This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Basant Kumar is joined by Nidhi Suresh and Ayush Tiwari.
They discuss Ayush’s report on the Adani group’s takeover of NDTV. Talking about the 2009 loan agreement between NDTV and Reliance-linked Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Limited that paved the way for the Adani takeover, Ayush says, “It was kind of silly for NDTV to assume that such a big loan with no interest will not lead them here at one point…The interesting bit is how Adani came into all of it while everyone had eyes on Ambani. This will still be a very crucial part of the whole plan to explore.”
They also talk about Nidhi’s report on how a son helped the police arrest his mother’s rapists 30 years later. “Yes, it feels like a story straight out of a movie, but with all that, we fail to realise that if society wouldn’t have been so cruel to the victim, she might have gotten the deserved justice then,” Nidhi says.
The panel also discussed Nidhi’s interview with journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife and the family’s struggles while he remains incarcerated.
This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.
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Timecodes
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:32 - Adani’s takeover of NDTV
00:26:42 - Son helps nab mother’s rapists after 30 years
00:44:14 - Interview with Siddiqui Kappan’s wife
00:47:55 - Recommendations
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Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Samrendra K Dash.
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