The board of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has elected IPG Mediabrands India CEO Shashi Sinha as the new chairman. He will take over from Punit Goenka, who served as chairman of the TV viewership measurement agency for the last three years.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is "Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism".
The theme for the 2021-2023 campaign for world head injury awareness day is "More Than My Brain Injury". The day promotes the correct usage of safety gadgets such as helmets and seat belts through various events, which can prevent damage to the head when an accident is encountered.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, jointly organised the OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition, in hybrid mode in Chennai.