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Zee Kannada News Achievers Awards 2025: Honouring Karnataka’s visionaries
MUMBAI: Karnataka’s finest achievers are set to take the spotlight as Zee Kannada News presents the Zee Kannada News Achievers Awards 2025 on 8 February. This grand celebration will shine a light on visionaries, changemakers, and trailblazers whose relentless dedication is driving Karnataka’s progress across industries.
With the overwhelming success of Yuvarathna and Veera Kannadiga, this prestigious event returns bigger and bolder, uniting distinguished personalities, industry leaders, and public servants for an evening of recognition and inspiration.
Leading the charge at this prestigious ceremony will be Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah as the chief guest. Joining him are former CM Sadananda Gowda; Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswamiji; Deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar; and Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy. The event will also feature celebrated icons from entertainment and social spheres, including Priyanka Upendra, Dhruva Sarja, Lakshmi Govindaraju, Poornima Ramkumar, Divyashree, Madhumala SN, and singer Bobby.
Beyond a glittering affair, the Zee Kannada News Achievers Awards serve as a powerful platform to honour game changers and emerging leaders shaping the future of Karnataka. The awards will highlight contributions across multiple categories, with a special focus on public service & welfare, covering education, MSME, women empowerment, infrastructure, health, and agriculture.
By celebrating these champions of change, Zee Kannada News reaffirms its commitment to empowering those who make a difference. More than just a trophy, these awards embody a movement—fueling aspirations, fostering innovation, and driving collective progress. The platform stands as a beacon of inspiration for future generations, encouraging them to dream bigger and achieve more.
Zee Kannada News invites business leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and citizens to witness and celebrate Karnataka’s finest achievers. Tune in on 8 February to experience a night of honour, impact, and inspiration!
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
