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Thursday, February 19, 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Maharashtra govt has withdrawn the ‘general consent’ accorded to CBI in 1989 to probe cases in the state.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’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Asim Munir can’t be seen serving Israel. Trump’s Board of Peace puts Pakistan in tough spot

Islamabad is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea —it can't say no to Trump’s plan to use Pakistani troops in the stabilisation force but it can't agree to commit either.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.