News Broadcasting
Rajdeep Sardesai’s quiz show back on India Today TV
MUMBAI: India Today Television has announced the second season of India’s first News Quiz Show – News Wiz. Veteran journalist and an avid quiz buff Rajdeep Sardesai will host the 13-episode show that is set to air every Saturday evening Prime Time starting 26 August (Saturday) on India Today Television. The telecast times are Saturday 8pm and the repeat will be on Sunday at 10 am and 10 pm.
This season is conceptualised by Siddharth Basu’s Tree of Knowledge and Big Synergy.
This second season has doubled the outreach, with more than 500 schools participating along with interactions on digital popular platforms like facebook and twitter! News Wiz reached out to tens of thousands of students across mediums, from all over the country right from city of Srinagar in J&K up to – Kavaratti in Lakshwadeep. Young, bright and effervescent girls & boys of classes IX –XII formed teams, registered & after going through levels of tests, the top teams from across the country will now be vying for the top honors.
High energy ground activations across schools will be under the main theme “If your knowledge is Sound, Make the Noise”. News Wiz is going to the schools with Buzzers in place giving it in totality, a real feel of News Wiz 2017.
Kalli Purie, Group Editorial Director (Broadcast & New Media), India Today Group, said, “Post the huge success of Season 1 of News Wiz, we are excited to announce the launch of another season with greater action and zeal. Young minds of the nation will be encouraged to learn more about news and connect with it on a much larger scale with return of News Wiz 2017.”
Basu said: – “News wiz is not just the first and only news quiz in the country, it’s also at this time the only nationwide inter-school quiz on TV. Over the next quarter, viewers can look forward to keen competition among the best and brightest young minds from schools across the country”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
