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Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. They discuss the Champions League, and share their analysis of teams playing in the Indian Premier League. Also, there is much talk about the controversy surrounding Harry Kane and performance of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games.Samar expresses his views on Liverpool's victory against Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. “Hats off to Liverpool because they went out there, defended pretty well. They kind of mentally destroyed Manchester City.”Rahul calls Manchester City “arrogant” as Pep Guardiola kept mentioning how they need referees to protect them, referees to look after their players. “If you are going to be a really great team you have to take the smooth with the rough.”The duo feels Barcelona is evidently an ageing team. There is over-reliance on Lionel Messi.  “He had to come in the 80th minute to score the equaliser and then the winner,” says Samar.Moving on, they discuss how Harry Kane went on sw

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel is joined by Ishan Kukreti, a reporter from Down to Earth magazine, to discuss the Kathua rape case, Kashmir killings, Salman Khan’s conviction and more.Nidhi comments on how the mainstream media did not have any coverage on the lawyers’ protest in the Kathua case, "When the charge sheet was filed by the crime branch, the lawyers protested against the same. There was no front-page coverage in the mainstream media. Only Times of India reported it on the front page, everybody else carried it in the inside pages."She also puts forth the fact that 3 killings in the last 7 months in the Kashmir valley have gone under-reported. She finds it “bizarre” that they have only reported the incidents and there have been no follow-ups and investigations.Ishaan discusses the farmers protesting against the Cauvery issue outside an IPL match between CSK-KKR and media's doing "lazy reporting as it is giving attention to IPL through the Cauvery issue”.Cherry also adds on to

The Awful and Awesome has a lot in store this week. A special treat for all book lovers is Rajyasree Sen’s interaction with Seema Goswami, author of ‘Race Course Road’, followed by a discussion on the IPL, Salman Khan, ‘Missing’, and Russell Crowe’s genius.Starting off with the book, Goswami’s past work experience with ABP and Sunday Magazine is reflected in her approach towards politics in this fictional political thriller, which starts off with the assassination of Prime Minister Birendra Pratap Singh, and goes on to answer the questions -- Who was behind it? Who will become the next PM?Although fictional, Rajyasree finds the characters mirroring many Indian politicians and doesn’t hesitate in naming them. According to her, these characters are obviously inspired by real-life personalities -- there’s an Arnab, a Barkha Dutt, and there is definitely, definitely a Mamata Banerjee. Sen feels that the book surpasses other thrillers by dealing with themes like the invasion of privacy, the treatment of women in p

डिजिटल मीडिया रेगुलेशन के लिए सूचना प्रसारण मंत्रालय द्वारा कमेटी का गठन, फेक न्यूज़ की स्थिति में पीआईबी कार्डधारक पत्रकारों की मान्यता रद्द करने की अधिसूचना, एससी-एसटी एक्ट में बदलाव के खिलाफ दलितों का भारत बंद, मध्य प्रदेश में बाबाओं को मंत्री का दर्जा और सलमान को सज़ा इस हफ्ते की न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss fake news, Salman Khan's conviction, ICICI-Videocon, Minister babas & more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of NL Hafta, the panel sits down to discuss all that dominated the news this week -- the Bharat Bandh protests, fake news guidelines issued by the I&B Ministry, Salman Khan’s conviction and more.This week's guest, Joyjeet Das, journalist with Catch News, spoke on the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan row. "If any of this is true, there will be a huge blow to trust, including investors' trust, which would not work out well in the Indian equities market," he said. Manisha adds that this story broke in 2016 when Intralive journalist Rashmi Singh reported on it. Speaking on whether this indeed qualifies as a scam, Raman says, "On the face of it, ICICI has not denied any allegations. They are simply saying that it doesn't amount to a conflict of interest."While discussing the issue of nationwide Dalit protests, Raman and Joydeep debate if the protests were hijacked by politicians or were a result of "impromptu anger."Abhinandan points out how, "Even though Bapu and Ambedkar were brilliant leaders...tech

रॉबर्ट्सगंज लोकसभा से भाजपा सांसद छोटेलाल खरवार ने मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ और पार्टी के अन्य लोगों पर अपमानित करने का आरोप लगाया है. खरवार अनुसूचित जनजाति से आते हैं. उनका कहना है कि उनकी छोटी जाति के कारण अगड़ी जाति वालों ने मिलकर उन्हें अपमानित किया. उनकी शिकायत पर मुख्यमंत्री ने ध्यान भी नहीं दिया और आरोपियों पर एफआईआर तक दर्ज नहीं करवाई गई.सांसद छोटेलाल खरवार से न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की पूरी बातचीत यहां सुन सकते हैं. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. The duo discusses Champions League, the amazing goal by Ronaldo that has rocked the world of football and the IPL madness. Samar Khan starts the discussion on Ronaldo by saying: “He might not be as masterful and crafty as Messi or as pleasing to the eye but he gets the goal and gets it in emphatic fashion.”Rahul Puri expresses his views on Ronaldo. He says, “I may not be Ronaldo’s biggest fan because of the team he has chosen to play for and there is biased attached but you can’t take away the fact that this man isn’t just a phenomenon. He’s not Messi and he doesn’t have that complete influence on a game from a sheer footballing point of view but look at the number of goals he scores.”Khan brings in the statistics. “Ronaldo has scored  119 goals in the Champions League, that’s actually more goals than Liverpool has scored in their entire history of Champions League.” Puri adds, “The most fascinating is that it boiled down into this rival

In this episode, we bring you a full dose of entertainment and cinema. Rajyasree discloses her illegal access to cinema, while Abhinandan’s habit of name- and place-dropping is pointed out by Aditi, our Awful & Awesome enthusiast.   Sekhri and Sen review Call Me By Your Name, which was banned from being shown at the Beijing Film Festival for no good reason. And they discuss James Ivory’s comment on the lack of full frontal nudity and normal sex scenes in the film.According to Sen, “The film stars a very beautiful man called Armie Hammer whom we’ve seen play the Winklevoss twins in the Facebook film, it also stars Timothée Chalamet, whom we saw in Lady Bird as the rebel boyfriend." She also gives us a sneak peek of the plot, “Timothée Chalamet plays a boy called Elio whose father is a professor. Armie Hammer plays Oliver, is a graduate student of Elio’s father...It’s about the love affair that starts between both of them” and is an “extremely well scripted, beautiful film”. Sekhri and Sen also discuss the

In this episode of Reporters Without Borders, the team engages in a conversation about the I&B ministry's order to regulate fake news as well as media reportage on the nationwide Dalit protest.While discussing Uttar Pradesh government's decision to officially include 'Ramji' in documents mentioning BR Ambedkar, Rohin points out the importance of adding historical context to debates. "Ambedkar's critique on Ram and casteism would actually scare the Hindutva forces," he tells the panel.Amit talks about media’s demographic bias, and how newsrooms highlight issues from certain states only. "Jharkand's government has drafted an amendment saving officers accused in the forgery of land sale and conversions...had there been a similar draft in Uttar Pradesh, it would have been covered by national media," he states.Discussions on Dalit agitation has Abhinandan questioning media's sympathetic coverage of the protesters, despite compelling evidence of violence. "Dalit protests are usually not covered by TV channels o

इतिहासकार व लेखिका राना सफवी के मुताबिक बहुविवाह और हलाला जैसी प्रथाएं गरीब तबकों में एक हद तक मौजूद है. क्योंकि कम पढ़ा-लिखा आदमी अकसर सही और गलत का फैसला करने में नाकाम रहता है. उसे धार्मिक आधार पर रगलाना भी आसान होता है. मध्य वर्ग मुसलमानों के बीच यह प्रथा लगभग खत्म हो चुकी है. साथ ही उन्होंने राव नवमी के मौके पर हिंदू-मुस्लिम हिंसा पर कहा कि पिछले चार सालों में पहली बार उन्हें यह बात लगने लगी है कि वे मुसलमान हैं.सुनिए निकाह हलाला पर पत्रकारों की बातचीत. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

निकाह हलाला पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट की पहल, राम नवमी के बाद बिहार व बंगाल में सांप्रदायिक हिंसा, आईसीआईसीआई-वीडियोकॉन का अवैध लेनदेन, कोबरापोस्ट स्टिंग व अन्य विषय इस हफ्ते की चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे. इस बार की चर्चा में शामिल हुईं दिल्ली की इतिहासकार और लेखिका राना सफवी और अमित भारद्वाज. इसके साथ ही फोन पर हमारे साथ जुड़े वरिष्ठ पत्रकार शांतनु गुहा रे. चर्चा का संचालन किया न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के कार्यकारी संपादक अतुल चौरसिया ने. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Karnataka elections, Cobrapost, Ram Navami violence, Anna Hazare & more. Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist Prabhu Mallikarjun joins the Hafta panel this week to talk about Karnataka elections and the Lingayat controversy. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad also discuss Cobrapost's exposé. Raman tells us why he hates sting operations, while Madhu tells us why, in some cases, a sting operation is the only way forward. We also have Abhinandan telling the panel his 'sting' experience. The gang also talks about Cambridge Analytica and the data breach issue. There is also some discussion about how targetted advertisements on the internet can impact our lives. At last, they talk about Anna Hazare's protest and why it wasn't a big deal this time. Also, emails from our subscribers. Listen up, there is a song dedication too! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Films, ads, magazines, trailers, radio shows, adult film stars and playmates. There's much to discuss this time around. Rajyasree has a lot to say about Rani Mukerji's comeback film, Hichki. There's the Pulse candy and Star Sports commercials, both of which Abhinandan shockingly seemed to like. There's much excitement over a new show on the "Eton of India" and can't decide whether it's a documentary or a reality show.  There's movie talk with Cobra Kai, Missing and High Jack's trailer and a new radio show on Radio Mirchi with Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt named Bhatt Naturally. And how could they possibly not discuss Stormy Daniels' and Karen McDougal's interviews with Anderson Cooper. Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, they talk about a controversy that has shaken up the world of cricket – ball tampering, involving the Australian cricket team. Samar feels this is not something that one of the top cricketing nations needed at this point of time and definitely not the world of cricket. According to him, this is pretty much as low as cricket can get. Rahul Puri feels the Australian cricket team has absolutely no respect for cricket. He believes the incident must serve as a warning for all young upcoming cricketers. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reporters Without Orders is early this week! And on this podcast, the panel gives you a lowdown on what made news and what should have. Abhinandan and Cherry talk about Big Media giving a miss to Cobrapost's exposé, while Cherry also speaks about media's coverage of Ovleno Business Intelligence's role in the Indian electoral process. Was the company put on a media trial? Rohin talks about Poonya Prasoon Vajpayee's speech at the Constitution Club and the JNU protests that took place last week. Amit talks about convictions in the Ramgarh lynching case and the limited coverage it received in Big Media. He also speaks about the attack on journalists from Hindustan Times and The Indian Express as well as Cobrapost's documentary. But that's not all. The panel also discusses glorification of Shambhulal Regar at a Ram Navami rally. Regar allegedly murdered a labourer from West Bengal. So, Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में धार्मिक पहचान और बुर्का पर पांच दिन लंबी बहस की श्रृंखला चली. अतुल ने इसे एक महत्वपूर्ण पहल बताया लेकिन सवाल उठाए कि इसमें एक भी लेखक मुस्लिम नहीं था. न ही किसी मुस्लिम महिला का पक्ष आ सका.उन्होंने न्यू़ज़लॉन्ड्री की पूर्व सहयोगी शेहला का बुर्के को लेकर राय पैनल से साझा किया. शेहला ने कहा था कि बुर्का उनके लिए अब एक पॉलिटिकल स्टेटमेंट है.इस मसले पर समन कुरैशी का मानना था कि जिस तरह राइट विंग फ़ण्डामेंटालिस्ट नुकसानदेह हैं उसी तरह लिबरल फ़ण्डामेंटालिस्ट भी एक बड़ा ख़तरा हैं जो अपने मुताबिक चीजों को थोपते है. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

जेएनयू प्रोफेसर अतुल जौहरी पर यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, लोकसभा उपचुनाव में भाजपा की हार के बाद अररिया का फर्जी वीडियो, इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में मुस्लिम और आधुनिकता पर जारी बहस, फेसबुक की डेटा लीक व अन्य मुद्दों पर आधारित थी इस हफ्ते की चर्चा. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist Shivam Vij joins us this week to weigh in on weekly affairs along with the Hafta team. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, along with Vij, discuss TDP quitting the NDA. Abhinandan talks about the interesting history of Chandrababu Naidu's political life. Moving on, they talk about the 84th Congress plenary. What went wrong with the speeches of Rahul Gandhi and Navjot Singh Sidhu? Madhu Trehan tells us why Sidhu is not out of his mind. Apart from this, they talk about how the Cambridge Analytica controversy has rocked Indian politics. At last, they discuss Arvind Kejriwal apologising to Bikram Majithia, Nitin Gadkari and Kapil Sibal. Also, emails from our subscribers. Listen up, there is a song dedication in the end too. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.