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Friday, March 20, 2026
TopicMadhu Trehan

Topic: Madhu Trehan

Newstrack – The video magazine that served real issues to news-hungry Indians in DD era

Newstrack started as a 30-minute programme. The duration was stretched to an hour as advertisers rushed to book commercial ad slots.

The Omidyar Network: ‘Committed to a free media’, via two Indian companies too

The Omidyar Network, which has been mentioned in the Paradise Papers revelations, has invested in the websites Scroll.in and Newslaundry.com.

On Camera

Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.

Telangana’s Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget bets on rural push, welfare and infra ahead of GHMC polls

With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.

Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.