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News State Uttarakhand concludes ’21 Ka Uttarakhand’ conclave
Mumbai: ’21 Ka Uttarakhand,’ a conclave specially carved to discuss the development of the state, witnessed the most desirable lineup of participants that News State Uttarakhand is known for in its events including the heavyweights from the top political parties. The format was a strategic and was considered a mix of top personalities being grilled in one-on-one sessions by the top News State anchors.
While the political giants took critical remarks on one another, sessions with leaders such as of the chief minister of the state, Rajya Sabha MP and BJP’s national media in-charge, Uttarakhand’s education minister, women’s empowerment and child development minister, BJP state president and Congress state president, saw high-pitched & heated discussions.
The show began with a question-and-answer session with the Rajya Sabha MP, BJP’s national media in-charge and chief spokesperson Anil Baluni. He has emerged as the most powerful voice of Devbhoomi in Delhi. He gave insights about the upcoming projects that will take place for the improvement of the Uttarakhand state.
In a special session of the conclave, education minister Arvind Pandey and women’s empowerment and child development minister Rekha Arya addressed the audience simultaneously.
As the Uttarakhand assembly elections are close and will held early next year, there was a lot of political clashes at the event. A heated debate between the BJP state president Madan Kaushik and Congress state president Ganesh Godiyal took place on many serious issues.
The final session conducted by renowned TV journalist & the face of the network Deepak Chaurasia with chief minister of the state Pushkar Singh Dhami was surely the highlight of the event.
The News State Uttarakhand Conclave was successful in every way as the public was able to closely understand the changes happening with respect to the economic, social, business, and political spheres in Uttarakhand.
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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:Â 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.
