The undisputed victors of the Balakot skirmish with the Pakistan and our Hindi news broadcasters. Normally, news channels register a viewership of around one-forth of the Hindi general entertainment channels(GCEs). But on the day our planes crossed the border and bombed Pakistan on February 26; and again when captured pilot Abhinandan Varthman returned home on March 1. news dominated over everything else.
Sample this; On the day of Balakot strike, top-preforming Hindi news channel Aaj tak recorded 96.8 million 'impressions' or views compared to the top enter