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Zee News exposes corruption in Medical Council Of India
New Delhi, 18th October’05 : Zee News, the leading Hindi news channel continues to bring out corrupt individuals of current systems to the public. In an extensive sting operation the Crime Reporter team of Zee News has exposed the corruption prevalent in high places even in the much-regarded ‘Clean’ Institutions like Medical Council of India.
The sting operation was put in action following a tip off about how some corrupt officers in the Medical Council of India (MCI) are bringing it a bad name. The Zee News team had been planning for over 2 months to set the stage for this operation. Armed with hidden cameras and microphones the team went about their mission to capture the modus operandi.
On the guise of setting up a Medical College, the Zee News Team went looking for someone to take the bait. After much searching for the right person, the team finally met up with Dr. K K Arora, a Deputy Secretary at MCI. The initial meeting with Dr. K K Arora was the first step that opened up a can of worms.
Dr. K K Arora got the team introduced to his partner in crime A. S Nayar, Deputy Secretary and Head of Fraud Cell at MCI. As things took shape, the duo made a deal with Zee News team to give out two confidential FIR files of two medical institutes held by MCI for Twenty Lakh Rupees. The officials went a step ahead to offer their other packages. As per the officials a student who had done his MBBS from Russia could get registered through them to start a practice in India for Rs. 5 lakhs. Assuring Zee News team of their clout in the business, the officials hinted of their nexus with Health Ministry.
With the officials caught on camera accepting bribe and the airing of the sting operation on Zee News for the first time on 14/10/2005 in a special programme, ‘Maut Ki Ghoos’, things got rolling. An executive committee meeting of MCI was held today on the issue, which has appointed a 2 member committee to look into the issue, also the two deputy secretaries involved in the matter are suspended with immediate effect. The executive committee has also refereed the matter to CBI for through investigations and in view of claims made by Dr. K K Arora about his links with the Health Ministry the Prime Minister’s office has been informed of the issue, for necessary actions.
Zee News sting operation generated wide public response and appreciation with numerous phone calls and sms messages received, condemning the corrupt officers of MCI and advocating a strict legal action against the guilty.
About Zee News
Zee News, the news and current affairs channel of the Zee group, has taken giant strides ever since its inception in 1992. Reaching millions of viewers in five continents, the channel revolutionized the way news was brought home to the viewers and absorbed by them.
Zee News is a pioneer not just because it was the first private broadcaster news in South Asia but also because it created history in 1999 when it became the first 24 hours news channel of the country.
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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.
