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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
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Topic: TRPs

No ‘significant impact’ of BARC data blackout as TV channels say ads not linked to ratings

Industry experts say BARC’s suspension of ratings didn’t impact the channels’ revenues as advertisers look at total viewership volumes released by BARC and also use previous data.

Avoid drama & sensation, good news is also news, I&B Minister tells budding journalists

Prakash Javadekar tells new IIMC students not to chase TRPs, highlights Modi govt’s achievements as an example of good news that should also be published.

Modi govt sets up panel to review guidelines on TV rating agencies amid ‘fake TRP’ row

The four-member committee will be headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, and will have to submit its recommendations within two months.

Maharashtra govt vs CBI — the law and politics behind clash & why it is not about TRPs

In episode 599 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the reasons behind Maharashtra govt withdrawing 'general consent' from the CBI to probe cases in the state.

Delhi-based adman behind CBI’s TRP case has ‘worked with UP parties, including BJP in 2017’

Kamal Sharma claims unknown persons committed cheating, forgery & breach of trust, based on info he collected from friends in advertising & ‘open sources’.

TV channels went from being investigator, judge to ‘accused’, ‘victim’. And news returned

Could it be that Indian news channels realised that their SSR trials had no proof to back allegations? Or did the Modi govt send them an off-the-record message?

CBI will now need approval from Maharashtra govt to probe cases in state

Maharashtra govt has withdrawn the ‘general consent’ accorded to CBI in 1989 to probe cases in the state.

CBI files fresh FIR on ‘TRP rigging’ after advertiser seeks probe into TV rating agency BARC

The FIR is based on a complaint by advertiser Kamal Sharma who has accused unknown persons of manipulating TRP ratings.

BARC ‘highly disappointed’ with Republic, says network misrepresented its private email

BARC issued a statement Sunday saying it is ‘dismayed at misrepresentation of its communication by Republic’, and that it has not commented on the investigation.

‘Ease of doing business’ in UP and Bihar’s next shot at ‘Achhe Din’

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On Camera

What would it take for a European reset to succeed?

Insulted and bullied by Donald Trump, European leaders are asking where they go from here. The right choice isn’t to kneel or fight back, but to disengage.

India & EU announce “mother of all trade deals”. This is why it matters

Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.