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  • The election-focused digital channel

    India Today launches ‘ChunavAajTak’

    By Our Staff

     

    India Today Group has officially launched its exclusive election-centric digital channel ‘ChunavAajTak’ given five state elections coming up, followed by the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

     

    Said Kalli Purie, Vice-Chairperson, India Today Group, stated during the launch of ‘Chunav AajTak: “In India, politics is one of the most captivating subjects for people, and elections are at the heart of politics. I am delighted that the India Today Group will now comprehensively cover all aspects of elections digitally, delivering viewers all the necessary information, news, and analysis related to elections.”

     

  • Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson, India Today Group, met Gautam Anand, Managing Director of APAC – YouTube, in Singapore to commemorate the special achievement

    AajTak crosss 50 mn subscribers on YouTube

    By Our Staff

     

    AajTak has becomes the first news YouTube channel in the world to cross 50 million subscribers, notes a communique, adding: “This record milestone comes just three years after crossing 10 million subscribers in 2019.”

     

    Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson, India Today Group, met Gautam Anand, Managing Director of APAC – YouTube, in Singapore to commemorate the special achievement.

     

    “Thank you so much, YouTube! This is just amazing. The team is already planning its way to 100 million so YouTube had better start designing the next button,” Purie, adding: “Trust has always been the foundation for audience engagement at AajTak. It’s no different with our YouTube channel, but on a much wider scale with hundreds of videos getting uploaded every day. We place equal emphasis on having new audiences discover our channel while ensuring loyal viewers revisit, and invest in figuring out what works on YouTube – whether this is a nuanced understanding of thumbnails or producing hero content frequently.”

     

    “Constant experimentation with new formats like Shorts and investment into our Community page has really paid off, and consistently breaking stories has helped create a very loyal fanbase,” explained Purie. “Events like the Presidential Elections of 2022, Solar Eclipse and the Cricket World Cup just kept encouraging us to do better and better.”

     

  • The literature fest will showcase conversations with celebrities, singers, lyricists, writers, columnists and other personalities with insights on real-life anecdotes and challenges arising out of the coronavirus crisis

    Aaj Tak hosts 3-day literary summit starting today

    By A Correspondent

     

    Given the response received by the recent digital versions of ‘Agenda AajTak’, an e-version of ‘Sahitya AajTak’ from starts today until May 24. The literature fest will showcase conversations with celebrities, singers, lyricists, writers, columnists and other personalities with insights on real-life anecdotes and challenges arising out of the coronavirus crisis. e-Sahitya AajTak will have over 28 speakers over 25 sessions spread over three days.

     

    Some of the attractions of the event include Anup Jalota, Javed Akhtar, Hans Raj Hans, Surendra Sharma, Prasoon Joshi, Amish Tripathi, Ashok Vajpeyi, Swanand Kirkire, Chitra Mudgal, Manoj Muntashir, Javed Ali, Ashok Chakradhar, Asghar Wajahat, Piyush Mishra, Maithili Thakur, ChetanBhagat, Neeraj Pandey, Manoj Tiwari, Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), B Praak, Saloni Gaur, Cheshta Saxena plus the popular starcast from Ramayana and Mahabharata.

     

  • Political bigwigs like Amit Shah, Sharad Pawar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitin Gadkari, etc to participate

    Stage set for 8th edition of Agenda AajTak

    By A Correspondent

     

    AajTak is back with the eighth edition of its thought leadership summit ‘Agenda AajTak’. The two-day conclave will be held in New Delhi on December 16 and 17, 2019.

     

    The event will see political bigwigs like Amit Shah, Sharad Pawar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Prakash Javadekar, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Asaduddin Owaisi among others sharing their views on national and developmental issues. Among the notable film stars, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Kajol and Ayushmann Khurrana will liven up the sessions with their witty anecdotes on real and reel life. Sporting greats such as Mary Kom, Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar will discuss the country’s preparations for the upcoming Olympics scheduled in Tokyo in year 2020.

     

     

  • Sweta Singh is the host of the talk show which saw the first episode of the new season carrying an interview of BJP president Amit Shah

    ‘SeedhiBaat’ makes a comeback on AajTak

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leading Hindi news channel has relaunches its popular interview-based talk show ‘SeedhiBaat’ with a series of firebrand tough-talk interviews. Sweta Singh, Executive Editor, AajTak will host the show which saw its first episode on Saturday featuring BJP President Amit Shah was the guest who addressed straight sharp questions on the show.

     

    The one-on-one hard talk interview format show will feature news makers from varied fields like politics, Bollywood and sports.

     

    The show will air on Saturdays and Sundays at 8pm.