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Aaj Tak

Hindi news channel

Television channel

Aaj Tak (transl.&#;Until Today) is a Hindi-language news channel owned by the TV Today Network, a part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate Living Media group (India Today Group).

Aaj Tak has faced criticism for reporting misinformation on various occasions.[1]

Aaj Tak HD

On 14 December , Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD.[2]Aaj Tak HD broadcasts news and two extra shows like Duniya Aaj Tak aired from (transl.&#;World up to the minute) covering world news, Business Aaj Tak aired from (transl.&#;Business up to the minute) covering the financial news of India and the world.

Aaj Tak HD also broadcast Movie Masala between and (transl.&#;Movie Spice), covering the news of Bollywood.

History

Aaj Tak was first broadcast on DD Metro of Doordarshan (DD) in It was then broadcast as a news programme of 10 to 20 minutes. Aaj Tak came into existence in December as an independent news channel.

It then became the first complete Hindi news channel in the country to be broadcast twenty-four hours. One of the anchors at the time was Surendra Pratap Singh.[3][4] The tagline for Aaj Tak was "यह थी ख़बर आज तक, इंतज़ार कीजिए कल तक" (transl.&#;That's all the news for today, wait until tomorrow).[3] Aaj Tak was the first news channel in India to use OB vans.[5]

By the time the channel came into existence, it had a reach of 52 lakh households.

It now broadcasts to three crore households and its viewership in news channels is 56%.[4] On 14 December , Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD.[2] A channel rebranding took place in January [6]

In March , the India Today Group introduced Sana for Aaj Tak, the nation's first AI-powered news anchor designed to deliver daily news updates in multiple languages.

Sana also facilitates interactive question-and-answer sessions aimed at increasing audience engagement.[7]

Staff

Executive staff

  • Aroon Purie, Chairperson, India Today Group
  • Kalli Purie, Vice-Chairperson, India Today Group
  • Anjana Om Kashyap, Executive Editor
  • Sweta Singh, Executive Editor
  • Sudhir Chaudhary, Consulting Editor
  • Sayeed Ansari, Consulting Editor[8]
  • Vikrant Gupta, Chief Sports Editor

Past staff

Past anchors have included Rohit Sardana[9] and Surendra Pratap Singh.[3]Uday Shankar worked as a news director during the initial years of Aaj Tak.[5]

Events and Controversies

The channel has been penalized for the propagation of misinformation and criticised for its coverage being supportive of the ideology of the ruling government of BJP.[10][11]

In , Aaj Tak was criticised for propagating a false claim that a fatwa allowed Saudi Arabian men to eat their wives.

That same year, Aaj Tak also came under criticism for propagating a false claim that the Indian army had retaliated against Pakistan following attacks against Indian personnel in Kashmir.[1]

In October , Aaj Tak was fined ₹1 lakh and asked to broadcast apologies for fake news regarding Sushant Singh Rajput. The channel published fabricated last tweets by the actor on the channel, claiming that they were made by him a few days before his death and then deleted.

Aaj Tak later removed its article with this fake news published in it.[12]

Aaj Tak was fined ₹5 lakh by BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) for viewership manipulation in a TRP scam.[13]

Between 4 and 5 April , Aaj Tak had broadcast reports about Tablighi Jamaat.

Sayeed ansari biography of william In May , he made a headstart to his career by joining Doordarshan, Broadcasting television network and worked there as a News Anchor, Radio Jockey, and Translator. He gained experience at Doordarshan for about 2 years and 9 months and then joined Sahara Samay as News Anchor-cum-Producer in January

A complaint was filed with the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) in which Aaj Tak was accused of intending to "develop hatred in the minds of the people against a particular community," during the COVID pandemic in India.[14]

On 16 June , the NBDSA directed that Aaj Tak's broadcasts be taken down from all Internet platforms that linked the COVID outbreak with Tablighi Jamaat in , citing potential "errors in the figures telecast".[15]

The NBDSA said that the media has "complete freedom to report on the COVID pandemic", but "such reporting must be done with accuracy, impartiality and neutrality", and added, " The NBDSA noted that the broadcaster had admitted that there may have been chances that there were some miscalculations as pointed out by the complaint, which was inadvertent, and the broadcaster had no intention to communalise the issue or malign any community."[16]

In June , the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority said that Aaj Tak's taglines on Umar Khalid ‘gave an impression that the accused had already been declared guilty’ and asked the news channel to take down those shows.[17]

In March , Aaj Tak faced widespread social media ridicule after the clip of its coverage went viral, where the channel's representatives were seen filming gangster Atiq Ahmed urinating while in transit from Gujarat to Prayagraj under the custody of police.[18]

A report by Bloomberg accused Aaj Tak of being "frequently laudatory of Modi".[19]


In March , The News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDSA) fined Aaj Tak for Sudhir Chaudhary's 'tukde tukde' and 'Khalistani' remarks, against the former US president Barack Obama and penalised the channel over 'Love Jihad' shows.[20][21]

Aaj Tak has also been accused of foreign interference in the Canadian matters by the Rapid Response Mechanism Canada.[22][23]

Accolades

According to an old poll jointly conducted by the BBC and Reuters, of specific news sources spontaneously mentioned by the Indians, Aaj Tak (mentioned by 11%) was the most trusted.[24]

Aaj Tak has won the award for the "Best Hindi News Channel" 19 times, since at the Indian Television Academy Awards.[25]

See also

References

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  6. ^Baddhan, Lakh (21 January ). "Aaj Tak refreshes brand with new look for 20th anniversary". BizAsia. Archived from the original on 21 January Retrieved 18 April
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    Biography of william shakespeare सईद अंसारी भारत के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय एंकर्स में से एक हैं. सईद को लाइव एंकरिंग में दक्षता हासिल है. सईद उन गिने-चुने एंकर्स में से हैं जो राजनीति, खेल, व्यापार सभी तरह की खबरों को बेहद प्रभावशाली ढंग से पेश करते हैं. सईद बेहद शालीनता सौम्यता और गंभीरता के साथ खबरों को प्रस्तुत करते हैं.

    "RIP Aaj Tak TV Journalist Rohit Sardana died due to Heart Attack after suffering from Covid". jagrantv. Archived from the original on 25 August Retrieved 25 August

  10. ^Suresh, Nidhi. "'Media has lost our trust': Why protesting farmers are angry with 'Godi media'". Newslaundry.

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  12. ^"Aaj Tak fined Rs 1 lakh by NBSA for telecasting fake tweets on Sushant Singh Rajput's death".

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  13. ^Joshi, Neha (23 October ).

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    "Aaj tak fined for viewership manipulation". Bar and Bench. Retrieved 25 October

  14. ^"News Body Directs Aaj Tak To Remove Tablighi Jamaat Content 1 Year After Damage Is Done". .
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    Newslaundry. 25 June

  16. ^Team, N. L. (25 June ). "NBSA directs Aaj Tak to remove certain Tablighi Jamaat broadcasts from the website, YouTube". Newslaundry. Archived from the original on 3 August Retrieved 3 August
  17. ^"Take down 'sensationalist' shows on Umar Khalid, regulator tells Zee, India TV, Aaj Tak".

    Newslaundry. 15 June Archived from the original on 14 September Retrieved 13 September

  18. ^Staff, J. K. R. (27 March ). ""Patrakarita or mootrakarita?": Aaj Tak faces widespread ridicule after it broadcasts gangster Ateek Ahmed's act of urinating LIVE". Janta Ka Reporter .

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    In May , he made a headstart to his career by joining Doordarshan, Broadcasting television network and worked there as a News Anchor, Radio Jockey, and Translator. He gained experience at Doordarshan for about 2 years and 9 months and then joined Sahara Samay as News Anchor-cum-Producer in January

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  25. ^Singh, Bhavya (1 March ). "NBDSA Penalises Aaj Tak For Sudhir Chaudhary Show Using 'Tukde Tukde Gang', 'Khalistani', 'Pakistani Supporters' Terms In Video On Obama". . Retrieved 2 March
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