Policemen can be seen marching in Haryana’s Gurugram after the communal violence as if they are going to war. Just days ago, an RPF constable gunned down four people on a Mumbai-Jaipur train.
A week of watching China's CGTN has taught me that Chinese insert their point of view into the news while maintaining a veneer of neutrality, under the cover of facts.
What Indians newspapers don’t do is chase after ‘Musalmaan’ like India TV news. And the stories can be anything as long as Muslims are involved and can be named.
When Modi's plane touched down in New York, TV reporters who had flown out for the state visit were thrilled. Arnab Goswami on Republic TV was screaming: 'The entire world is looking.'
TV news is dominated by ‘dangals’, spy stories, scams, raids, attacks on PM Modi, and that meddlesome ‘foreign hand’ grasping at the very heart of India.
Whether Dhirendra Shastri is a 'con man or a god man', he has definitely become an overnight TV and social media sensation through carpet coverage on India's news channels.
Barring PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi, no other leader gets as much TV coverage as Owaisi does. Even Yogi Adityanath and Mamata Banerjee can't match his stardom.
Skip English news except for poll results. Ignore entertainment channels except for reality shows like KBC. And avoid Bigg Boss unless you enjoy people making fools of themselves on national TV.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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