Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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Topic: TV News

TV news must take a break from its anchors-in-chief and follow Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss model

Shailaja Bajpai -
Having no anchors has many advantages: TV channels would be forced to concentrate more on news than views, and allow reporters more screen time.

‘Action begins’, ‘bulldozers roll’ – TV news treated razing of a family home like a film shoot

Shailaja Bajpai -
Several news channels supported and even justified the bulldozer demolition in Prayagraj as a legitimate punishment even before a trial.

Nupur Sharma coverage tells why TV news can follow CNN’s example—less hype, more nuance

Shailaja Bajpai -
The Nupur Sharma episode isn’t one bit surprising. TV thrives on the clash of opposites–haven’t you seen anchors seated quietly while panelists insult each other?

‘Mil Gaye Baba’: In Gyanvapi case, news TV shows which side it’s on — and it’s not news

Shailaja Bajpai -
News channels use repetition to hammer home a point. And so the constant telecast of the ‘shivling’ and the inside of the mosque make viewers believe this is ‘Gyanvapi ka sach’.

Bulldozer, Hanuman Chalisa, Taj Mahal, Mughal — Want to make TV headlines? Pick any

Shailaja Bajpai -
Not all bulldozers will get the same TV treatment. JCB in Delhi gets the best carpet coverage. But if you want to be an overnight TV star, pick a religious angle.

So happy Indians in Europe, so angry Indians back home – the two India stories on TV news

Shailaja Bajpai -
Unlike the country's picture in Modi's Europe tour, TV news back home spoke of a different India—‘communal clashes’ in Jodhpur to ‘Rajasthan's hate cauldron’.

‘Bharatanatyam’ in Ukraine to bulldozer in Jahangirpuri, action just doesn’t stop for TV news

Shailaja Bajpai -
With Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap standing in the middle of a crowd that surrounded a bulldozer, the channel said: ‘Action will begin in a short while.’

From Ram Navami ‘clash’ to ‘gun-tantra’ in New York, Indian news channels sell violence best

Shailaja Bajpai -
The latest news from Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s wedding celebrations seems to be the only coverage across channels that isn’t blood-stained.

Meat ban, Sri Lanka crisis, Russia-Ukraine war – IPL couldn’t have been timed better

Shailaja Bajpai -
In the midst of war and economic distress, IPL 2022 offers four hours of unadulterated entertainment every evening—that’s more than what Hollywood and Bollywood can do.

India takes a backseat on Indian news channels. It’s all Ukraine, Ukraine, WW3

Shailaja Bajpai -
News channels put out promos and boast of the size of the team covering Ukraine. Even a smaller player like 'India Ahead' is promoting itself through its Ukraine stories.
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India has interests on both sides of US-China divide. Cold War holds clues for path ahead

Lt General Prakash Menon -
India’s strategic balance is weighted towards the West and its economic balance is towards China. But it needs more to build a multipolar world order.
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What India—Hindus and Muslims—missed in Supreme Court’s ‘lecture’ on Nupur Sharma

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‘To live is to kill’ — a Malabar pit viper and gliding frog affirm nature’s basic law

Economy

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Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

Army puts out tender for 30k ‘night sights’ so its US-made assault rifles can aim better in dark

Raghav Bikhchandani -
While an open tender has been issued for procurement of the optical instruments, Bengaluru-based firm Tonbo Imaging, whose services the Army has previously used, is a frontrunner.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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