helping the company end the year with cash and cash equivalents of Rs 108 crore (Rs 1,075 million), up from Rs 49 crore (Rs 487 million).
Earnings per share for FY26 came in at Rs 1.10, a sharp improvement from a negative Rs 79.74 in FY25, underlining the shift from losses to profitability.
With revenue scaling up, costs still glittering on the higher side, and profitability finally back in the black, BlueStone’s FY26 performance suggests a business mid-transition less about shine alone, and more about sustaining it.
