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Doordarshan’s Ramayan Re-Telecast Garners Highest-Ever Rating Since 2015!

Ramayan Garners 170 Million Viewers
Due to the lockdown, some channels are airing the repeat telecast of the shows, while a few other channels are re-running old shows. Recently, Doordarshan won millions of hearts with the re-broadcast of its old iconic serials like Ramayan and Mahabharat. The channel also announced re-run of few other popular shows. PIB reported that according to a recent report by the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the re-telecast of Ramayan, garnered the highest-ever rating for a Hindi GEC show since 2015 when BARC started measuring TV audience.

Ramayan Viewership
Ramayan Garners 170 Million Viewers BARC was quoted by PTI as saying, “Ramayan, the over three-decade-old TV series based on Hindu mythology, garnered 170 million viewers in four shows over the last weekend in its new avatar.” BARC’s chief executive, Sunil Lulla revealed that the numbers notched up by the series which was a bit surprising. They called this as a brilliant move by the Prasar Bharti.
Ramayan Viewership As per PTI report, “The inaugural show of the series on Saturday morning had 34 million viewers glued to their TV sets watching and enjoyed a rating of 3.4 per cent, while a telecast the same evening had 45 million viewers and a rating of 5.2 per cent. The show bettered its performance on Sunday, with 40 million and 51 million people watching it in the morning and evening telecasts, respectively.”
Shashi Shekhar Tweets… CEO Prasar Bharti, Shashi Shekhar tweeted, “Thrilled to share that the re-telecast of RAMAYAN on @ddnational has garnered the highest ever rating for a Hindi GEC show since 2015 ( source: @BARCIndia).” – (sic)
Doordarshan Creates Record He further wrote, “This is a record of sorts for Doordarshan since BARC started TV Audience Measurement in 2015 underscoring how India is watching DD even as India fights back #CORONA #StayHomeToStaySafe.” – (sic) The viewers too guessed that Doordarshan, with re-telecast of iconic shows, will beat all other channels. (With PIB & PTI Inputs) (Images Source: Twitter)

Policemen Are Dancing Across The Country For Hygiene PSA’s

For all those who’ve been reading some pretty distressing news about coronavirus, here’s something that might cheer you up. To increase the awareness on the precautionary measures we can take to combat the deadly virus, policemen in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are donning their dancing shoes.

Policemen in the states of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are dancing as a PSA for people to remember to wash their hands.

These six policemen from Kerala can be seen doing a “handwashing” dance to educate citizens on the sanitisation standards everyone should be adhering to. Kerala happens to be amongst the worst hit states in the nation dealing with a high number of COVID-19 cases.

Kerala
AP

Facebook Launches Messenger App for Desktop & iMac

The Facebook Messenger app finally makes its way to the desktop. Facebook announced that it is launching a standalone desktop app for Messenger, making video calling and chatting with friends easier on your computer.

The Messenger app was reported to have been in the works for a while. With the launch, it joins a long list of apps enabling video conferencing on the desktop.

It is available for Windows as well as MacOS.

The app has similar features that are available to the mobile users. It allows you to connect with all your contacts via message or video calls. You also have access to group video calls.

Facebook has also introduced a dedicated dark mode on the standalone Messenger app and it syncs across all devices. You can send GIFs to your chats and receive (or mute) incoming notifications.

#Tiger fight for territory in thrilling viral video. Hair-raising roar has #Internet stunned

A thrilling video of two male tigers fighting over a territory has gone viral on the internet

In the clip, the two tigers fight aggressively as tourists watch them from a distance. One can also hear the loud roar of both the male tigers in the video, which Kaswan received on WhatsApp, as they fight to claim the territory.

In the thread, Kaswan revealed that during such territorial fights there is also a good chance of death of the tigers.

After the video was shared on Twitter, it quickly garnered around 19.7k views and 1.7k likes. Netizens took to the comments section to share their views. One user wrote, “Some people just get so lucky to capture such a rare sight. Amazing.”