India Today is a 24-hour

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television news channel based in

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that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by TV Today Network Ltd, which is a part of

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History

The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi

Aaj Tak () is an Indian Hindi-language television news channel owned by the TV Today Network, a part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate India Today Group. History Aaj Tak was first broadcast on DD Metro of Doordarshan (DD) in 1995. It ...

news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being

, Tez and

Delhi Aaj Tak was a 24-hour Hindi news television channel covering Delhi owned by TV Today Network. It was a sister channel of . initially began as a news bulletin on a public television station in India and turned to an independent channel after the car ...

. Alok Verma was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category. It aired and produced the animated political cartoon "So Sorry"; each episode satirises recent events in the news featuring extremely dramatised versions of said events and hyper-caricaturized versions of political figures including

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and

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. In September 2015, media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage and sexist content. In October 2020, India Today was named in an FIR filed by Mumbai police in relation to a Fake TRP Ratings Scandal. India Today was fined 5 lakh by

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(BARC) for manipulating viewership. India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice. Bombay High Court directed TV Today Network to pay the fine imposed by BARC. In March 2018, Aaj Tak misreported that the

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had disqualified 20

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of the

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. India Today was among several news channels that also reported the said claim.

Associated Notable Journalists

Rajdeep Sardesai Rajdeep Sardesai (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian news anchor, reporter, journalist and author. He is a consulting editor and anchor of India Today Television. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, that included CNN-IBN, IBN7 and ...

- Consulting Editor * Gaurav C Sawant - Executive Editor * Preeti Choudhry - Executive Editor Past Journalist(s):

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(left in 2025) and Chaiti Narula (left in August 2023).

Awards

India Today and its sister channel

has won numerous awards over the years at the Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, and the Exchange4media News Broadcasting (ENBA) Awards.

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History

Associated Notable Journalists

Awards

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