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Conde Nast Traveller India completes 3 years Celebrates with an issue dedicated to Indias 100 Secrets
MUMBAI : To celebrate its completion of 3 years in India Conde Nast Traveller has come out with an India Special issue that takes readers along a journey of 100 little-known secrets about India. The anniversary issue is a revelation about India’s varied facets and lesser known treasures to discover, including hip hideaways, exclusive experiences and insider tips.
In the past 3 years, Conde Nast Traveller India has become a strong influence on opinions related to travel and tourism. Helmed by Editor Divia Thani Daswani, the magazine offers amazing insights into new and exciting tourist destinations, trends in travel with a view on best travel experiences most suited to an Indian traveller.
Commenting on Conde Nast Traveller India’s anniversary issue, Divia Thani Daswani shared, “It is interesting to note that while affluent Indians are becoming more and more adventurous in terms of heading out to unexplored, foreign destinations, these same affluent travellers are also increasingly passionate about discovering what lies in our own backyard, within India itself. We are fortunate to have plenty of them right here in our country. This issue uncovers 100 best kept secrets of India, but in a country like ours, we could easily have found 500. We’ve put in here the little things that have made all of us excited in the past year. I am sure the readers will enjoy the issue as much I have putting it all together.”
Conde Nast Traveller has unearthed the country to compile the most remarkable travel experiences. Famed author and historian William Dalrymple unravels the legends of the Thar Desert in his story ‘The end of the road’ while Director Homi Adajania decodes the thrill in primordial Arunachal among the untamed Amazonian environment in ‘Our very own Amazon’. A collection of the most iconic photographs of India’s unseen treasures is captured beautifully in ‘Can you believe this is India’. In addition to being an ode to hidden Indian treasures, the Editor shares perspective and potential of travel technology of luxury hotels by the year 2020.
The issue also reports Tara Jain’s adventurous dive into the waters of the South Pacific to swim alongside its enthralling marine life in ‘Where time stands still’ and reveals Actor Sonam Kapoor’s favourite hotels from across the world.
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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.
