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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 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD. [2]
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in 5 phases from 19 April to 20 May 2024 to elect 5 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1] [2] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) won 2 seats each, with BJP winning the single largest share of the popular vote at 24.36% and JKNC coming second at 22.30%.
The INDIA alliance, consisting of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), won a majority of seats in the election, winning 49 of the 90 seats for which elections were held, with the JKNC winning the highest number of seats.
Campaigning before the elections were aggressive and robust. Following the huge victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian parliamentary election, the BJP turned its attention towards J&K and campaigned on the promise of 'development'. This included a visit from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in support of the local BJP campaign.
Jammu and Kashmir is the only administrative unit in India with a large amount of borax and sapphire resources. [86] It possesses 36 per cent of the graphite, 21 per cent marble and 14 per cent of gypsum present in India. [86] Coal, limestone and magnesite are found scattered among the different districts of the union territory. [86]
In August 2019, the Government of India introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha and moved resolution to scrap the Article 370 from the Constitution of India and bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories – Jammu & Kashmir with a legislation like Delhi, and Ladakh with a ...
A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...
Kanwal started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with Zee News and joined Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large of Aaj Tak and India Today in TV Today Group. [7] In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister Piyush Goyal, and questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes.