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India Today & Times Now couldn’t decide what to prioritise – a Yeti or Rahul Gandhi

Shailaja Bajpai -
Most news channels forsook the Yeti-bear for Rahul Gandhi and the story acquired life and death proportions.
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The ‘apolitical’ interview between PM Modi & Akshay Kumar was more than just about mangoes

Shailaja Bajpai -
Anyone who believes there can be an ‘apolitical’ interview with the PM right in the middle of Lok Sabha elections knows nothing about Modi.
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This election, not just politicians, foul-mouthed TV news anchors must be reined in too

Shailaja Bajpai -
Freedom of expression is sacred but the nightly abuse in TV studios is just crass.
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Nation saw Arnab Goswami apologise & Modi skip interview with faithful DD News this week

Shailaja Bajpai -
Why Modi needs such TV exposure when this week’s opinion polls on Times Now, NewsX and Tiranga TV give him a comfortable win in elections, only he can tell.
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Narendra Modi didn’t need NaMo TV or biopics in 2014, he needs both now

Shailaja Bajpai -
Modi’s media messaging now centres on fear rather than NDA’s achievements, indicating need for an overarching narrative to whip up emotions.
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‘India declares war on space’ & other absurd things TV anchors said after Modi’s A-SAT speech

Shailaja Bajpai -
Why was the missile tested now? Why did PM Modi have to make the announcement? Modi neither said nor did the TV news channels ask.
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Colours of Holi and Arnab’s histrionics: Hindi TV serials have it all but you miss Nimki

Shailaja Bajpai -
It is increasingly clear to soap opera addicts that Arnab Goswami & Co. have acquired their talent for ugly histrionics on TV news from Hindi serials.
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On channels like Zee News & Republic, Rahul Gandhi is already on trial this poll season

Shailaja Bajpai -
For most TV news channels, the Lok Sabha elections are already over, lost and won,more than two months before the actual results.
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News channels in India revived their romance with ‘sources’ this week for all things Balakot

Shailaja Bajpai -
Since Pulwama and Balakot, mirch masala TV channels have been doing everything they can to satisfy viewers’ appetites.
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Itching for an India-Pak war, TV news channels decided a simulated one is as good as any

Shailaja Bajpai -
Desperate for any visuals other than that of Modi's, TV news channels went ballistic while animating what an India-Pakistan war will look like.
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Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

Manisha Mondal -
My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

What do a Hindu king and a Muslim sultan have in common? Both looted Kashmir’s temples

New Swift mileage shows Suzuki returning to ‘Kitna Deti Hai’. It can be so much more

Economy

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Yuthika Bhargava -
Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Defence

Spain denies port of call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

National Interest

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Shekhar Gupta -
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.

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