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BARC launches high-yield, climate-resilient varieties of wheat, rice

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has introduced eight new high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties of wheat, rice and oilseeds, it said on Friday. Developed using radiation-based mutation breeding techniques, these non-GMO crop varieties are set to "revolutionise" agriculture across India, the BARC said in a statement here. The new varieties -- five cereals and three oilseeds -- are tailored to diverse agricultural conditions and were launched in collaboration with state agricultural universities. Speaking at the launch, Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, highlighted BARC's significant contribution in enhancing farmer incomes and boosting food and nutritional security. Vivek Bhasin, Director, BARC, called these varieties a "boon for farmers" due to their early maturity, disease resistance, climate resilience, salt tolerance, and higher yields compared to existing options. India's

Ministry allows BARC to share raw-level measurement data with broadcasters

The ministry acknowledged that the BARC has scaled up the panel homes by about 85 per cent, from 30,000 to 55,000

BARC Director A K Mohanty appointed as new Atomic Energy Commission cheif

Renowned physicist and Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Ajit Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy. Mohanty succeeds K N Vyas to the posts that oversee India's nuclear programme and forays into harnessing atomic power for civilian needs. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, as Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission tor a tenure up to the age of 66 years i.e. till 10.10.2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier," said a government order issued late on Saturday. Mohanty was appointed as the BARC director in March 2019. Born in Odisha in 1959, Mohanty completed his graduation in 1979 with Honours in Physics from the MPC College in Baripada and post-graduation from Cuttack's Ravenshaw College. In 1983, he joined the Nuclear

IPL 2023: 370 mn viewers watched first 19 matches on TV, says Disney Star

Disney Star, the official television broadcaster of IPL 2023, said that 369 mn viewers, based on BARC data tuned in to Network's live broadcast of the first 19 matches

Women's Premier League Season 1 is over; women's cricket is just starting

Smash hit: High-grade competitive action, money, international players have all poured in

CBI charges ex BARC chief Lulla with manipulating TRP against India Today

Probe agency has also accused him of providing IPL data to STAR for free, causing loss to BARC

Centre to convert DAE technologies for societal use launched at BARC

Atal Incubation Centre was launched at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai on Thursday with the signing of agreements to help convert technologies into viable commercial products. To mark the occasion, the Atal Incubation Centre Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (AIC-BARC) signed agreements with MSME industries for the incubation of prominent Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) technologies for societal and industrial applications. The technologies for which incubation agreements have been entered on this occasion are aligned with India's global commitments of achieving Net Zero, providing access to safe drinking water, and spurring the growth of potential import substitutes for advanced and affordable healthcare in the country, Rajesh Vatsa, Head, Public Awareness Division of the DAE said in a statement. These include the technologies for Alkaline Water Electrolyser for Green Hydrogen production; DC Accelerator for Wastewater Treatment; novel Gamma Monitoring; and X-Band ...

47 million tune in to watch first 58 Fifa World Cup matches on TV

Viewership grew nearly 11 per cent over first 48 matches and almost 51 per cent over first 19 matches

CBI files charge sheet against ex-BARC CEO in ratings manipulation case

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against former BARC CEO Sunil Lulla for allegedly manipulating viewership ratings of channels from "his ends" during his tenure in the ratings agency, officials said Tuesday. During the probe that was started on a complaint from a Lucknow-based advertiser, the CBI did not find any evidence of alleged manipulation being done at the customer level by channels, they said. The alleged manipulation in TV ratings took place at the level of Lulla when he was heading the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), according to the agency charge sheet filed at a special CBI court in Lucknow. Lulla has denied the charges. Sources refused to share details of the charge sheet as the special court is yet to take cognizance of it. The agency has pressed charges under IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and others, they said. The court will take cognisance of the charge sheet on December 15, for which it has issued summons to Lulla, they

Larger sample size needed for BARC to measure viewership, says Zee Media

Comments come as the broadcaster becomes the second to exit the body in seven months

Zee Media exits BARC, 14 news channels to be out of viewership rating

Zee Media sent a letter to the TV viewership measurement company on Friday evening, said sources

Zee is in talks with CCI to get approval for merger with Sony Entertainment

As per the BARC data for the ongoing financial year (2023), the merged entity has 36 per cent TV viewership market share in the Hindi GEC segment, and 33 per cent in the Hindi movies channels.

IPL 2022 TV viewership slips further in second week of tournament

Fatigue, marquee teams not performing well among reasons for slide; bids for forthcoming media rights auction may take hit, ad rates steady for now, say experts

After 18 months, BARC resumes publishing news channel ratings

Over 2 months after the government asked television monitoring agency BARC to resume publishing ratings of news channels and 18 months after it was forced to suspend the job following an alleged scam

After Covid dip, TV advertising volumes grow 22% in 2021: BARC

Overall television advertising volumes grew 22 per cent to 1,824 million seconds in 2021, after getting hit in the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BARC said

TV ratings body BARC to resume news channels' ratings starting mid-March

BARC had in October 2020 'temporarily suspended' the ratings on the news genre following a 'cash for ratings' scam allegedly involving top executives from Republic TV

Govt asks BARC to release news ratings with immediate effect

This comes after over a year of suspension of television news ratings

BPCL, BARC collaborate to scale up tech for Green Hydrogen production

The process refineries use to make hydrogen causes high CO2 emission. So refiners are setting up large electrolysers to produce green hydrogen from water and thereby decarbonise hydrogen production

BARC appoints Nakul Chopra as CEO

Broadcast Audience Research Council on Friday announced the appointment of Nakul Chopra as its chief executive. Chopra will replace Sunil Lulla, who is leaving the TV audience body to pursue entrepreneurial ambitions, the council said in a statement. He has served as the chairman of BARC in FY19, after being appointed to the board in 2016, the statement said. I am very happy to welcome Nakul as the natural and unanimous choice of the Board for the continuing journey of adding robustness to the BARC currency and strengthening the governance of the world's largest television audience measurement body, BARC's current chairman Punit Goenka said. TV continues to be the definitive screen of the Indian home - its strong reach and connects continue to elicit the trust of advertisers, Chopra said. The resignation of Lulla, who had joined the body in October 2019, succeeding Partho Dasgupta, had come to light on Thursday. During Lulla's term as the chief executive, Mumbai police started a

Arnab Goswami had conspired with BARC CEO to boost Republic TRP: Police

The Mumbai Police cited Whatsapp chats between the duo as a "crucial evidence"