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Saturday, April 11, 2026
TopicIndian news channels

Topic: Indian news channels

This is how Indian TV channels covered Trump threats, ceasefire and Pakistan’s role

Indian news channels were not pulling their punches; many seemed convinced that Trump lost the war.

US headlines offended Trump. He’d better not watch Indian news channels’ Iran war coverage

Trump was enraged by what he called 'misleading headlines' about five US tanker planes reportedly hit in Saudi Arabia. He singled out NYT, WSJ, and other “Lowlife” newspapers.

AQI and Aravalli showed a glimpse of what TV news could do. Then Bangladesh lynching happened

Times Now, India Today, News 18 India and ABP News showed live coverage of protests over claims that a new definition of the Aravalli Hills would allow large-scale mining.

News channels dialled up the science on artificial rain all day — then asked us to pray

TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times Now Navbharat.

TV news isn’t telling which way Bihar Assembly election will go — only who is unhappy

If it’s 'Mahagathbandhan mein Mahabharat’ for the opposition RJD-Congress, it’s ‘NDA mein Dangal' for the ruling BJP-JDU coalition.

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Tango, triad, trinity, troika — TV news pulled out every T-word from its dictionary and paired it with Tianjin to target Trump on tariffs and trade.

India’s news channels turned Shefali Jariwala’s death into spectacle and speculation

Shefali Jariwala’s sudden death has been attributed to heart failure. No mischief is suspected. But her dying and the cause(s) of her death have animated news channels.

Indian TV news moved from Sindoor to Midnight Hammer faster than a cross-border Rafale strike

When it's war, India's TV news has one strategy—repeat animation, old experts, new explosions.

TV news is always enthusiastic about a ‘war’—India-Pakistan, Putin-Zelenskyy, Kannada-Tamil

What’s clear is that TV new coverage of modern warfare is more eye-catching: boots on the ground have been replaced by flying machines, allowing news channels to play video war games.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.