Newslaundry Podcast

Rachna Khaira from The Tribune joins the regular Hafta gang to discuss her Aadhaar data breach story and the FIR the UIDAI filed against her. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal discuss the Yuva Hunkar Rally that took place in Delhi. Why did it make the prime-time shows in TV debates? The Hafta gang also dissects the latest article by Shekhar Gupta on Aadhaar. Madhu talks about Michael Wolff's controversial new book Fire and Fury, an account of the first nine months of the Trump presidency. They talk about The Quint's story on Kulbhushan Jadhav as well. Was it anti-national? Abhinandan asks the panel interesting questions regarding this issue. They also discuss the national anthem as the Supreme Court has ruled it is not mandatory to play it in cinema halls. Also, a lot of mails from our beloved subscribers. Listen up, there is a song dedication at the end too. 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 into the complete episode where we discuss The Quint and Kulbhushan Jadhav, Yuva Hunkar, Shekhar Gupta, the book Fire and Fury, and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A brand new podcast where Newslaundry reporters discuss stories that got eclipsed in the day-to-day reporting business, while others that got overplayed. In episode 1 of Reporters Without Orders, hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri, reporter Amit Bhardwaj gives a behind-the-scenes account of #YuvaHunkarRally. The panel including Sahla Nechiyil, Rohin Kumar and Cherry Agarwal discusses modification of Supreme Court’s #NationalAnthem order, the state of Central Universities, revised bank charges on cash transactions, Rs 100 crore civil defamation against The Wire and more. Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Awful and Awesome is back after a six-month hiatus! This week, Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande talk about the Golden Globes and Oprah Winfrey's oh-so-awesome speech. They also discuss some of the winners and their works. Our in-house Star Wars junkie and Art and Design Director Anish Daolagupu joins the duo for a discussion on The Last Jedi and why loyalists were miffed with it. Finally, we'd like to crowd-source Bollywood songs that show how poorly understood the idea of consent has been in films through the years. Listen up. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

आम आदमी पार्टी द्वारा राज्यसभा के लिए उम्मीदवारों की घोषणा, आधार कार्ड से डैटा चोरी, टिपल तलाक बिल पर सत्ता पक्ष और विपक्ष में खींचतान की स्थिति, भीमा कोरेगांव की हिंसा और किम जोंग के विवादित बयान पर आधारित रही न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की इस हफ्ते की चर्चा. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist TS Sudhir joins us for the discussion on Rajinikanth joining politics and he narrates the interesting history between AIADMK and Thalaivar. Public policy professional Meghnad joins us to express his views on Electoral Bonds for political donation. He also talks about the latest story on Aadhaar data exploitation for Rs 500. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad also discuss Sushil Gupta and ND Gupta chosen by the Aam Aadmi Party as its nominees for the January 16 Rajya Sabha polls. Manisha thinks Kumar Vishwas should have been given an opportunity, considering his work for the party. They also talk about the Bhima Koregaon violence, Kamala Mills fire and triple talaq case updates. Listen up, there is a song dedication in the end too. 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 into the complete episode in which we discuss Rajinikanth, AAP, Electoral Bonds, Triple Talaq, Bhima Koregaon, Aadhaar data exploitation, Kamala Mills Fire and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री को मजेंटा लाइन के उद्घाटन में नहीं बुलाना, ट्रिपल तलाक, सलमान खान की असंवेदनशील टिप्पणी और अन्य विषयों पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा. 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 into the complete episode, where we discuss Kulbhushan Jadhav, Anant Hegde, Malegaon blast, RK Nagar bypoll and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Union minister Anantkumar Hegde apologised in Parliament amid protests over his comment that his party, the BJP, will "soon change the Constitution". Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal dissect his comment and also address the ongoing tension between Islamabad and New Delhi over the meeting of Kulbhushan Jadhav with his family. Abhinandan tries to find some similarities between the Pakistani and Indian media, while Raman sheds some light on the 2G scam and shares his experience when he went to cover the fodder scam case of Lalu Prasad Yadav. They also talk about the Adarsh scam and Maharashtra's former CM Ashok Chavan. Lastly, they talk about south Indian politics and how Jayalalitha’s video triggered a controversy just before the RK Nagar bypoll. Listen up, there are two song dedications in the end too - one for our dear subscriber “Womaniya” and the other is a tribute to Mirza Ghalib. 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 discussion starts with tennis, where they both agree that it was the year of resurgence for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as they were on a roll. Nobody from the young cadre managed to rise to challenge those two. Then they talk about Usain Bolt and his legacy. In the world of Formula One, they talk about Lewis Hamilton winning his fourth world championship. In the world of football, they talk about Real Madrid retaining the Champions League trophy, winning La Liga. At last, they talk about cricket and how it has been Virat Kohli's year in many ways. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

गांधीवादी और पर्यावरण के यशस्वी कार्यकर्ता चंडीप्रसाद भट्ट ने यह व्याख्यान 22 जनवरी को अनुपम मिश्र की जयंती के मौके आयोजित पहले “अनुपम व्याख्यान” श्रृंखला में दिया. 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 Gujarat election results, NDTV layoffs, #2GVerdict, Modi vs Manmohan and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Newslaundry reporter Amit Bhardwaj is back from covering the Gujarat elections. He shares his experience covering the results and how the BJP delayed celebrations as the contest turned out to be tougher than previous elections. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan and Newslaundry executive editor Vikram Kilpady discuss the #2GVerdict and how it has changed the body language of people like A. Raja and Kapil Sibal. The panel also talks about how the verdict may impact the politics in the future. Abhinandan Sekhri speaks on NDTV layoffs and slams people who evince happiness when people who they dislike, lose their jobs. He links it to the psychology that when hate takes over a person's mind, he/she becomes heartless. Anand Ranganathan has an interesting counter to that perspective. Manisha jumps in the discussion targeting the meaninglessness of Left media on this issue. At last, Amit talks about PM Modi's Vikas slogan during the Gujarat election and an interesting conversation he had with a senio

सप्ताह भर के प्रमुख मसलों पर चर्चा कर रहे हैं न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के संपादक अतुल चौरसिया, रिपोर्टर अमित भारद्वाज, ओपिनियन लेखक आनंद वर्धन और एनएल चर्चा के विशिष्ट अतिथि वरिष्ठ पत्रकार व जनसत्ता के पूर्व संपादक ओम थानवी. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. In the world of cricket, they talk about Australia whitewashing England in the Ashes and Australia’s big-bash being a competition to India’s IPL. They also discuss Dale Steyn’s eagerness to strike after his return from injury in the upcoming India-South Africa series. In the world of football, they talk about the Premier League and Champions League. They discuss in detail about Manchester City’s strengths and the probability of it ending the season unbeaten. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

PM Narendra Modi hit backs at Mani Shankar Aiyar’s ‘Neech’ remark by stating that Mani Shankar Aiyar portrays the Congress’ ‘Mughlai mindset.’ Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia try to analyse what is election campaigning and what is not? Abhinandan does an analysis of how Indian political leaders behave differently when they are with US leaders and when they are in India. Madhu Trehan discusses Nitish Kumar’s opinion of nation-wide alcohol ban and what it can lead to? Manisha points out that the condom ad by Sunny Leone was the idea behind the condom ad ban between 6 am to 10 pm. Atul feels it was actually a solution to a nationwide problem as the condom was a dogma in previous times which got removed due to such advertisements. Anand Ranganathan talks about Ram Setu bridge and how it has been reported as man-made by a US science channel. The panel discusses TV news in India and how the opinion polls, exit polls, and polls of polls are a useless discussion including their favo

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. In the world of cricket, they talk about India's loss to Sri Lanka and discuss how it will help in preparing for the next series with South Africa. In the world of hockey, they talk about India's bronze medal at Hockey World League 2017. In the world of football, they talk about the Premier League and Champions League. They discuss Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and others in detail. They also give their predictions for the next round. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Social media saw heavy circulation of a video which showed a man killing and burning alive a Muslim man in Rajasthan, allegedly over an affair. Should such videos be shown on news channels? What’s point of playing it on a loop? Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Anand Ranganathan, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S discuss this issue and have mixed opinions on it. They also talk about the 25 years of the Babri Masjid demolition and was it worthy of large coverage now? Raman Kirpal talks of his coverage of the Babri Masjid demolition. Abhinandan raises an interesting question regarding slave trade in Libya. They also discuss Trump recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Did he think it through? Meghnad explains the big bad and sad loan story of banks in India. At last, they pay tribute to the actor who passed away on December 4, 2017. Listen up, there is a song dedication to Shashi Kapoor. 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 Babri demolition, Rajasthan hacking, Libyan slave trade, Trump on Jerusalem, Shashi Kapoor and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.