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TV Newsance 330 | Godi goes gaga over India-US ‘Daddy of All Deals’

This week on TV Newsance, our dear leader Modi and Donald Trump are back to being besties. US president Trump recently announced a trade deal that lowers tariffs on Indian goods to 18 percent from 50 percent.

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TV Newsance 330 | Savarna khatre mein hai? Primetime hysteria over UGC’s equity rules

This week on TV Newsance, we look at how primetime studios have successfully manufactured a brand-new existential crisis. Move over Hindu khatre mein hai; it's now time for Savarna khatre mein hai. We decode the UGC’s new equity guidelines and why they’ve left our brave, tireless anchors very, very concerned.

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TV Newsance 329 | Paragliding in Davos, fake Trump and a techie left to die in a Noida pit

This week on TV Newsance, we take you to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, where anchors went skiing and paragliding, and Indian politicians arrived armed with MoUs and photo ops.

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TV Newsance 328 | 10 minutes for you, 15 hours for them. What Zomato’s CEO won’t tell you

On this week’s episode of TV Newsance, we look at the brutal reality of India’s gig economy. This isn’t a usual episode – we step away from studio shouting matches and spotlight some actual good reporting.

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TV Newsance 327 | New Year, old script: ‘Tukde Tukde’ returns

The year began with a glitch in the matrix. Godi anchors briefly discovered what it felt like to question power. BJP leaders were asked uncomfortable questions, ministers looked irritated, and for a brief moment, it felt like accountability had entered the chat

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TV Newsance 2025 rewind | BTS bloopers, favourite snippets and Roenka awards prep

It’s the end of the year, and what a year it has been for the #TVNewsance team!

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TV Newsance 326 | A very curly tale, or how taxpayers’ money was used for govt PR

Food, travel, vlogs… and now government promotion? This episode of TV Newsance breaks down how Curly Tales became the face of a ₹6 crore Doordarshan documentary promoting the Modi government — and how the same content quietly appeared on private, monetised YouTube channels.

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TV Newsance 325 | Indigo delays, primetime 'dissent' and Vande Mataram marathon

This week on TV Newsance, our primetime poets turned into WhatsApp shayari machines, dropping couplets that would make even Ghalib file a noise complaint. But the real twist wasn’t their poetry – it was their sudden ability to question power once Indigo messed up their flights. A disruption close to…

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TV Newsance 323 | Distraction Files: India is choking. But TV news is distracting

On this week’s TV Newsance, while India observed Constitution Day, our beloved Godijeevis did what they do best — lose themselves in Ram Mandir flag-hoisting visuals. Hours of primetime were spent decoding Prime Minister Modi’s “body language”, “divine emotions”, and “historic hand gestures”… all while Delhi gasped through its worst…

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TV Newsance 322 | How TV ‘analysed’ Umar Nabi: Beard, English, chair = terror?

Indian TV news has turned the Umar Nabi terror case into a circus — with anchors analysing his beard, body language, English, hairstyle and even how he swivels in a chair. This episode explains how the Indian media uses pseudoscience and profiling to shape public perception.

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TV Newsance 321: Delhi blast and how media lost the plot

This week on TV Newsance, we break down the Delhi bomb blast tragedy that claimed 13 lives and injured dozens near the Red Fort, one of the busiest, most crowded pockets of Old Delhi. Newslaundry reporters hit the ground an hour later to talk to eyewitnesses and assess the situation…

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TV Newsance 320: Bihar elections turn into a meme fest

On this week’s episode of TV Newsance, we dive into the bizarre, the viral, and the downright baffling side of political news in India.

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TV Newsance 319: Bihar dramebaazi and Yamuna PR wash

This week on TV Newsance, the drama shifts from Delhi’s ghats to Bihar’s gullies, and the Godi anchors are outdoing themselves yet again!

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TV Newsance 318: When Delhi choked, Godi Media celebrated

This week on TV Newsance, Sudhir Chaudhary makes a “revelation” that Newslaundry has been talking about for years – how Indian TV news channels are controlled by political powers and how TRP manipulation has destroyed journalism.

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TV Newsance 317 Diwali Special: Godi hai toh mumkin hai, NDTV’s Adani makeover, Taliban flip

This week on TV Newsance, we wish you a very Happy Diwali! And yes, we’ve brought you a very special Diwali gift – a subscription offer that helps keep journalism free and fearless. Just click here.

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TV Newsance 316: Poison in cough syrup, satsang on primetime

This week on TV Newsance, we talk about the most horrifying tragedy in Madhya Pradesh, where over 20 children died due to a poisonous cough syrup. A medicine to cure cough contained an alarming amount of a chemical used in brake fluid and antifreeze.

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TV Newsance Rewind: Manisha tracks down woman in Modi’s PM Awas Yojana ad

This week on TV Newsance, let’s revisit the time when Manisha went beyond the studio, from exposing Godi Media to uncovering the truth behind the Modi government’s claim of providing housing to 24 lakh people.

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TV Newsance 315: Amit Shah reveals why PM Modi is great. Truly non-biological?

This week, Amit Shah gave interviews to Aaj Tak, NDTV, and CNN News18 – and the questions were copy-paste. From “BFF with Modi” to “success formula,” anchors repeated the same lines like parrots. Journalism or PR exercise?

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TV Newsance 314: Modiji’s 75th birthday bash special, #MyModiStory and Godi Bhakti Olympics

This week on TV Newsance, Indian news channels went extra crazy for Prime Minister Modi’s 75th birthday; there was 10x more sucking up than usual. Besides Navika, Sushant, Sudhir, and our usual suspects, billionaires, actors, A-listers, sportsmen all dived in to wish Modiji a happy birthday.

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TV Newsance Live: What’s happening with the Gen-Z protest in Nepal?

In this episode of TV Newsance, Manisha unpacks the Gen-Z protests in Nepal that shook the country’s political system and even led to the fall of their Prime Minister. But what’s equally telling is how Indian TV news channels are framing (or rather, misframing) this entire movement. Expect the usual…

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TV Newsance 313: What happened to India’s No. 1 China hater?

This week on TV Newsance, we look at Palki Sharma’s changing views on China. From calling Covid the “Wuhan Virus” and predicting China’s collapse, to praising Chinese robots and museums at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit – what happened to India’s “China basher No. 1”?

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TV Newsance 311: Amit Shah vs Rahul Gandhi and anchors’ big lie on ‘vote chori’

This week, a lot went down on TV news. From the opposition tearing up Amit Shah’s bills in Parliament, to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta being attacked at an event. Thankfully, anchors didn’t over-sensationalise this assault. But remember how they covered the attack on former CM, Arvind Kejriwal, 10 years ago?…

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TV Newsance 309: Uttarkashi disaster, Trump dhokhaa and Godi media’s MIGA magic

This week on TV Newsance, Navika Kumar and Smriti Irani gave us a saas-bahu masterclass – replete with sly taunts, spicy metaphors, and ticker shade.

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TV Newsance 308: Godi media dumps Trump, return of Media Maulana

This week on TV Newsance, our usual suspects did a full u-turn on Donald Trump.

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TV Newsance 307: Dhexit Dhamaka, Modiji’s monologue and the murder no one covered

This week on TV Newsance, we decode the big “Dhexit Dhamaka” – Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation. Officially, it was for “health reasons”. Unofficially? Anchors had a buffet of wild theories, from Modi-Dhankar tensions to Opposition dosti.

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