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Governance Now to honour achievers with Visionary Awards 2021
Mumbai : Governance Now, a platform for analysis of public policy and governance from the house of Sri Adhikari Brothers is all set to present Visionary Awards of 2021 in a virtual webinar to be held on 29 January.
The awards will be presented by union minister of law and justice Kiren Rijiju to seven dignitaries, in the following categories.
1. Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment Industry : Actor Anil Kapoor
2. Regulator, Financial Sector : Bombay Stock Exchange MD Ashish Chauhan
3. Best Administrator (Handling Covid-19 Situation)- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Iqbal Chahal
4. Media Personality of the Year- Sony Entertainment Pictures Networks India MD & CEO N P Singh
5. Most Popular Face News (English)- India Today Group consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesai
6. Political Spokesperson of the Year- Shehzad Poonawala
7. Most Popular Face News (Hindi)- Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary
“The Awardees were chosen after rigorous screening by an expert panel after multiple rounds of experts’ meetings,” the organisers said in as statement ahead of the ceremony.
SABGROUP chairman and MD Markand Adhikari said, “Though I have kept myself out from the entire process, our panel of experts have adhered to the best processes and only the best achievers are being felicitated as Governance Now stands for credibility and high standards of journalism.”
The event will be broadcasted live on Zoom, SABGROUP Governance Now Digital platform (www.governancenow.com).
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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.
