Launching his book, Sardesai dwelt on his experience of covering elections and said they had turned into 'candy shops' with electorate getting everything from mixers, grinders to cash.
Palshikar & Yadav, who were chief advisers for political science textbooks, asked NCERT to take their names off last year too, but council refused citing its status as copyright owner.
Aaj Tak newsroom predominantly consisted of non-Brahmin Savarna individuals. And the appreciation of Mrinal Pande is selective, ignores complex questions.
Yadav and Palshikar have reiterated their demand for removal of their names from NCERT textbooks after the council asserted its right to make changes based on copyright ownership.
Yadav & Palshikar were NCERT's chief advisors for political science books. Calling latest changes to content 'blatantly partisan', the duo said they weren't even informed about them.
When it was launched in 2011, the Anna Hazare campaign — with its key demand for a Jan Lokpal — caught the imagination of lakhs of Indians and drew people from all walks of life.
In all these years of covering elections on NDTV, I do not recall a single occasion when I was asked or even hinted to say or not say something. I disagreed with Prannoy Roy off-screen and on-screen and that was never a problem.
Pawan Khera accused me of helping BJP’s rise through Anna movement. It would take a lazy mind to imagine that all was well with the India story before Anna.
In one of their 33 FIRs on tractor rally violence, Delhi Police have named over 30 people and alleged they misled farmers on farm laws, encouraged them to protest & later 'provoked' them to get violent.
Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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