Mumbai: After the success of ‘Sabki Sehat Sabse Zaroori’ campaign, which aimed to transform the healthcare system of the two states, News 18 Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh is all set to launch another initiative with the intent to put light on one of the major issues of the two states i.e., encroachment on roads and pavements.
The problem of illegal encroachment on roads and pavements has become a major issue that is often neglected, leaving the people of the state in peril. All the big and small cities have fallen prey to illegal encroachment leading to several other problems for commuters including immense traffic congestion, accidents and even loss of life. As the problem keeps on growing and is overlooked as a general trend, there is a need to take on this issue and devise solutions through which the problem of encroachment can be reduced, making roads and pavements safer for commuters and pedestrians.
News18 Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh with its month-long initiative ‘Sadak Mein Saindhmari’ will identify major constituencies of the two states where encroachment is a big problem and crackdown on illegal encroachments.
The campaign will consist of stories, special shows as well as interviews with the concerned leaders and other important members of the local administration. It will also include shop owners and retailers in a constructive dialogue to identify solutions for same.
Mumbai: FAB Market, India’s first B2B e-commerce marketplace for syndicated audio content, is elated to announce the one-year anniversary of “Love You Zindagi” and its unique partnership with Radio Zindagi.
Radio Zindagi is America’s number one South Asian radio network, present in the USA, Canada, and South America. Fever FM established a partnership with Radio Zindagi Network a year ago, beginning with a newly launched breakfast show called “Love You Zindagi.”
The show is specially developed and created to provide an entertaining and engaging segment exclusively for the popular South Asian diaspora in the United States, Canada, and South America. It is an exclusive doubleheader Bollywood-themed breakfast drive time show hosted by Fever FM’s rockstars RJ Manasa and RJ Yash.
“Love You Zindagi has been one of our bestselling shows for a year now and attracts maximum listenership. We hope it can continue this outstanding performance in the future as well,” Radio Zindagi founder Sunil Hali.
The show is an unconventional and fun take on life for the thriving South Asian community and is streamed live from Fever FM’s studio in India to Radio Zindagi’s frequencies in the East Coast (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Toronto between 8 and 11 am EST), Midwest (Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and Austin between 7 a.m and 10 a.m) and Northern California-San Francisco-San Jose DMA
It is for the ‘desi’ fellows who crave and miss some ‘Indian-ness’ in their lives. This show has not only united the South Asian community abroad but has also opened up ventures in the international market. In an age, where people yearn for togetherness and a great start to their mornings, “Love You Zindagi” has been more than successful.
“Our alliance with Radio Zindagi has been nothing short of a dream run. It has opened up various new avenues and synergies for both parties to explore. A lot more content and advertisement opportunities coming your way, stay tuned,” said HT Media Ltd and Next Mediaworks Ltd CEO – Radio and Entertainment Ramesh Menon.
Along with content syndication, this partnership also boasts of an exclusive ad-alliance with the Radio Zindagi Network. This ad-alliance gives the Indian brands and advertisers an opportunity to connect directly with the South Asian and international community and establish their presence in the USA.
“Love You Zindagi” goes live every weekday on Radio Zindagi’s frequencies WBWD 540 AM in New York, New Jersey & Connecticut; 96.7 FM Central-South New Jersey from Edison, WXMC 1310 AM in Central-North New Jersey and 92.3 FM HD2 in Northern California (San Francisco-San Jose). It is streamed across Toronto, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Chicago, Houston, Dallas & Austin.
Mumbai: World is One News’ (WION) executive editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay has been felicitated with the prestigious TV Anchor of the Year award at the IAA Leadership Awards 2021 held on 24 September at Taj Lands End, Bandra West, Mumbai. Upadhyay who has contributed 20 years to the field of journalism and has been with WION for four years, currently hosts the primetime news programme “Gravitas.”
The India chapter of the International Advertising Association established the IAA Leadership Awards to honour individuals in the fields of marketing, advertising, and media, who have made enormous professional contributions and delivered business success to their companies.
“I would like to thank the IAA committee for conferring this award. Special mention goes out to my team who toil hard to get factually correct information on which we base our reports,” said Upadhyay. “It is always our endeavour to arm the viewers with information that creates awareness about the world, and so it shall continue to be.”
India’s first global news channel WION has more than 35 bureaus across global cities and expanding its footprint in 190 countries across Africa, Europe, Russia, USA, South America, APAC region, and MENA region and is currently accessed across four billion connected devices globally. Transforming the age-old pattern of western narratives on world issues, WION has been instrumental in becoming the voice of a new India bringing the Indian perspective to the global news stage.
“I am extremely happy that one of our finest journalist Palki Sharma Upadhyay is getting recognised for her hard work and dedication to the craft,” said Zee Media CEO – cluster 1 Sudhir Chowdhary. “Palki Sharma is an integral part of why WION has been doing exceptionally well for the past couple of Years. I hope this is a sign of more achievements in the coming years. I would like to wish her a hearty congratulations from my side.”
WION is India’s digital-first international news channel has become the world’s number one English news channel on YouTube. In an overwhelming feat recently, the news channel has topped the chart on Youtube views surpassing the other established news channels like BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, NDTV, Republic, and Times Now which are much older brands. WION who has just celebrated its five years of existence continues to excel in international news reporting.
Mumbai: The potential for digital & social media in India is unmatched, from the perspective of creators, platforms, engines as well as the audience. To address India’s Social Media Powerhouse, Republic Media Network hosted the first edition of the ‘Social Media Summit.’ The event will be telecast on the channel this weekend.
The event brought together the best minds from different digital and social media avenues, from big-tech to Indian unicorns, from social media stakeholders to voices from the government – onto a single platform.
The summit kick-started with an off-the-cuff one-one session with Facebook India managing director Ajit Mohan and Republic Media Network editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in a freewheeling conversation about regulation, accountability, and how platforms need to comply with the law of the land under the theme “Bringing the World Closer.”
“Over the last six months to a year, there has been an incredible amount of conversation about social media, its regulations & responsibility. These conversations are not in isolation but linked to the fact that internet penetration, usage, accessibility has grown dramatically over the last decade,” said Goswami. “When we conceived the idea of Social Media Summit, it was to ensure that we take two steps back away from our roles as stakeholders & users, and look at it as something in which the future of the country is vested in.”
The event had several sessions, which included discussions on the fight against fake news, and social media market. ‘The Fight Against Fake News’ panel discussed the issue of misinformation and fake news. Moderated by Counselage India, managing partner Suhel Seth, the panel featured author Dr Ratan Sharda, Aarin Capital Partners chairman Mohandas Pai, brand guru Harish Bijoor, senior advocate Gaurav Pachnanda.
The ‘Buck Stops with Platforms’ panel deliberated if there is a need to regulate platforms and discuss whether platforms are above accountability. It featured scientists Anand Ranganathan, Supreme Court advocate and founder Cyber Saathi N S Nappinai, Supreme Court advocate, Digital rights activist Lizzie O’Shea, and senior advisor, ministry of I&B, Kanchan Gupta.
Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar addressed the summit on the impact of the social media influencer phenomena. The Keynote address focused on the potential of change and reach that being an influencer provides and the counterbalancing of this with brand integrations, social responsibility, and being real with the audience under the theme ‘Influencers on Centrestage.’
The ‘The Social Media Market’ panel deliberated on how equipped Digital India is to deal with this energised growth of social media. Moderated by the US immigration attorney Karthikeya, the panel featured Food Darzee co-founder Dr Siddhant Bhargava, magicpin co-founder and CEO Anshoo Sharma, Mullen Lintas chief creative officer Garima Khandelwal, and MYn founder and CEO AS Rajgopal.
The panel ‘Social Media: Bane or Boon’ panel was dedicated to truly understanding the conundrum and possibly finding a solution to the baffling new issue the world faces. Featuring ANI editor Smita Prakash, actor Madhoo, Sinan Aral, Professor David Austin Professor, and Shefali Vaidya. The panel was moderated by defence and strategic analyst Major Gaurav Arya.
The centrality of social media platforms to the creation and distribution of content will be a defining tenet of the Indian media landscape for the foreseeable future. Koo co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna embodied the glorious potential of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit and the aspirations he has with respect to Koo’s future in his Keynote address under the theme ‘Future Social Media.’
The panel on ‘What’s Next for Social Media?’ deliberated on the new and emerging challenges with respect to social media platforms. Moderated by Republic Media Network executive editor-news Niranjan Narayanaswamy, the panel featured Trell CEO Pulkit Agarwal, Dentsu CEO APAC and chairman India, Ashish Bhasin, Verse Innovation co-founder Umang Bedi, and advocate Dr Pawan Duggal.
Mumbai: Embarking a new genre of entertainment for the audience, PTC Network will now make another stellar addition with the new crime thriller show “Jurm Te Jazbaa.”
This is the first crime fiction show on PTC Network which is set to be premiered on 27 September at 9:30 p.m only on PTC Punjabi.
The show will be hosted by famous actor Ronit Roy who is known for his impactful roles in the Hindi heartland and Bollywood. “Jurm Te Jazbaat” will air from Monday to Wednesday in India, Canada, and the USA, with the repeat shows to be telecasted from Tuesday to Thursday at 2 p.m.
Crime shows are a blend of drama, thrill, suspense, and mystery, bringing up the perfect adrenaline rush amongst the viewers. With the evolution in all the spheres of life, there are changes in technology, politics, society, and the economy, resulting in more crimes.
“This exciting thriller shows how extreme emotions can turn ordinary people into criminals. It’s a completely new genre of fiction programming for Punjabi audience,” says PTC Network MD and president Rabindra Narayan.
Through this new Crime show “Jurm Te Jazbaat” the viewers will be informed and educated of the crimes in the modern age, every day the show and new episodes will be making the audiences aware of the patterns and crime tactics, involved by criminals.
PTC Network caters to the need and demands of its viewers, making us all a big family. It is going to be a treat for the ones who love watching crime thrillers while it will be a great awareness against the ongoing crimes as well like identity theft, dating app fraud, money laundering fraud, burglary, pornography, drugs, cybercrime, etc.
PTC Network has continuously worked on viewer preferences of content consumption patterns and the entertainment requirements, the audiences will be ready to welcome the new show.
Mumbai: News18 Network has always been at forefront of highlighting key issues that echo the voice of the common man and engage all the necessary stakeholders to encourage development and progress.
Continuing this commitment to spearheading issues of the common man and bringing it to the notice of the policymakers News18 Lokmat kick-started special campaign ‘Tassibaddal Kshamasv’ (spotlight on bad roads of state).
The campaign is a three-four week-long campaign, which echoes the voice of Maharashtrians by showing the spotlight on the bad roads of the state.
During every monsoon, the roads of the state suffer the maximum damage which includes state highways and roads in the cities and that has been always ignored by authorities.
The echoes of this campaign forced the government to take necessary actions and resulted in roads getting repaired at state highways and in the cities of Maharashtra. The campaign has been applauded by the common Maharashtrians who felt their voices were heard in the corridors of government.
Mumbai: Zee Ganga, a premium GEC channel by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) – which is redefining Bhojpuri content, has announced its journey with a fresh array of never before seen original content for the audience. On Thursday, the channel initiated the launch in Varanasi with one of the biggest Bhojpuri superstars Dinesh Lal Yadav aka Nirahua.
With this launch, Zee Ganga will be the only Bhojpuri GEC in the category that will showcase original fiction and non-fiction shows to the audience of the region.
To establish its top-notch quality, the channel further enhanced the originality and premium quotient of its event by inviting Bhojpuri superstar Pradeep ‘Chintu’ Pandey as the host of this on-ground event that was also graced by the leading protagonists of its fiction shows and channel dignitaries including Zeel cluster head – East Samrat Ghosh, and senior VP – Bhojpuri cluster Amarpreet Singh Saini.
The highly-anticipated launch event kick-started with the Ganga Maha-Arti that set the tone for the proceedings and was followed by a lamp-lighting ceremony by Nirahua, Chintu Pandey, Samrat Ghosh and Amarpreet Singh Saini. That wasn’t all as the highlight of the event witnessed a spectacular performance by superstar Nirahua on the Zee Ganga brand song.
Staying true to their motto ‘Har Pal Aviral’ which is to keep moving forward through challenges and continuously reinvent themselves, the all revamped Zee Ganga is going vocal for local. Aimed at becoming the ultimate family entertainer, the channel is deeply rooted in original Bhojpuri content.
Celebrating the Bhojpuriya spirit with full gusto, the fresh slate of content comprises over 14 hours of originals that include 10 hours of four fictional shows and four hours of one non-fiction show, over 500 titles featuring blockbuster and latest Bhojpuri films, and an impressive lineup of some of the biggest events in the category.
Zeel’s Samrat Ghosh spoke about how they are focused on tapping the growing demand for local content. He said, “There has been a growing demand for vernacular language content for its cultural relevance & its ability to engage with the audiences in their own mother tongue which further helps to build more connect & trust. So, the new mantra has clearly emerged out to be ‘local by local for the local’. So our idea to entertain and engage with our audiences has stem from our deep understanding of our consumers and our passion for telling relatable stories in the Bhojpuri language – ‘Aapan Kissa, Aapan Boli’. These stories are deeply rooted in Bhojpuri culture & ethos and will reflect the unstoppable Bhojpuriya spirit. We are excited to partner Nirahua as our brand ambassador whose ‘Aviral’ personality completely compliments our brand philosophy ‘Har Pal Aviral.’ We are quite excited & happy to see the overwhelming response we have received in Varanasi which will motivate us further to continue with our Aviral journey of telling more relatable stories to our audiences.”
Zee Ganga’s all-new fiction content slate boasts a variety of shows in different genres. There is musical family drama “Shyamtulsi” (7 p.m), the romantic drama, “Mitwa” (7.30 p.m), “Kanya Pradhan,” a socio-cultural family drama (8 p.m), and “Bandhan Tute Na,” a family drama with a supernatural twist (8.30 p.m). The channel also has an exciting reality show to offer titled “Memsaab No 1” (9 p.m). All these shows will be aired Monday to Friday on the channel.
Talking about Zee Ganga and the successful launch event at Varanasi, actor Nirahua said, “There is more to Bhojpuri culture than many are probably aware of, so when Zee Ganga decided to highlight the same, I was more than happy and grateful to join the initiative that focuses on quality content The most important thing for me was the alignment of the brand philosophy with my life’s story- Har Pal Aviral. Unstoppable in spirit no matter what challenges come our way, this is what defines us Bhojpuriyas. The launch today in Varanasi has been a memorable one. I feel a long-term association with the idea and the team who have been working relentlessly to make this a success. The concepts and stories are fresh, new and interesting. I am sure the audience would enjoy watching them.”
On getting Nirahua on board and the idea behind the channel, Amarpreet Singh Saini shared, “We at Zee have always believed in highlighting local flavour and originality. We are thankful to the city of Varanasi for the warm welcome and support they extended. We couldn’t have found any other place ideal to announce the channel launch than the city that truly epitomises the river Ganga and its life-breathing philosophy that inspires every Bhojpuriya and every Indian. If you think of Bihar, Jharkhand and Poorvanchal, people there are strong-willed, have learned and trained themselves to survive amid difficulties, scarcity of resources and limited opportunities and embody the spirit of remaining Aviral, unstoppable just like Ganga. Here, family values are strong and are given importance to. So, to stay authentic, we wanted someone from the region to be a part of this new Zee Ganga journey. And, Nirahua was our first choice. Apart from his acting prowess, his knowledge and how he conducts himself is praiseworthy and inspirational to all in the region. With this partnership and culturally embedded journeys of our fiction shows we are more than confident to find a deep and long-lasting bond with our viewers.”
Mumbai: In the last one and a half years, the Covid-19 pandemic completely shook the whole world, but some people gathered the strength in those bleak times and kept pushing to attain perfection in their respective fields. Zee Hindustan honoured the people who accelerated the country’s economic progress while battling the difficulties during the Corona period through its unique initiative called ‘Udaan: Dare to Dream’.
The event witnessed an extraordinary panel of industrialists and entrepreneurs who spoke about the complications faced during Covid-19, how they kept up their businesses and helped the employees in that difficult phase. Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu had also graced the event.
Industry luminaries such as Maruti Suzuki India executive director Shashank Srivastava; Gujrat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd – Amul managing director Dr RS Sodhi, and Honda Motors India director YS Guleria were part of the first panel discussion. They spoke about growth strategies, how large companies support small businesses and how the government has taken several steps to support MSMEs.
Many other panelists, namely Gaurav Beriwal, Srikant Jhunjhunwala, Nitiz Murdia, Pradeep Aggarwal, Dr Suborno Bose, Subrata Ray, Satvinder Singh Saluja, Ajay Chaudhary, and Ashish Shah were a part of the event as well. They spoke about innovation in business, new opportunities in these times, inspirational entrepreneurs’ stories, and issues about how their respective industries were impacted due to Covid-19.
Zee Hindustan CEO Purushottam Vaishnava, along with managing editor Shamsher Singh, launched the new theme song of Zee Hindustan on this occasion. Vaishnava inaugurated the event saying, “Zee Hindustan is proud to celebrate the people who gave wings to the economy and inspired everyone with their sportsmanship in such difficult times. I salute all the people present today and thank them for the wonderful contribution and keeping the spirits of our country high!”
The programme ended with felicitating those, who overcame their challenges and waved the country’s tricolour high in the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics – Sunder Singh Gurjur, Yogesh Kathunia, Singharaj Adhana, Manoj Sarkar, Harvinder Singh. Along with Dutee Chand, an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the Women’s 100 meters event.
Zee Hindustan CRO Manoj Jagyasi said, “We would like to extend our gratitude towards industry stalwarts like RS Sodhi from Amul, YS Guleria from Honda Motors, and Shashank Shrivastava from Maruti, for being part of the power-packed panels and motivating other entrepreneurs with their inspiring stories. Big thanks to the sponsors for supporting such an initiative which encouraged businesses to do more towards their organisation and society at large. This was indeed one of the largest events put up by any national channel in the recent past! Zee Hindustan always has and always will take up such initiatives which represents the true value of Rastravaad.”
Mumbai: After the stupendous success of the ‘Leaders of Global Bharat’ series that aimed at empowering Indian SMEs hit hard by pandemic-induced lockdowns last year, TV9 Network and SAP India have again joined hands to forge two pioneering initiatives to help homegrown businesses rise and shine in enabling an Atmanirbhar Bharat.
With the objective to engage our business heroes from SMEs in more meaningful pursuits to inspire a whole new generation to take on the mantle of entrepreneurship and also acknowledge their contribution to India’s growth, SAP India and TV9 Network announced the launch of Mentors of Global Bharat series and Dare2Dream Awards 2021.
These two ambitious programmes were announced at Enabling Atmanirbhar Bharat forum, which saw participation from technology thought leaders, eminent policymakers, and business stalwarts.
Stating that TV9 Network is happy to be associated with SAP in this exciting journey, TV9 Network chief growth officer (television & digital), Raktim Das said, “SME sector is indeed the growth locomotive of Indian business & economy. They provide critical depth to the manufacturing and service sectors, foster entrepreneurship, and generate substantial employment. Enabling and empowering them to build an Atmanirbhar Bharat is an imperative.”
“While Mentors of Global Bharat will be a platform where aspiring entrepreneurs will meet business icons and get to learn from their success stories and business best practices; Dare2Dream Awards will look at recognizing business leaders who had the resilience to not only tide over the pandemic induced crisis but also come out stronger by resetting their business models,” added Das.
Commenting on the programme, SAP president of Asia Pacific – Japan Paul Marriott said, “We have seen the unprecedented adverse impact of the pandemic on business and economy – with supply chains being disrupted and demand drying up. There is no playbook or prescription that can guide businesses to emerge from such impact and resurrect themselves rapidly.”
“In the many interactions that we have had with our SME customers, we realised that many entrepreneurs felt the need to interact with mentors who have successfully traversed the same path before. Peer-to-peer learning and recognition of digital-led innovation are both very important in these times and any platform that facilitates these is a step in the right direction,” he added.
On SAP’s constant endeavour to empower homegrown businesses, SAP Indian subcontinent president and MD Kulmeet Bawa said, “Our Global Bharat program was introduced to support MSMEs last year. Taking this program forward, we are today launching these two pioneering initiatives.”
“While the Mentors of Global Bharat programme is designed to help SME entrepreneurs to learn and get inspired by industry leaders and peers who have successfully navigated the new normal, the Dare2Dream Awards series was established to recognize visionaries in the SME sector who have demonstrated innovation and digital mindset and create business impact in adverse times,” Bawa added.
Terming it one of the most required programmes aimed at helping entrepreneurs, SAP India midmarket vice president Subramanian Ananthapadmanabhan said, “Whether one is just starting out or looking to improve their SME’s quality and turnover, it can be hard to know what direction to go next and it’s completely normal. No business owner knows everything at the start. That’s part of the reason why being mentored as a business owner is such a brilliant idea.”
The series was launched in Enabling Atmanirbhar Bharat forum which saw participation from eminent policymakers 15th Finance Commission chairman NK Singh; Noted economist and former chief economic advisor Dr Arvind Virmani, and SIDBI chairman Sivasubramanian Ramann.
Speaking on the role of MSMEs in enabling an Atmanirbhar Bharat, Singh said, “It’s a force multiplier. India’s quest for becoming a $5 tn economy and more rests majorly on the SME sector. The quest for generating gainful employment is also primarily dependent on how we provide a fillip to the small and medium businesses. I regard our homegrown businesses central to India’s quest for increasing productivity and efficiency and also emerge as a leading global player.”
Dr Arvind Virmani said, “We must ensure that there is a level playing for our SMEs. The taxation reforms for new manufacturing enterprises is a welcome step. SMEs are critical to India’s inclusive growth and to ensure that as a country we sustain a growth momentum for the next 30 years. Corporations like SAP will drive productivity to make SMEs successful.”
Mentors of Global Bharat got a shot in the arm with Paramount Cables chairman and CEO Sanjay Aggarwal and Insecticides (India) Ltd managing director Rajesh Aggarwal, who joined as mentors for the initiative. They also lauded the objective behind the mentorship programme.
More industry leaders will be joining as Mentors of Global Bharat in the coming weeks.
Mumbai: News18 Assam-North East has announced the launch of its special campaign titled ‘Rising Sports: Shining Northeast’ to raise awareness about the immense contribution of people of the northeast in the sports arena.
PM Narendra Modi had once mentioned that Manipur was the powerhouse of sporting talents. It is an undeniable fact that the people of the northeast have a long heritage of sports enthusiasm.
Beginning with the legendary Indian footballer Talimeren Ao, who captained the Indian football team against France at the 1948 London Olympics to the present successes of Mary Kom, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, and many more form the long list.
The month-long campaign, which started on 19 September, will showcase the sports champions, discuss their potential, narrate their inspirational stories, their zeal to excel against all odds, and highlight government and private initiatives and landmark decisions that shaped the sporting talents of the region.
The state’s future plans will also be discussed to ensure the northeast leads the way in terms of sporting talent.
