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Netflix CEO explains why he picked Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent even though it’s on YouTube

Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent 1 ended abruptly in February 2025 over guest judge Ranveer Allahbadia's controversial remark.

Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent tops OTT charts

Ormax data shows that season 2’s star-studded panel and viral episodes drive huge viewership despite court rebuke.

Did Shaktimaan cause children’s deaths? Samay Raina vs Mukesh Khanna

After Samay Raina joked about actor turned politician Mukesh Khanna in his stand-up special, Still Alive. The Shaktimaan actor has called the comedian a 'roasted being.'

Samay Raina is back with India’s Got Latent S2. Three points he has made

Comedian Samay Raina returned with his first special, Still Alive, on his YouTube channel on April 7, 14 months after the India's Got Talent controversy in February 2025.

Ranveer Allahbadia vs Kunal Kamra over India’s Got Latent. ‘Stop milking this’

A year after Ranveer Allahbadia's infamous remarks on India's Got Latent, the YouTuber posted on X how his brand has suffered because of one mistake.

India’s Got Latent case: SC orders Samay Raina, others to host disability fundraisers as amends

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed comedian Samay Raina, podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia and other performers to organise at least two fundraisers each month...

Latent apologies: Comedian Samay Raina cited ‘genuine social commitment’ in affidavit before SC

Supreme Court asks Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Sonali Thakkar, and Nishant Tanwar to apologise on YouTube, podcasts, & other platforms, too.

Samay Raina, Apoorva Mukhija show how to use ads for PR rehab. It’s the Astronomer playbook

In India’s influencer-driven, meme-amplified ecosystem, brand endorsements often double up as soft rebranding campaigns.

Hearing ‘India’s Got Latent’ case, SC says right to dignity greater than right to free speech

New Delhi: In a very significant development, the top court Tuesday said that the right to live with dignity is more important than the...

‘This kind of freedom, we will curtail’—SC summons Samay Raina, 4 others over disability jokes

Concerned over jokes on social media ridiculing people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, SC says it may direct the government to frame guidelines for all media platforms. 

On Camera

VN Sharma wasn’t just the former Army Chief of Staff. He was an institution

A champion of cross-border diplomacy, the former Army Chief brought together Indian and Pakistani military leaders to celebrate their shared alma mater.

Indian govt bets on battery storage boom to help abate mounting solar power losses

India’s transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power in April to June, when 63 billion actually reached the system.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman